Dr. Ch’ien is chairman of the board of directors (“Board”) of the Company. Dr. Ch’ien served as an executive director of the Company from November 1999 to October 2005 at which point he was re-designated as a non-executive director. Dr. Ch’ien is also chairman of CDC Corporation, its ultimate parent company, from August 2005 after serving as executive chairman from April 2001 to August 2005; acting chief executive officer from March 2004 to March 2005 and chief executive officer from March 2005 to August 2005. Dr. Ch’ien is also Chairman of MTR Corporation Limited and Hang Seng Bank Limited. He serves on the boards of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Inchcape plc, Convenience Retail Asia Limited, The Wharf (Holdings) Limited and Swiss Reinsurance Company Limited. Dr. Ch’ien received a doctoral degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978 and became a Trustee of the University in 2006. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1993 and a Commander in the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1994. In 1999, he was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star medal. In 2008, he was conferred the honour of Chevalier de I’Ordre du Mérite Agricole of France.