
Franky Fan is the Executive Chairman and CEO of our Group. Franky is one of our principal founders and is the driving force behind our strategic business development and growth of our Group. Franky has more than ten years of experience in the optical storage industry. He is conversant in all aspects of the business, and is particularly active in marketing management where he is instrumental in securing most of the customers for our Group. Franky obtained a Master's Degree in Electronics Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1993. He also obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honours in Applied Physics from the Hong Kong Baptist College (now known as the Hong Kong Baptist University) in 1992.
Ken Wu is an Executive Director of our Group. Ken is responsible for the financial management, administration and information technology functions of the Group. As one of the key founders of the Group, he helped set up the organisational structure of the Group since the beginning and was also instrumental in helping to steer the listing exercise of the Group. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1991 and he has extensive experience in strategic planning, financial advisory and banking.
Sam Liu is an Executive Director of our Group. He is responsible for the production and operations of our Group, including managing the supply chains of both our factories in Dongguan, PRC, and providing after-sales service to our customers. Sam is also managing the set up and operation of the new thin film solar cell manufacturing plant in Henan. Sam has over 13 years of experience in the manufacturing sector. He obtained a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Hua Nan Technical University, PRC in 1992.
Professor Tan was appointed as our Independent Director on 17 September 2004. Currently, he is the Dean of the Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore ("NUS"). He has been with NUS since 1988. Professor Tan also practises as a commercial litigation lawyer. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Law with Honours from the NUS in 1987 and a Master's Degree in Law from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) in 1990.
Eric Chan was appointed as our Independent Director on 17 September 2004. He is a partner at Chan & Cheung, Certified Public Accountants, Hong Kong. Since 2000, Eric is a practising Certified Public Accountant. He is also an associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honours in Accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1992.
Associate Professor Bao was appointed as our Independent Director on 1 March 2006. He is an Associate Professor of Electronic Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong since 1990. He was appointed as Professor in the Photo-Mechanics Research Division of the Department of Mechanics at Tongji University for more than 20 years. From 1984 to 1988, Associate Professor Bao was a Visiting Associate Professor at Oakland University, Michigan, USA. In 1989, he joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong as a Research Associate working on biomedical engineering image processing.
Agnes Ng was appointed as our Independent Director on 24 April 2008. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree with Honours in Accountancy from De Montfort University (United Kingdom) in 1994 and was qualified as a Certified Public Accountant since 1999. She is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. Agnes has over 12 years of experience in accounting and training in management development, having held a Senior Manager position in PricewaterhouseCoopers.