China Recycling Energy Corp. Names Three Additional Independent Board Members Including Chairs of Audit Committee, Nominating Co
07 November 2009 - 12:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
China Recycling Energy's Six Member Board Now Includes Three
Independent Directors XI'AN, China, Nov. 6
/PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Recycling Energy Corp.
(OTC:CREG) (BULLETIN BOARD: CREG) ('CREG' or 'the Company'), a
fast-growing industrial waste-to-energy solutions provider in
China, today announced the Board of Directors has approved the
increase in the size of the Board of Directors from three members
to six members. At the same time, the Board of Directors has
appointed Mr. Sean Shao, Mr. Julian Ha and Mr. Timothy Driscoll as
new members of the Board to fill the vacancies on the Board until
their successors have been duly elected and qualified. Mr. Shao is
anticipated to chair the Audit Committee of the Board and serve on
the Nominating Committee. Mr. Ha is anticipated to chair the
Compensation Committee of the Board and serve on the Audit
Committee of the Board. Mr. Driscoll is anticipated to chair
Nominating Committee of the Board and serve on the Compensation
Committee of the Board. Mr. Sean Shao currently serves as a
director of Agria Corporation, a China-based agricultural company
listed on the NYSE, and as the Chairman of its Compensation
Committee since November 2008, as a director and Chairman of the
Audit Committee of Yongye International, Inc., a China-based
agricultural company listed on the NASDAQ, since April 2009, and a
director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of China Biologic
Products, Inc., a plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China
listed on the OTCBB, since July 2008. Mr. Shao previously served as
the Chief Financial Officer of Trina Solar Limited ("Trina") from
August 2006 to June 2008, and as the chief financial officer of
ChinaEdu Corporation, a Chinese educational service provider, from
September 2005 to August 2006. Mr. Shao was the chief financial
officer of Watchdata Technologies Ltd., a Chinese security software
company, from August 2004 to September 2005 and a senior manager at
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Beijing from October 1998 to July 2004 and
Deloitte & Touche Toronto from December 1994 to November 1997.
Mr. Shao received his master's degree in health care administration
from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1988 and his
bachelor's degree in art from East China Normal University in 1982.
Mr. Shao is a CPA and holds a license with the American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Julian Ha is a member of the
Private Equity, Financial Officers and Legal practice groups of
Heidrick & Struggles, a publicly-listed, global retained
executive search firm since 2006. Mr. Ha focuses on placing senior-
level legal and finance executives into public and private
companies. From 2005 through 2006, Mr. Ha was a Director in the
Corporate Finance group of Evolution Securities China Limited, an
investment bank based in London, UK. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Ha was
a Director of European Business Development for CapitalKey Advisors
and Capital IQ, a corporate finance boutique and private equity
research firm backed by CSFB, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan Chase and
Dresdner Bank. Mr. Ha was an Executive Vice President with DDL, a
London- based venture capital fund from 2000 to 2001, where he was
responsible for portfolio management. Mr. Ha trained as a corporate
lawyer and has practiced in New York, Washington, D.C., London,
Singapore and Shanghai. Mr. Ha received his BA from Cornell
University, his Masters degrees from the London School of Economics
and Harvard University and his JD from the NYU School of Law. Mr.
Driscoll currently serves as the chief executive officer of Proteus
Industries, president of MTD Ventures, and president and chief of
executive officer of Driscoll Management Services. Mr. Driscoll
also serves as a director of American Oil and Supply International
and Proteus Industries. From 1994 through 1999, Mr. Driscoll was
the president and chief executive officer of Agrevo Environmental
Health and was the president and chief executive officer of
Rouossel UCLAF Environmental Health from 1991 to 1994. Mr. Driscoll
received his MBA in Finance from Xavier University and B.S. in
Economics from Villanova University. Mr. Ku Guohua, Chairman and
CEO of CREG commented, "We sincerely welcome Mr. Shao, Mr. Ha and
Mr. Driscoll to the board. Their professional expertise will
greatly aid the Company in improving corporate governance and is a
great resource for the future growth of the Company. This is also a
big positive step forward toward achieving a higher listing." About
China Recycling Energy Corp. China Recycling Energy Corp. ('CREG'
or 'the Company') is based in Xi'an, China and provides
environmentally friendly waste-to-energy technologies to recycle
industrial byproducts for steel mills, cement factories and coke
plants in China. Byproducts include heat, steam, pressure, and
exhaust to generate large amounts of lower-cost electricity and
reduce the need for outside electrical sources. The Chinese
government has adopted policies to encourage the use of recycling
technologies to optimize resource allocation and reduce pollution.
Currently, recycled energy represents only an estimated 1% of total
energy consumption and this renewable energy resource is viewed as
a growth market due to intensified environmental concerns and
rising energy costs as the Chinese economy continues to expand. The
management and engineering teams have over 20 years of experience
in industrial energy recovery in China. For more information about
CREG, please visit http://www.creg-cn.com/ . Safe Harbor Statement
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