Ms. Sun Yiping

Ms. Sun, aged 45, graduated from China Agricultural University (formerly known as Beijing Agricultural Engineering University) in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree with specialisation in food engineering and a master's degree with specialisation in agricultural products processing engineering. She joined COFCO Group in 1993 and was involved in the management of COFCO’s investment in Coca-cola bottling business. In 1997, she became the deputy general manager of Swire Guangdong Coca-Cola Limited and subsequently the general manager of Hainan Coca-Cola Beverages Co., Ltd. in 2002. Ms. Sun also concurrently became the general manager of Zhanjiang COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd. In 2005. Prior to joining the Group as Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Sun was the deputy general manager of COFCO Property (Group) Co., Ltd. and the general manager of COFCO Group (south-west region). Throughout her nearly 20 years of work experience, Ms. Sun has acquired extensive management experience in sales and marketing of brand food, processing of food and oil, and real estate in addition to which she has over 10 years of extensive management experience in the international consumable industry.

Mr. Yang Wenjun

Mr. Yang, aged 44, is the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company and Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) Company Limited (“Inner Mongolia Mengniu”) and one of the founders of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. Mr. Yang graduated from Inner Mongolia Light Industry Institute and holds a Master’s degree from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University. Mr. Yang has over 20 years of management experience in the large-scale dairy products industry and extensive experience in production management and sales and marketing of dairy products. Mr. Yang was elected as one of the “World Economy’s Top 10 Outstanding Chinese Professional Managers” by the Professional System Assessment Committee of the appraisal system of World Chinese Economy (WCE) at the Annual Conference for Investment and Financing in Asia Pacific in 2008, and as one of the “China’s Top 10 Celebrities for Industry Leaders” and “Tenth Session of Top 10 Celebrities for China’s Reform Programme” in 2010. Mr. Yang currently serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Dairy Association of China.

Mr. Bai Ying

Mr. Bai, aged 40, is an executive Director of the Company and a Vice President in Operation of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. Mr. Bai graduated with a Master’s degree from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from China Europe International Business School. Mr. Bai was the Vice President of Inner Mongolia Mengniu and the general manager of UHT milk division of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. He has been working in the dairy products industry for almost 20 years and has extensive experience and advanced management concepts in the dairy industry. In 2010, Mr. Bai was elected as “Advanced Staff of Hohhot” and “Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Labour Model” for the second time.

Mr. Wu Jingshui

Mr. Wu, aged 45, is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and a Vice President in Finance of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. Mr. Wu graduated from Inner Mongolia Light Industry Institute majoring in industrial enterprise financial accounting and holds a Master’s degree from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and a Master of Business Administration degree from China Europe International Business School. He also holds a senior accountant qualification. Before being appointed as the Vice President in Finance of Inner Mongolia Mengniu in April 2008, Mr. Wu served as the Chief Financial Officer of liquid milk division and the Chief Financial Officer of Inner Mongolia Mengniu, and has extensive experience in financial management. In 2010, Mr. Wu was honoured as a “Labour Model (Advanced Staff) of Hohhot”.

Mr. Ding Sheng

Mr. Ding, aged 43, is an executive Director of the Company and a Vice President in Sales and Marketing of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. Mr. Ding graduated from Inner Mongolia Light Industry Institute majoring in dairy products techniques and is a senior engineer. During his work, he pursued studies in Inner Mongolia University and Nankai University majoring in economics and management and business administration. Mr. Ding joined Inner Mongolia Mengniu in 2003. He served as a Vice President and the general manager of yogurt division of Inner Mongolia Mengniu and has extensive management and sales and marketing experience in the dairy industry. Mr. Ding was elected as a “Labour Model (Advanced Staff) of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region” in 2010. Mr. Ding currently serves as a member of the Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology and the vice chairman of the lactic acid bacteria branch of the Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology.

