Corporate Governance
Director Biographies
Lillian Wang Li 每 Chairman of Board of Directors and Secretary
Lillian Wang Li, age 49, is one of the founders of HQSM and is the chairman of our board of directors. She is responsible for the general administration, strategic planning and financial management of HQSM. Ms. Wang graduated from the Beijing University majoring in European and Chinese Literature and holds a certificate in business administration from Concordia University, Canada. She has over twenty-five years experience in management of China and Canadian businesses, particularly with respect to financial matters.
Harry Wang Hua - Director and Chief Operating Officer
Harry Wang Hua, age 43, is one of the founders of HQSM, and is our director and chief operating officer. He is responsible for the establishment of the production facilities and their operation in HQSM. He attended the Beijing Industrial University majoring in civil engineering. Mr. Wang has over fifteen years' experience in managing startup companies in China and in Canada and in training middle managers in China to Western standards.
Norbert Sporns 每 Director, Chief Executive Officer and President
Norbert Sporns, age 52, is one of the founders of HQSM, and is our director, chief executive officer and president. He has extensive experience in project development and investment consultancy. He graduated from the University of British Columbia, Canada, majoring in Philosophy. He also holds a Bachelor of Civil Law degree and a Bachelor of English Common Law degree from McGill University and a Certificate of Tax Law, a Certificate in Condominium Law and a Diploma of Notarial Law from the University of Montreal. Mr. Sporns joined HQSM in 1997.
Joseph I. Emas 每Independent non-executive Director
Mr. Emas has been a director since May 18, 2007. Mr. Emas is licensed to practice law in Florida, New Jersey and New York and has served as our general counsel since August 17, 2005. Since 2001, Mr. Emas has been the senior partner of Joseph I. Emas, P.A. Mr. Emas specializes in securities regulation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law. Mr. Emas received his Honors BA at University of Toronto, Bachelor of Administrative Studies, with distinction, at York University in Toronto, his JD, cum laude from Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad Law School and his L.L.M. in Securities Regulation at Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Emas was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad Law School. Mr. Emas received the William Smith Award, Pro Bono Advocate for Children in 2000 and the 2006 Child Advocacy Award in Florida and is the author of ※Update of Juvenile Jurisdiction Florida Practice in Juvenile Law.§ Mr. Emas was been a member of the Juvenile Court Rules Committee for the State of Florida from 1999 through 2006, and currently sits on the Florida Child Advocacy Committee.
Andrew Intrater 每Independent non-executive Director
Mr. Intrater has been a director since June 1, 2007. Mr. Intrater is the Chairman and CEO of Columbus Acquisition Corp. and the Chief Executive Officer of Columbus Nova, a private investment firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Charlotte and Moscow where he has held this position since Columbus Nova*s inception in January 2000. Columbus Nova manages in excess of $2 billion of investor capital and debt in a variety of credit and private equity businesses. Mr. Intrater also serves as the Senior Managing Partner of Columbus Nova*s investment business, including Columbus Nova Capital and Columbus Nova Opportunity Fund, and is a former Director of Renova Group of companies. Columbus Nova is the U.S.-based affiliate of the Renova Group, one of the largest Russian strategic investors in
Fred Bild 每 Independent Non-Executive Director
Fred Bild, age 69, is currently Visiting Professor at the University of Montreal's Centre of East Asian Studies and is a private consultant on political and economic relations with China and East Asia. Professor Bild received a B.A. in Philosophy and Sociology from Sir George Williams University, a Diploma in International Law from University College, London, and a Dipl?me de Stage from the Ecole National d'Administration in Paris. Over the past nearly forty years, Mr. Bild has served the Canadian Embassy in various functions including Cultural Attach谷 (Tokyo), Economic Counsel and Deputy Chief (Paris) and Ambassador to Thailand and China.
Daniel Too - Independent Non-executive Director
Mr. Too, age 56, graduate of Hong Kong University and Polytechnic, has extensive business experience in Asia and brings a keen understanding of the business difficulties associated with working in China. He is currently the Managing Director of Delta Elevator Far East and serves as Director of Voker Chemical Paint Limited. He has been named to the compensation committee with another Independent Non-Executive Director, Mr. Fred Bild, and the CEO, Norbert Sporns."
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