Mr. John D. Kuhns has served as our chief executive officer since our inception in 2006 and our chairman since May 2007. Mr. Kuhns is currently the chairman, chief executive officer, president and a member of the board of directors of Kuhns Brothers, Inc., China Silicon Corporation, China Natural Energy Corporation, China Electrode Corporation, China Board Mill Corporation and Paragon Semitech USA, Inc. Mr. Kuhns is also a member of the board of directors of China New Energy Group Company, Global Photonics Energy Corporation, Craton Equity Partners and China Hand Advisors, Inc, and the Chairman of Project Midway, Inc., a not for profit organization. Mr. Kuhns has over 30 years of experience in the hydroelectric power, power technology and alternative energy industries and has been involved with hydroelectricity in China since 1984. From 1981 to 1988, Mr. Kuhns built Catalyst Energy, one of the first publicly traded independent power producers in the United States, as the company's founder, President and Chief Executive Officer. While running Catalyst Energy, he acquired Chinese hydroelectric generating equipment for use in the United States. He furthered his development experience in China as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at the New World Power Corporation from 1992 to 1996, where he developed and financed hydroelectric projects in China as well as Argentina, Costa Rica and Mexico. While at New World Power, he formed a joint venture with Wuhan Steam Turbine, a state-owned enterprise owned by the City of Wuhan in China, to develop hydroelectric projects in Asia, including the PRC. Mr. Kuhns has additional transaction experience in China as a controlling shareholder, President, CEO, a director and Chairman of Kuhns Brothers, Inc., an investment banking firm which he founded in 1986 specializing in providing financing for power technology ventures, and, more recently, industrial and infrastructure companies operating within the PRC. Mr. Kuhns received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and in Fine Arts from Georgetown University, a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Chicago, and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School.

Dr. Yong Cao has been a director of our company since August 2008. Dr. Cao is currently an associate professor of Finance and Economics at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, which he has been working with since 1993, and a professor of Economics of Nanjing University in China. He also serves as an independent director to Reyphon Agricultural Limited, a listed company on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Dr. Cao received his bachelor's degree in Economics from Sichuan University, a master's degree in Economics from the Postgraduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a Ph.D. in Development Economics from the Australian National University.

Mr. Anthony H. Dixon has been a director of our company since August 2008. Mr. Dixon was a finance director and chief operating officer of Bill Dunster Architects ZEDfactory Ltd, a designer and developer of zero carbon housing in the United Kingdom from October 2007 to December 2008. Mr. Dixon is a member of the board of directors of Solar Electric Light Company. Mr. Dixon worked for Hines Associates, a corporate financial advisory boutique, in 2007. Mr. Dixon was a managing director in the European Debt Capital markets division of Citigroup (London) from 2002 to 2006. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Dixon was head of Asian Securitization for Salomon Smith Barney in Hong Kong and then head of Securitization for Nikko Salomon Smith Barney in Tokyo. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Dixon was a vice president with Salomon Brothers' securitization group in New York. Mr. Dixon has been a member of the board of the Solar Electric Light Corporation since 1998 and chairman since 2002. He received his Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School, his bachelor's degree in Science with first class honors in Physics and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the University of Western Australia.

Mr. Richard H. Hochman has been a director of our company since August 2006. Mr. Hochman is currently the chairman of RHH Capital Consulting, Inc., a private investment firm and the chairman of Regent Capital Management Corporation. Mr. Hochman has been the chairman of Regent Capital Management Corp., the adviser to Regent Capital Equity Partners, L.P., a private investment firm making equity and mezzanine investments, since April 1995. He was a managing director in PaineWebber's Investment Banking Group from 1990 to 1995. Prior to joining PaineWebber, Mr. Hochman was a managing director for Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. from 1984 to 1990. He worked in E.F. Hutton's Corporate Finance Department from 1969 to 1984 and was promoted as a senior vice president in 1979. Mr. Hochman is a member of the board of directors of DCI Investment, Santa Monica Amusements LLC, R.A.B. Holdings, Inc. and Forefield, Inc. Mr. Hochman received his Master of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School and his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from the Johns Hopkins University.

  

Dr. You-Su Lin has been a director of our company since August 2008 and has been chairman of Beijing A.B.C. Investment since 2007. Dr. Lin is the chairman of the board of Beijing A.B.C. Investment. Dr. Lin has been the chairman of Greenstone Investment Ltd since 2004 and he has also been the chairman of China Board Mill Corporation since August 2008. He serves as a member of the board of directors of China Silicon Corporation and China Natural Energy. Dr. Lin was a chief consultant for Beijing Urban Construction Group Co., Ltd. in charge of the construction of 2008 Olympic venues from 2002 to 2004. Dr. Lin received his Ph.D. in the Arts and master's degree in the Arts from Australian National University and his bachelor's degree in the Arts from Beijing Foreign Language University.

Mr. Shadron Lee Stastney has been a director of our company since May 2007. Mr. Stastney is the Chairman of Care Media and a member of the board of directors of Medical Management Solutions, Quality Health Plans, MDwerks and Ambient Corporation. Since June 2004, Mr. Stastney has been a partner at Vicis Capital, LLC, which is an investment management firm and the managing partner of one of our principal shareholders, Vicis Capital Master Fund. From September 2001 to February 2004, Mr. Stastney was a partner of Victus Capital Management, an investment management firm. Mr. Stastney received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Dakota and a Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School.