Mr. Niu Gensheng

Mr. Niu, aged 53, is one of the founders of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. Mr. Niu graduated from Inner Mongolia University with a degree in Administration and Management and obtained a Master’s degree in Enterprise Management at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Graduate School. With his extensive experience and insights in China’s dairy industry, Mr. Niu receives high reputation in the industry. In 2007, Mr. Niu was elected as one of “China’s Most Influential Business Leaders” for the fifth consecutive year, and was honored the “2007 Hong Kong Bauhinia Award”. Mr. Niu is devoted to charity. He was among “China’s Top 10 Philanthropists” guided and published by the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People’s Republic of China in 2007 and ranked third in the “2007 Hurun Top 10 for Charity”, and received the first and only “Lifetime Achievement in Philanthropy Award” presented by the “China Philanthropists List” in 2010. Mr. Niu currently serves as the Deputy chairman of the Second China National Committee of International Dairy Federation and also an independent non-executive director of Alibaba.com Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong and an independent director of Shanghai Metersbonwe Fashion & Accessories Company, a company listed in Shenzhen.

Mr. Ning Gaoning

Mr. Ning, aged 52, is a non-executive Director of the Company and has been, prior to his appointment as the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman of the Board since August 2009. He is also the chairman of COFCO Corporation and COFCO (Hong Kong) Limited, an executive director and chairman of China Foods Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, a non-executive director and chairman of China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, a non-executive director of CPMC Holdings Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, and an independent director of Huayuan Property Co., Ltd., a company listed in Shanghai. Mr. Ning is also a director of BOC International Holdings Limited. Mr. Ning was a non-executive director of Lippo China Resources Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, from December 1998 to August 2009 and a director of Smithfield Foods, Inc., a company listed in New York, from 27 August 2008 to 2 March 2011. Mr. Ning has over 20 years of experience in corporate management, investment and corporate finance, business restructurings and governmental relations. Mr. Ning graduated from Shandong University in China with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States with a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance.

Mr. Yu Xubo

Mr. Yu, aged 45, is a non-executive Director of the Company. He is also the president of COFCO Corporation and a director of COFCO (Hong Kong) Limited, and also an executive director and the managing director of China Agri-Industries Holdings Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong. Mr. Yu holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from China Europe International Business School.

Mr. Ma Jianping

Mr. Ma, aged 47, is currently a vice president of COFCO Corporation. He is also a non-executive director of China Foods Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, and a director of COFCO Property (Group) Co., Ltd., a company listed in Shenzhen. Mr. Ma graduated from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing with a degree of Executive Master of Business Administration. Mr. Ma has extensive experience in corporate finance, investment, strategic planning and management and worked in Japan for over five years.

Mr. Fang Fenglei

Mr. Fang, aged 59, is Chairman of HOPU Investment Management Co., Ltd. and Chairman of Goldman Sachs Gaohua Securities Company Limited. Previously, Mr. Fang was a deputy CEO of China International Capital Corporation Limited, CEO of BOC International Holdings Limited and CEO of ICEA Finance Holdings Limited. He was an independent non-executive director of Central China Real Estate Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, from January 2008 to December 2009. Mr. Fang holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sun Yat-sen University.

Mr. Jiao Shuge (alias Jiao Zhen)

Mr. Jiao, aged 45, is a Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Jiao joined the Group in September 2002 and is currently a director of CDH China Fund, L.P.. Mr. Jiao received a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Shandong University and a Master’s degree in Engineering from the Ministry of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Currently, Mr. Jiao also serves as a non-executive director of China Yurun Food Group Limited and China Shanshui Cement Group Limited, both companies listed in Hong Kong and a director of Joyoung Company Limited, a company listed in Shenzhen.

Mr. Julian Juul Wolhardt

Mr. Wolhardt, aged 37, joined the Group in January 2006. Mr. Wolhardt is currently a partner of KKR Asia Limited focusing on private equity transactions in the Greater China region. Mr. Wolhardt is a CPA and CMA and received a B.S. with honors in Accounting from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) in the United States. Mr. Wolhardt currently serves as a non-executive director of China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd., a company listed in Hong Kong.

Mr. Liu Fuchun

Mr. Liu, aged 65, was a graduate of the Beijing Foreign Trade Institute and now a senior commerce specialist. Mr. Liu was the deputy consulate of the Chinese Consulate-General in Vancouver. He also worked in various companies in the past, including serving as an officer in the finance department, the business planning department, and the general office of COFCO Corporation. He was also an officer of COFCO Corporation’s sales representative office in the US, the deputy director and director of COFCO Corporation’s cereals and oils department and the general manager, executive director, deputy president and president of Top Glory (London) Ltd., which was based in the United Kingdom. Currently, Mr. Liu serves as an independent non-executive director of DaChan Food (Asia) Limited, a company listed in Hong Kong, and an independent director of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd., a company listed in Singapore.

