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Our Board Structure
The Board is responsible for the leadership and control of the Group (the Company and its subsidiaries) and is collectively responsible for promoting the success of the Group by directing and supervising the Group’s affairs. The Board ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations and that every board member should act in good faith, exercise due diligence and care and act in the best interests of the Group and its shareholders. The Board currently consists of 12 members. Among them, six are executive directors, three are non-executive directors and three are independent non-executive directors.

Separation of Chairman and Managing Director
To ensure independence, accountability and responsibility, the posts of Chairman and Managing Director are separated and each of them plays a distinct role. The Chairman is responsible for setting the Group’s strategy and business directions and ensuring that the Board is functioning properly and with good corporate governance practices and procedures, whilst the Managing Director, supported by other board members and the senior management, is responsible for managing the Group’s business, including implementation of major strategies set by the Board, making day-to-day decision and co-ordinating overall business operations. In addition, he guides and motivates the senior management towards achieving the Group’s objectives.

Non-executive Directors
The Company has three non-executive directors and three independent non-executive directors who are not involved in the day-to-day conduct of the Group’s businesses. The three non-executive directors are richly experienced in container shipping business and corporate management. These experiences, expertise and skills would facilitate the process of formulating the Company’s strategy.

Independent non-executive Directors
The three independent non-executive directors have substantial experience in areas such as accounting, legal, finance and business. Their mix of skills and business experience is a major contribution to the future development of the Company and the checks-and-balances system of the Board.

 
CHEN Hongsheng

Non-executive Director -- Chairman of the Board
Mr. CHEN, aged 58, is a non-executive director and the Chairman of the Board of the Company.  Before his re-designation, he was an executive director of the Company since September 2003.  He is also an executive vice president of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, an executive director and the president of China COSCO Holdings Company Limited and the chairman of COSCO Pacific Investment Holdings Limited and a director of COSCO Container Lines Company Limited.  He had been the deputy general manager of Penavico Nantong Branch Company, general manager of Shipping Department of Penavico, general manager of COSCO Beijing International Freight Forwarding Company, managing director of COSCO International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. and deputy general manager of COSCO Container Lines Company Limited.  Mr. CHEN was formerly the Chairman of COSCO Shipping Co., Ltd. Mr. CHEN is one of the experienced experts engaging in the container shipping and logistics business at its initial stage in the People’s Republic of China.  He has over 30 years of experience in shipping industry with extensive experience in enterprise operations and management. Mr. CHEN graduated from Sichuan Foreign Language College, majoring in English and from Capital University of Economics and Business, in postgraduate studies in business administration. He is a senior economist.  He has been awarded the honour of special contribution to the State in 1995.  He is currently a vice chairman of China Enterprise Confederation and China Enterprise Directors Association.

 
LI Jianhong

Executive Director
Mr. LI , aged 51, has been a Director of the Company since October 1997. He is also an Executive Vice
President of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, the Chairman of Sino-Ocean Land Holdings Limited, COSCO Shipyard Group, COSCO International Ship Trading Co., Ltd., Dalian COSCO Shipbuilding Industry Co., Ltd. and Chinese-Tanzanian Join Shipping Company; Vice Chairman of China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. and Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd.; Non-executive Director of China COSCO Holdings Company Limited and COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited and Director of COSCO International Holdings Limited, COSCO Logistics Co., Ltd. and Boao COSCO Co., Ltd.. Mr. LI is also the Vice Chairman of Chinese Society of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering and China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry. Mr. LI joined COSCO Group in 1989 and he had been the General Manager of Nantong Shipyard, Managing Director of COSCO Industry Co., Ltd., COSCO Property Ltd., and Assistant President and Chief Commercial Officer of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company. Mr. LI possesses two Master Degrees in Business Administration from University of East London in the United Kingdom and Jilin University respectively. He is also a senior economist. Mr. LI possesses extensive experience in corporate management and capital operation.

 
XU Lirong

Non-executive Director
Mr. XU, aged 50, has been a Director of the Company since March 2000. Before his redesignation as a Non-executive Director in June 2005, he served as an Executive Director. He is now the Executive Vice President of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company, a Non-executive Director of China COSCO Holdings Company Limited and the Chairman of COSCO Shipping Co., Ltd. Mr. XU graduated from Marine Navigation Department of the Adult Education College in Dalian Maritime University and obtained his Master of Business Administration degree from a joint programme organised by Shanghai Maritime University and the Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands. Mr. XU had been the Executive Vice President of China COSCO Holdings Company Limited, the Managing Director of COSCO Container Lines Company Limited, the Marine Captain and Deputy Director of the first management department of Shanghai Ocean Shipping Company, the General Manager of Shanghai International Freight Forwarding Company, the Deputy Managing Director of Shanghai Ocean Shipping Company and the President of Shanghai Shipping Exchange. He has extensive experience in container shipping business management and corporate management.

