New Oriental Education and Technology Group
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February 12, 2009
HOT OFF THE CHINA SECURITIES BLOG .... 1. Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) - 4Q09 net revenues of $287.0 million
2. Gulf Resources (NASDAQ:GFRE) - Net income was $30.6 million, or $1.00 per basic and diluted share, a year-over-year increase of 36.6% from $22.4 million
3. DEER Consumer Products (NASDAQ:DEER) - Record Revenue of $81.3 million, an increase of 86% from $43.8 million in 2008
Mr. Michael Minhong Yu is the founder of New Oriental and serves as the Chairman of the Board and as our Chief Executive Officer. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Beijing Young Entrepreneurs Association and Vice Chairman of the Committee of Education of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League.
Prior to founding New Oriental, Mr. Yu was an English instructor at Peking University between 1985 and 1991. Mr. Yu received his bachelor’s degree in English from Peking University.
Mr. Robin Li has served as our director since September 2006. Mr. Li is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Baidu, the leading Chinese language Internet search provider. Prior to founding Baidu, Mr. Li worked as a staff engineer for Infoseek, a pioneer in the Internet search engine industry, from July 1997 to December 1999, and he was a senior consultant for IDD Information Services from May 1994 to June 1997.
Robin Li received a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from The State University of New York at Buffalo and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Information Management from Peking University.
Mr. Denny Lee has served as our director since September 2006. Mr. Lee was a Director and Chief Financial Officer of NetEase, one of China's leading Internet and online game services providers. Prior to joining NetEase, Mr. Lee worked in the Hong Kong office of KPMG for more than ten years specializing in auditing international clients. During his employment with KPMG, he also worked with a number of Chinese companies on their initial public offerings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, conducted due diligence work for potential foreign investments in Chinese companies.
Mr. Lee graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and majored in accounting. Mr. Lee is a member of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Society of Accountants.
Dr. Yang has served as our director since September 2007. Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. in Business Administration from Columbia University, New York in 1991, majoring in management. He got his M.A. in Sociology from the same institution in 1985. He was also granted an MPA degree in International and Public Affairs from The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University in 1984. He graduated from the English Language and Literature Department of Peking University, China.
Dr. Yang's main teaching and research interests involve Fundamentals of Management, Human Resource Management, Comparative Management, Corporate Culture, key success factors of MNC strategies and Management in China, Leadership and Organizational Behavior. He has published a large number of articles and columns in leading academic journals and business press in China and the United States.'''
Mr. Louis Hsieh has served as our Chief Financial Officer since December 2005, and Board Director since March 2007. Prior to joining New Oriental, Mr. Hsieh was the chief financial officer of ARIO Data Networks, Inc. in San Jose, California from April 2004. From 2002 to 2003, Mr. Hsieh was a managing director for private equity firm Darby Asia Investors (HK) Limited. Prior to that, Mr. Hsieh was managing director and Asia-Pacific tech/media/telecoms head of UBS Capital Asia Pacific, the private equity division of UBS AG from 2000. Over the period from 1997 to 2000, Mr. Hsieh was a technology investment banker at JP Morgan in San Francisco, California, where he was a vice president, and Credit Suisse First Boston in Palo Alto, California, where he was an associate.
From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Hsieh was a corporate and securities attorney at White & Case LLP in Los Angeles and is a member of the California bar. Mr. Hsieh holds a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Stanford University, an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School, and a J.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
Mr. Chenggang Zhou has served as our Executive Vice President since January 2006 and as our director since 2004. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Zhou was principal in charge of Shanghai New Oriental School. In 2003, Mr. Zhou took the role of vice president at New Oriental and has been in charge of Beijing New Oriental School since that time. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Zhou was a correspondent for the Asia Pacific region and a program host at BBC. Mr. Zhou received his bachelor's degree in English from Suzhou University and his master's degree in Communications from Macquarie University, Australia.
Mr. Xiangdong Chen joined New Oriental in 2000 and has served as our senior vice president since January 2006. From 2002 to 2004, he was in charge of Wuhan New Oriental School. In 2003, Mr. Chen became a vice president and has been in charge of a number of departments at New Oriental's head office, including short-term training, human resources, marketing and public relations, and business development. Mr. Chen received his master's degree in Economics and Ph.D. degree in Economics from Renmin University of China. Mr. Chen attended the Executive Management program at the Harvard Business School in 2005.
Mr. Xiuwen Wang joined New Oriental in 2002 and has served as our vice president since January 2006. Mr. Wang is currently the headmaster of the Beijing New Oriental Foreign Language School.
Mr. Wang holds a Ph.D. in Education Management from Pennsylvania State University, USA, an M.A. in Education Management from the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, and a BA from Shandong University of Technologies, China.
Mr. Yunlong Sha has been the Vice President of New Oriental since January 2006, overseeing the northeast China business. He first joined New Oriental in 2001, and has served as the director of the Foreign Examination Department at the Beijing New Oriental School and the headmaster of the Guangzhou New Oriental School.
Prior to joining New Oriental, Mr. Sha was the headmaster of New World English School where he opened and managed branch schools in Shenyang and Dalian. Previously, he was an assistant lawyer and a journalist at Dalian TV Station. Mr. Sha holds an executive diploma in Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and an M.A. in Law from Renmin University, China.
Mr. Joseph Kauffman has served as our Assistant Vice President and Director of Business Development since July 2006. Mr. Kauffman is a fluent Mandarin speaker with strong China business development and marketing experience, first living in China in 1996. Between 1999 and 2004, Mr. Kauffman was a senior manager at Coca-Cola China Limited, where he served as Business Director and Deputy General Manager. Mr. Kauffman holds a B.A. degree in Asian Studies from Williams College and an MBA degree from the Harvard Business School.
