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RAYMOND CHAN, JP
Chairman & Group Chief Executive Officer, a member of the Executive Committee of the Board and a director of various subsidiaries of the Company, aged 62. Dr. Chan founded the IDT business in 1977. He leads the management in setting the Group’s mission and objectives, develops and formulates business strategies. He is also the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IDT Holdings (Singapore) Limited ("IDT Singapore"), a Singapore subsidiary previously listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited and was delisted on February 21, 2011. Dr. Chan started out as an electronic engineer and has over 40 years’ experience in the consumer electronics industry. Before establishing the IDT business, he worked for multi-national semi-conductor companies in the US and Hong Kong. Dr. Chan has been conferred for a degree of Doctor in Business Administration, honoris causa by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in November 2003. Dr. Chan is a member of the Advisory Committee on School of Design of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a member of the CreateSmart Initiative (CSI) Vetting Committee under the Commerce and Economic Development, the Honorary President of The Toys Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong and Life Patron of The Professional Validation Council of Hong Kong Industries. Dr. Chan is the husband of Mrs. Chan Pau Shiu Yeng, Shirley.
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CHAN PAU SHIU YENG, SHIRLEY
Executive Director, a member of the Executive Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee and a director of various subsidiaries of the Company, aged 62. Mrs. Chan is the wife of Dr. Raymond Chan and as a co-founder of the Group, she has been involved in developing the IDT business since 1977. Mrs. Chan’s main responsibilities are to advise the business and marketing activities, legal affairs and administrative functions of the Group. She is also an Executive Director of IDT Singapore. Mrs. Chan holds a MBA degree from the University of Hull, UK, a Master of Arts degree in Communication Management from the University of South Australia, and a Master of Arts degree in English for Professional Purposes from the University of Central Lancashire, UK.
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LO KAI YIU, ANTHONY
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee, aged 62. Mr. Lo was appointed in July 1990. Mr. Lo is qualified as a chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Canada and is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Lo has over 28 years of experience in banking, finance and investments. He worked for a number of well known financial institutions including serving as a managing director of Indosuez Asia Limited, Suez Asia Investment Management Ltd., HG Asia Limited, ABN Amro Asia Limited and PrimeCredit Limited. He has the relevant experience in internal controls and in preparing and auditing comparable financial statements as well as experience in reviewing or analysing audited financial statements of public companies. Mr. Lo is currently the Chairman of Shanghai Century Capital Ltd. and a non-executive director of Bosera Asset Management (International) Co., Limited. He is an independent non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Mecox Lane Limited, a listed company on Nasdaq. Mr. Lo is also an independent non-executive director and members of the audit, nomination and valuation committees of The Taiwan Fund Inc., which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. He also serves as an independent non-executive director, audit committee chairman and member of the compensation committee of Tristate Holdings Limited; an independent non-executive director, audit committee chairman and member of the nomination committee of Playmates Holdings Limited and an independent non-executive director and member of the audit committee of Convenience Retail Asia Limited and Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited, all are Hong Kong publicly listed companies.
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| KAO YING LUN
Independent Non-Executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee, aged 58. Mr. Kao was appointed in June 1997. He has over 23 years of business and professional experience in investment banking and corporate finance. Mr. Kao holds an Honours Business Administration Degree from Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario and is a Chartered Accountant qualified in Canada.
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| JACK SCHMUCKLI
Independent Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee, aged 71. Mr. Schmuckli was appointed in May 1999. He has over 36 years of professional executive product marketing experience in the photographic and electronics industries. He had been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Europe GmbH for 14 years and had also been an executive member of the board of Sony Corporation, Tokyo. Mr. Schmuckli now holds several non-executive board memberships, mainly in Switzerland.
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| KENICHI OHMAE
Independent Non-Executive Director, aged 68. Dr. Ohmae was appointed in August 2001. He is a world renowned management consultant and was selected as one of the five management gurus in the world by The Economist in 1994. Dr. Ohmae received his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an honorary doctorate from Notre Dame University. He is an expert in formulating creative strategies and developing organizational concepts for both the private and public sectors. He is the founder and President and Chief Executive Officer of Business Breakthrough, Inc. and before that, had been a partner of McKinsey & Company, Inc., an international management consulting firm, for 23 years.
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