annual report 2014
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Zhu GuoHe
(Aged 45 – Citizen of PRC)
Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Zhu
graduated from Huaqiao University, PRC in 1994 with an Advanced
Diploma in Electrical Automation Technology. He is also a graduate of Executive
Seminars on Business Administration fromHuaqiao University. He subsequently
obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Preston University,
United States in August 2010.
He is an entrepreneur with close to 20 years of experience in the advertising
industry. After gaining wide industry experience, he established his own
advertising agency, Fujian Quanzhou Tianyuan Planning and Advertising Co.,
Ltd. in 1997. Subsequently, he established another advertising firms in the PRC,
namely Xiamen Shengshi Tianyuan Media Co., Ltd. In 2010, he established
Quanzhou Tianyuan Investment Consulting Co., Ltd..
Under his management and leadership, his advertising agencies have grown
rapidly to become one of the leading brand creation and integrators in the
PRC. His agencies provide advisory services to leading PRC sports goods
companies such as Jordan (China) Co., Ltd., 361
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(China) Co., Ltd., XiDeLang,
Kangta and the Chinese Basketball Association. He has been instrumental in
assisting to establish the “XiDeLang” brand as well as other prominent sports
brands in China.
He has received numerous awards in China, including “China’s Top Ten Sports
Brand Planning Expert” in 2005, “China’s Outstanding Sports Brand Planning
Expert” in 2008, “China’s Top Ten Marketing Planning Expert” in 2009 and
“China’s Annual Fashion Brand Planning Award in 2011”. He has also been
accredited as the Qualified Senior Planner in China.
He is the Executive Vice President of Zhangzhou Chamber of Commerce in
Quanzhou and the Executive Chairman of Pinghe Chamber of Commerce in
Quanzhou.
He was appointed to the Board on 18 August 2009. He also serves as
the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and the member of the Audit
Committee, Remuneration Committee and Risk Management Committee. He
has also been designated as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director
with effect from 30 November 2012.
Mr. Zhu has no family relationship with any other director/major shareholder
of XiDeLang Group.
Mr. Zhu is also an executive director of Oriented Media Group Berhad, a
company listed on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. He
is also an independent non-executive director of Flyke International Holdings
Ltd, a public listed company in Hong Kong.
He does not have any conflict of interest with the Company.
In the past ten (10) years, he has not been convicted of any offence.
He has attended all the five (5) Board Meetings of the Company held during the
financial year ended 31 December 2014.
Profile of the Board of Directors (Cont’d)