Zhen Tao wu

Biography

Mr. Wu Zhen Tao is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of the Company. He is the executive chairman of the board of directors and the chairman of the Executive Committee and Remuneration Committee of Cathay International Holdings Limited (“CIH”, and together with its subsidiaries, the “CIH Group”), a company whose shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange, and a substantial shareholder of the Company (as defined by the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Listing Rules”)). Mr. Wu was born and educated in Beijing. He graduated from the Beijing University of Technology in 1982. He also has a degree in Business Administration. Mr. Wu acted as a senior executive in government scientific institutes in the PRC from 1982 to 1985 and as the managing director of two newly established state owned financial institutions in the PRC from 1986 to 1989. Since 1988 Mr. Wu has, through companies, invested in and developed the Landmark Hotel (now called Crowne Plaza Hotel & Suites Landmark Shenzhen) in Shenzhen and established the Cathay International Water Limited group of companies, which made substantial investments in public utility and infrastructure in the PRC. Strategic shareholders were JP Morgan, Singapore Technologies, UBS, Banco Santander and Nomura JAFCO, and this business was once the largest foreign investor in water and waste water treatment projects in the PRC with net assets of over US$1 billion.

Research Interest

 Business management