Mr. DiVito joined our board in October 2005 and he chairs our Audit Committee. Mr. DiVito has served as chief financial officer and treasurer of Lonza America, Inc., a global life sciences chemical business headquartered in Allendale, New Jersey, since September 2000 and as president of Lonza America, Inc. since January 2008. Lonza America, Inc. is part of Lonza Group, whose stock is traded on the Swiss Stock Exchange. From 1990 to September 2000, Mr. DiVito was employed by Algroup Wheaton, a global pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging company, first as its Director of Business Development and later as its vice president and chief financial officer. Mr. DiVito is a certified public accountant and certified management accountant. Mr. DiVito is a member of the board of directors of Riviera Holdings Corporation, a publicly held company.
Mr. John Crawford
Mr. Crawford joined our board in November 2007. Mr. Crawford has been the chairman of International Quality Education Limited since February 2002. Since 1997, Mr. Crawford has been the managing director of Crawford Consultants Limited, a company he founded which helps companies in the identification of acquisition opportunities and provides support assistance in that regard. Prior to that, Mr. Crawford was a founding partner of the Hong Kong office of Ernst & Young where he acted as engagement or review partner for many public companies and banks before he retired from practice in 1997. Mr. Crawford is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member and honorary president of the Macau Society of Certified Practicing Accountants, and a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Mr. Crawford also serves on the boards of directors and is chairman of the audit committees of e-Kong Group Limited and Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited, both of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He is also on the board of directors and chairman of the audit committee of Regal Portfolio Management Limited, which manages the Regal Real Estate Investment Trust, the units of which are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Mr. Samuel (Yuen Wai) Tsang
Mr. Tsang joined our board in September 2008. Mr. Tsang is a solicitor admitted in Hong Kong, England and Australia. As Group Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Melco International Development Limited since 2001, Mr. Tsang oversees the legal, corporate and compliance matters of Melco Group, which holds significant interests in a total of six listed companies in Hong Kong, the USA and Canada. Mr. Tsang has worked as a lawyer with major law firms and listed conglomerates in Hong Kong for over 20 years. He holds a master of laws degree from University of Hong Kong and a master of business administration degree from the Australian Graduate School of Management. He is director of Melco China Resorts (Holding) Limited, a company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange of Canada.
Mr. Anthony (Kanhee) Tyen, Ph.D.
Dr. Tyen joined our board in September 2008. Dr. Tyen has been in the past five years the proprietor of his own accountancy and consulting practice, Anthony Tyen & Co., which he founded in 1985. Dr. Tyen is a certified public accountant in Hong Kong and has over 30 years’ experience in auditing, accounting, management and company secretarial practice. He holds a doctoral degree in philosophy and a master degree in business administration, both from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is an associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a fellow member of both the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, and a member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Dr. Tyen is an independent non-executive director and member of the audit committee of Recruit Holdings Limited and Value Convergence Holdings Limited, both of whose securities are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