Mr. Zhang Xiaoya

Mr. Zhang, aged 49, was a graduate of the Shandong University and the school of management at the Beihang University and is now a senior engineer. Mr. Zhang has served various companies in the past, including project manager of the Trust Investment Company for Development of Rural Villages in China, director and deputy general manager of Dalian Zhong Xing Industrial Company, the head of investment consulting department of Zhong Zhi Investment Consulting Company and a director and president of Airmedia which was listed on NASDAQ in the US. He was mainly engaged in the feasibility study of construction projects, investment decisions consulting, verification of project assessments and planning of project finance proposals.

Mr. Xie Tao

Mr. Xie, aged 48, is currently the chief executive officer and a director of Agria Corporation, a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Xie has previously been engaged in the advisory practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers for 22 years where he led the China market corporate finance practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers and served on the firm’s management board. Mr. Xie has extensive experience in China related cross-border investments and M&A and corporate restructuring. Mr. Xie received his Bachelor’s degree in physics from Beijing University in China and was a member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Mr. Lu Jianjun

Mr. Lu, aged 34, is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Company and the Secretary of the Board of Directors of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. Mr. Lu was graduated from Inner Mongolia Normal University with an art degree in Chinese Language. Mr. Lu joined the Group in June 2000, and served as various important positions including Secretary to CEO Office, Secretary to CEO, Secretary to Chairman of the Board of Directors Office, Executive Assistant to Chairman. After ten years’ work experience in such important positions, Mr. Lu has accumulated extensive management experience and gained unique industry insight. Mr. Lu was re-designated as the Secretary of the Board of Directors of Inner Mongolia Mengniu in 2009. In May 2010, Mr. Lu was awarded the professional qualification as secretary of board of directors by the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Mr. Yao Haitao

Mr. Yao, aged 48, is a President in Administration of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. He graduated from Inner Mongolia Finance and Economics College with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from China Europe International Business School. He also holds an accountant qualification. Mr. Yao joined Inner Mongolia Mengniu in 2003 and served as various positions including Assistant to President, Vice President in Administration and deputy general manager of the liquid milk division of Inner Mongolia Mengniu during his term. He has solid experience in administrative management. Mr. Yao currently serves as the Deputy Chairman of the China Dairy Industry Association.

Ms. Zhao Yuanhua

Ms. Zhao, aged 47, is a Vice President in Branding of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. Ms. Zhao graduated from Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology (formerly known as Baotou University of Iron and Steel Technology) with a Bachelor’s degree in Technology and obtained a Master of Business Administration degree from China Europe International Business School. Ms. Zhao joined Inner Mongolia Mengniu in 2000. She served as directors of sales, marketing and sales and marketing of the UHT milk liquid division of Inner Mongolia Mengniu and director of sales and marketing and Vice President of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. She has extensive experience in sales and marketing and management. Ms. Zhao also serves as a member of the China Association of Outstanding Women and a member of the Second Economics and Market Committee of China Dairy Industry Association. In 2009, Ms. Zhao was honored as “National Professional Model of Female Workers” and the “Outstanding Leader Award for Advertisements of Renowned Enterprises” of China Advertising Great-wall Awards.

Mr. Liu Weixing

Mr. Liu, aged 50, is a Vice President in Quality Control of Inner Mongolia Mengniu. Mr. Liu graduated with a Master’s degree from Inner Mongolia Agricultural University and is a senior engineer. Mr. Liu joined Inner Mongolia Mengniu in 1999. He served as Deputy General Manager, Quality Control Director and Assistant to President of Inner Mongolia Mengniu and has extensive experience in processing techniques and quality control in the dairy industry. In 2010, Mr. Liu was awarded the Third Prize for Technological Improvement in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Mr. Liu currently serves as a Standing Committee Member of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Dairy Industry Association.

Mr. KWOK Wai Cheong, Chris
Mr. Kwok, aged 38, the Financial Controller and Company Secretary of the Company, joined the Group in May 2007. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Kwok was the Financial Controller of a Hong Kong Main Board listed company and he also had served in an international accounting firm. Mr. Kwok graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a Bachelor’s degree in Accountancy. Mr. Kwok is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.