Mr. Stephen Outerbridge has been a director of our company since August 2008. Mr. Outerbridge is currently a director of Emerging Markets, Latin America and Asia. From May 2003 to September 2004, he was the chief union officer of XL Re Latin America. He was subsequently promoted and took on the roles of president and chief operating officer, in addition to chief union officer. Mr. Outerbridge has been working with XL Capital for the last eleven years. Mr. Outerbridge received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University.

  
OFFICERS 
Mr. James Tie Li has been our president since the beginning of 2011, previously he was our chief financial officer and executive vice president. He has been a consultant to Kuhns Brothers, Inc. since 2006. Mr. Li is a member of the board of directors of Master Silicon Carbide Industries, Inc., China New Energy Group Company and all of our subsidiaries. He is the founder and part-time president of Columbia China Capital Group, Inc. incorporated in 2002, a U.S.-based boutique investment firm advising Asian firms in mergers and acquisitions. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Li was an investment banker with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in New York. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Li was the portfolio manager with HypoVereins Bank, managing a $1 billion high yield portfolio. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Li was a senior credit analyst with Standard & Poor's in New York. Mr. Li received his bachelor's degree in Accounting from City University of New York and his master's degree in Business Administration from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is a CFA Charterholder and was a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of New Jersey.
  
Ms. Mary E. Fellows has been our corporate secretary since our inception in 2006 and our executive vice president since May 2007. Ms. Fellows has been a shareholder and executive vice president of Kuhns Brothers, Inc., an investment boutique, since 1997. She is the president of Project Midway, Inc., a not for profit organization. She is an executive vice president, secretary and a member of the board of directors of China Natural Energy Corporation, China Silicon Corporation, China Electrode Corporation, China Board Mill Corporation, and Master Silicon Carbide Industries, Inc. She is also a member of the board of directors of China New Energy Group Company. From 2003 to 2006, she was a director of GenSelf Corporation. From 1997 to 2002, she was a corporate secretary of the Solar Electric Light Company. From 1996 to 1999, she was a director of Corporate Administration and corporate secretary of the New World Power Corporation. Ms. Fellows received her bachelor's degree in Science from Teikyo Post University, and graduated from the AMP program of the Harvard Business School.
 
  

Mr. Wu Gan has been the president and general manager of Beijing A.B.C. Investment since July 2008. Mr. Gan was the director of the general office of the State Supervision Work Committee of the Communist Party of China from 2002 to 2008. Mr. Gan received his bachelor's degree in Engineering from the Yellow River Water Conservancy and Hydroelectric Technology School and his master's degree in Economics from Harbin Institute of Technology.

Mr. Xinchun Lian has been the chief operating officer of Beijing A.B.C. Investment since October 2008. Mr. Lian worked as a public servant in the office of the Yellow River Committee at the Economic Development Bureau from 2007 to 2008. He was a senior consultant at Yellow River Hydroelectric Construction Limited from 2005 to 2007, and a general manager of Yellow River Hydropower Project Construction Co., Ltd. from 1996 to 2005. Mr. Lian received his diploma in Hydraulic Construction from Yellow River Conservancy Technical Institute and his master's degree in Management Science and Projects from Hohai University. Mr. Lian is a national Registered First-class Construction Engineer, Senior Engineer and Supervision Engineer.

Ms. Fang Chen has been the vice president and controller of Beijing A.B.C. Investment since November 2007. Ms. Chen currently serves as a director in China Carbon Electric Corporation. Ms. Chen was the chief financial officer and a member of the board of directors of Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc., a Chinese residential and industrial gas developer and operator listed in the United States, from 2006 to 2007. From 2004 to 2006, she was a vice president and a member of the board of directors of Chief Capital Investment Ltd. From 2000 to 2002, She was a vice-president and general manager of Zhuhai Brightzone Securities Investment and Consulting Ltd. From 1994 to 2000, she was a manager of the Investment Department at Zhuhai International Trust and Investment Ltd. Ms. Chen received her bachelor's degree in Law from Sun Yat-Sen University and her master's degree in Business Administration from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.

Mr. Gang Meng has been the internal controller of Beijing A.B.C. Investment since November 2008. Mr. Meng joined our company as the chief accounting officer in April 2008 and was appointed the internal controller in November 2008. Prior to joining our company, Mr. Meng was a manager in the Transaction Advisory Service Group of Ernst & Young Hua Ming from January to March 2008. Mr. Meng was an internal auditor at American International Group Inc. from 2006 to 2007. He worked as an internal audit manager at NYK Line from 2005 to 2006. He was a manager at Hua Ming LLP, an accounting firm in China, from 1999 to 2002. He was an associate at Ernst & Young Hua Ming from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Meng received his bachelor's degree in Science in Economics from the Central University of Finance & Economics and his master's degree in Business Administration from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester.

Ms. Shu Zhang has been our finance manager since May 2008. Ms. Zhang was an accounting supervisor of Nortel Networks (China) Co., Ltd. from 2004 to 2008. She was the chief accountant of Gemplus (Tianjin) New Technology Co., Ltd. from 2001 to 2004. Ms. Zhang received her bachelor's degree in Accounting from the Capital University of Economics and Business.

 
 
 

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