OUR COMPANY Board of directors
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Chang Zhenming (Chairman)
Age 56: Mr. Chang is responsible for the leadership and effective functioning of the board, ensuring that key issues are addressed by the board. He provides the strategic direction for CITIC Pacific. From 2000 to 2005 he served as an executive director, from 2006 as a non-executive director, and since 2009 as the chairman of CITIC Pacific. He is the chairman of CITIC Group Corporation, CITIC Limited and CITIC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited, the vice chairman of CITIC International Financial Holdings Limited and a non-executive director of China CITIC Bank International Limited. He was the vice-chairman and a non-executive director of China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited and a non-executive director and deputy chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited. Mr. Chang is the chairman of both the investment committee and the nomination committee.
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Zhang Jijing (President)
Age 57: Mr. Zhang is responsible for the day-to-day management of CITIC Pacific and the effective implementation of corporate strategy and policies. He served as a non-executive director from April 2009 and re-designated as an executive director from November 2009. He is a vice president of CITIC Limited, the chairman of CITIC Pacific China Holdings Limited, a director of CITIC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited and a non-executive director of CITIC Resources Holdings Limited. He was as an executive director and a vice president of CITIC Group Corporation, the head of the strategy and planning department of CITIC Limited, a non-executive director of CITIC Securities Company Limited and a non-executive director of China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited. He also previously served as the managing director of CITIC Australia Group and a director and vice president of CITIC Australia Pty. Ltd. Mr. Zhang is the chairman of the executive committee and a member of both the investment committee and the special committee.
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Vernon Francis Moore (Chief Financial Officer)
Age 66: Mr. Moore is responsible for treasury, financial control, risk management and corporate communications and investor relations for the CITIC Pacific Group. He has been a director since 1990, transferring from CITIC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited (“CITIC HK”). He is a director of CITIC Pacific Mining Management Pty Ltd, the chairman of New Hong Kong Tunnel Company Limited and Western Harbour Tunnel Company Limited, and an independent non-executive director of CLP Holdings Limited. He was a non-executive director of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, and from 1987 to 2007 an executive director of CITIC HK. Mr. Moore is the chairman of the asset and liability management committee, a member of both the executive committee and the investment committee.
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Liu Jifu
Age 69: a director since 2001. He is a director of CITIC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited and CITIC International Financial Holdings Limited, and a non-executive director of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited. He was with the Financial and Economics Research Institute in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, an executive director of China Everbright Group Limited and the chairman of China Everbright Travel Inc and China PINGHE Import & Export Co., Ltd. Mr. Liu is a member of the executive committee.
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INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Alexander Reid Hamilton
Age 71: a director since 1994. He is an independent non-executive director of Shangri-La Asia Limited, Esprit Holdings Limited, COSCO International Holdings Limited, Octopus Cards Limited, DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and JF China Region Fund, Inc. He was a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Hamilton is a member of the audit committee, the remuneration committee and the nomination committee.
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Gregory Lynn Curl
Age 64: a director since 2011. He joined Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited as president on 1 September 2010, following his retirement from Bank of America in March 2010. He is also a director of Post Holdings, Inc. He was a director of the University of Virginia’s Jefferson Scholars Foundation, The Enstar Group, Inc., Grupo Financiero Santander Serfin, and a non-executive director of China Construction Bank Corporation. Mr. Curl is a member of both the remuneration committee and the nomination committee.
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Francis Siu Wai Keung
Age 58: a director since 2011. He is an independent non-executive director of GuocoLand Limited and Hua Xia Bank Co., Limited, and has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of China Communications Services Corporation Limited, Hop Hing Group Holdings Limited and Beijing Hualian Hypermarket Co., Ltd with effect from 28 June 2012, 1 September 2012 and 13 September 2012 respectively. He joined KPMG Manchester, UK in 1979 and returned to Hong Kong in 1986 and became a partner of KPMG Hong Kong in 1993. From 2000 to 2002, he was a senior partner of KPMG Shanghai Office. From 2002 to March 2010, he was a senior partner of KPMG Beijing Office, and a senior partner of Northern Region, KPMG China. Mr. Siu is the chairman of both the audit committee and remuneration committee, and a member of the special committee.
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Xu Jinwu (Dr.-Ing.)
Age 63: a director with effect from 31 December 2012. He is the vice president of The Chinese Society for Metals (中國金屬學會) and the chairman of the Metallurgical Equipment Committee of The Chinese Society for Metals (中國金屬學會冶金設備分會). He was appointed as the president of the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2004 and retired with effect from 27 January 2013. He served as an independent director of Ningbo Donly Transmission Equipment Co., Ltd. from January 2006 to January 2012 and Xinyu Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. from April 2006 to April 2009.
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NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
André Desmarais
Age 56: a director since 1997. He is deputy chairman, president and co-chief executive officer of Power Corporation of Canada and a senior advisor to the International Advisory Council of China Association for the Promotion of Industrial Development.
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Ju Weimin
Age 49: a director since 2009. He is the chairman and a non-executive director of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited and CITIC Resources Holdings Limited, a non-executive director of CITIC Securities Company Limited, China CITIC Bank Corporation Limited and China CITIC Bank International Limited and a director of CITIC International Financial Holdings Limited and CITIC Hong Kong (Holdings) Limited. He is also a vice president, the chief financial officer and secretary of CITIC Limited. He was the chairman of CITIC Trust Co. Ltd, an executive director and a vice president of CITIC Group Corporation. Mr. Ju is a member of the special committee.
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Yin Ke
Age 49: a director since 2009. He is the chief executive officer, executive director and vice chairman of CITIC Securities International Company Limited, an executive director and vice chairman of CITIC Securities Company Limited, and a non-executive director of Hui Xian Asset Management Limited (the manager of Hui Xian Real Estate Investment Trust, which was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in April 2011). He is also a director of Hui Xian Investment Limited and Beijing Oriental Plaza Co., Ltd. He resigned as a non-executive director of Dah Chong Hong Holdings Limited with effect from 31 December 2012. He was a non-executive director of Zhongxing Shenyang Commercial Building Group Co., Ltd. and CITIC Dameng Holdings Limited. Mr. Yin is a member of the audit committee.
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Carl Yung Ming Jie
Age 44: re-designated as non-executive director with effect from 31 December 2012. He joined CITIC Pacific in 1993. He was an executive director since 2000 and deputy managing director from 2007 to 2012.
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Peter Kruyt (Alternate Director)
Age 57: an alternate director to André Desmarais since 2003. He is vice president of Power Corporation of Canada, chairman of Power Pacific Corporation Limited and the Canada China Business Council, and president and chief executive officer of Victoria Square Ventures Inc.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Chang Zhenming Zhang Jijing Vernon Francis Moore Liu Jifu

INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Alexander Reid Hamilton Gregory Lynn Curl Francis Siu Wai Keung Xu Jinwu (Dr.-Ing.)

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

André Desmarais Ju Weimin Yin Ke Carl Yung Ming Jie Peter Kruyt (Alternate Director)