Mr. Crawford joined our board in November 2007. Mr. Crawford has been the chairman of International Quality Education Limited since February 2002. Since 1997, Mr. Crawford has been the managing director of Crawford Consultants Limited, a company he founded which helps companies in the identification of acquisition opportunities and provides support assistance in that regard. Prior to that, Mr. Crawford was a founding partner of the Hong Kong office of Ernst & Young where he acted as engagement or review partner for many public companies and banks before he retired from practice in 1997. Mr. Crawford is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member and honorary president of the Macau Society of Certified Practising Accountants, and a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr. Crawford also serves on the boards of directors and is chairman of the audit committees of e-Kong Group Limited, Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited and Regal Portfolio Management Limited, which are Hong Kong listed companies. |