 
SUN Yueying

Executive Director
Ms. SUN, aged 49, has been a Director of the Company since March 2002. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company and a Director of China COSCO Holdings Company Limited, COSCO (Hong Kong) Group Limited, COSCO Container Lines Company Limited and COSCO Corporation (Singapore) Limited. Ms. SUN graduated from Shanghai Maritime University in 1982 majoring in shipping finance and accounting. She is a certified accountant and a senior accountant. She had been the Vice Director of the Finance Division of Tianjin Ocean Shipping Co., Finance Manager of COSCO Japan Co., Ltd. and the General Manager of the Finance and Capital Division of and the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company. She has extensive experience in the shipping industry and corporate financial management.

 
XU Minjie

Executive Director, Vice Chairman of the Board and Managing Director
Mr. XU, aged 49, is the Vice Chairman of the Board and the Managing Director of the Company. He is also the Chairman of the Investment and Strategic Planning Committee and a member of the Executive Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee of the Company. He is also a director of China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. Mr. XU graduated from the Marine Navigation Department of Qingdao Ocean Shipping Mariners College and obtained his Master of Business Administration degree from Shanghai Maritime University and also obtained a Master Degree in Management from Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands(荷蘭馬斯特里赫特商學院). Mr. XU joined COSCO Group in 1980 and was appointed as Managing Director of COSCO Shanghai International Freight Company Limited in November 1998. He was the Vice Chairman of Shanghai City Freight Forwarders Association (上海市貨運代理協會) during the period from December 1998 to September 2003 and was appointed as the General Manager of the Transportation Division of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company in September 2003. He had been a former marine captain on COSCO’s ocean-going ships, General Manager of the Container Division, Operation Division, Export Division of Shanghai Ocean Shipping Company and Deputy Managing Director of Shanghai International Freight Forwarding Company. During the period from June 2005 to January 2007, Mr. XU was an Executive Committee member of China Communications and Transportation Association(中國交通運輸協會). Mr. XU has accumulated around 30 years of experience in the shipping industry and has demonstrated excellent enterprise operation and management skills. His outstanding vision and management power have been highly appreciated by the industry. He joined the Company in January 2007 as the Vice Chairman and Managing Director and leads the Company’s overall management, strategic development, corporate governance and financial management.

 
SUN Jiakang

Non-executive Director
Dr. SUN, aged 48, has been a Director of the Company since September 2002. Before his redesignation as a Non-executive Director in January 2007, he served as the Vice Chairman and Managing Director. He is an Executive Vice President of China COSCO Holdings Company Limited, a fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, a member of International WHO’S WHO of Professionals and a visiting professor at Dalian Maritime University. Dr. SUN graduated from the Faculty of Navigation of Dalian Maritime Transportation Institute with a bachelor degree in shipping management in 1982 and obtained a bachelor degree in economic management of industrial enterprises from the People’s University of China in 1987, a master degree in management from Dalian Maritime University in 2001 and a doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree in management from Preston University, USA in 2005. After graduating from university in 1982, Dr. SUN joined COSCO Group and had been the Assistant to the President and Spokesman of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company. For the past 25 years, Dr. SUN has been committed to shipping management and has accumulated rich experiences in international shipping and logistics operations and has demonstrated excellent management skills.

 
WONG Tin Yau, Kelvin

Executive Director
Dr. WONG, aged 47, is a Deputy Managing Director of the Company. He is also the Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Executive Committee of the Company. Dr. WONG is a Deputy Chairman, Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and fellow member of The Hong Kong Institute of Directors, Chairman and council member of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra Limited, a member of the China Trade Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, a member of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member of the OECD/World Bank Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable, a member of Main Board and GEM Listing Committee of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and a member of The Board of Review (Inland Revenue Ordinance). He obtained his Master of Business Administration degree from Andrews University in Michigan, the USA in 1992 and his Doctor of Business of Administration from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2007. He is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, a member of the Hong Kong Securities Institute, a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a member of the National Investor Relations Institute in the USA. He has more than 23 years of working experience in management, banking and securities industries. Currently, Dr. WONG is an Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of China Metal International Holdings Inc., an Independent Non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited, an Independent Non-executive Director of CIG Yangtze Ports PLC, and an Independent Non-executive Director of I.T Limited, all of these companies are listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. Dr. WONG held various senior positions in several listed companies in Hong Kong before he joined the Company in July 1996. He is responsible for the overall management, strategic planning, financial management, and investor relations of the Company.

 
WANG Zhi

Executive Director
Mr. WANG, aged 45, is a Deputy Managing Director of the Company. He is also the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and a member of the Executive Committee and the Investment and Strategic Planning Committee of the Company and the President & CEO of Florens Container Services Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. He joined the Company in April 2001 and was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in July 2005. He graduated from Jimei Navigation College in 1980. He then further his studies in Shanghai Maritime University and obtained an International Executive Master of Business Administration degree from International School of Management in Paris in 2000. Prior to joining the Company, he worked in COSCO Guangzhou in 1980 and gained more than 13 years of working experience in shipping industries there. Since 1993, he had been the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of COSCO (UK) Limited, the Managing Director of Crystal Logistics Ltd. and the Managing Director of COSCO France S.A. He was a Nonexecutive Director of Chong Hing Bank Limited. Mr. WANG is responsible for corporate development, overall management and administration of Florens Container Services Company Limited and strategic development and investment of some of the container terminal business of the Company.

 
YIN Weiyu

Executive Director
Mr. YIN, aged 41, is a Deputy Managing Director of the Company. He is also a member of the Executive Committee and Investment and Strategic Planning Committee of the Company. He obtained his Master of Science degree major in Applied Mathematics from Graduate School of Sun Yat-Sen University in 1990. Before joining the Company in October 2006, Mr. YIN has been the Managing Director of COSCO Guangzhou International Freight Co., Ltd. and Deputy General Manager of South China COSCO International Freight Co., Ltd. Mr. YIN is responsible for the Company’s strategic planning and terminal and related business development.

 
LI Kwok Po, David GBM,GBS,OBE,JP

Independent Non-executive Director
Dr. LI, aged 69, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since February 1998. He is also the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Dr. LI is the Chairman and Chief Executive of The Bank of East Asia, Limited, and a director of numerous other companies in Hong Kong and overseas. He is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He is the Chairman of The Chinese Banks’ Association, Limited and the Hong Kong Management Association. He is also a member of the Banking Advisory Committee and the Council of the Treasury Markets Association. Dr. LI was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in July 2007.

 
CHOW Kwong Fai, Edward

Independent Non-executive Director
Mr. CHOW, aged 55, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since June 2005. He is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company. Mr. CHOW is a fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a past president of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA). Before elected president, he chaired the HKICPA’s Corporate Governance Committee and Professional Accountants in Business (PAIB) Committee. He is also Chairman of the PAIB Committee of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC), a core member of the OECD/World Bank Asian Corporate Governance Roundtable and a Deputy Chairman of both The Hong Kong Institute of Directors and the Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong. He was recently appointed an expert advisor of the Accounting Standards Committee of the Ministry of Finance, Peoples Republic of China. He is also a member of The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference – Zhejiang Province and The Election Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Mr. CHOW is currently the Chairman of China Infrastructure Group and CIG Yangtze Ports PLC, listed in Hong Kong. He is also an independent director of China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd., which is listed on the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Shanghai. Between 1988 and 1996, he was the Managing Director of a conglomerate which had companies listed on the stock exchanges of Hong Kong and Thailand. Prior to entering the commercial sector, Mr. CHOW spent 11 years working for two major accounting firms, Deloitte Haskins & Sells and Price Waterhouse (as they were then known), respectively in London and Hong Kong.

 
Timothy George FRESHWATER

Independent Non-executive Director
Mr. FRESHWATER, aged 63, has been an Independent Non-executive Director of the Company since June 2005. He is also a member of the Audit Committee of the Company. He is a Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. Before joining Goldman Sachs in 2001, he was the Chairman of Jardine Fleming. Mr. FRESHWATER is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and Hong Kong. After graduating from the University of Cambridge, he joined the international law firm Slaughter and May in 1967 and remained with them for 29 years before joining the Jardine Fleming group in 1996. He became a partner of Slaughter and May in 1975 and worked in their Hong Kong office for seven years between 1978 and 1985. He was the head of Slaughter and May’s worldwide corporate practice from 1993 until 1996. He is an ex-President of the Hong Kong Law Society. Mr. FRESHWATER is currently a Non-executive Director of Chong Hing Bank Limited and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Swire Pacific Limited.

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