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Hong Kong

Holding company of OpenRice.com, Streetdirectory.comRunning OpenRice.com in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shenzhen, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore.

Hong Kong

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CFO, JDB HOLDINGS LIMITEDSep / 2000 - Nov / 20121. To be responsible as an executive director in the Board in JDB Holdings as well as its subsidiaries and/or associated companies.2. To assist Chairman to plan and implement all group business strategies and directions of JDB Group3. To lead and implement all finance functions and internal control of the Group.4. To lead and implement the project due diligence, acquisition of regional businesses and divestment of businesses of JDB Group.5. To lead Group/HK finance team of around 10 staff.6. To lead more than 10 finance managers in the various countries and business units and each local team ranged from 3-10 staff.7. First joined as Finance Manager and then promoted as Group Finance Manager -> Financial Controller -> Chief Financial Officer -> Finance Director (appointed on Feb 2011).8. Report to Chairman and Board of Directors since joined on Yr 20009. Joined as member of Executive Committee since its formation on Yr 2003Experience Highlight1. Strong track record as key and top management in a fast growing, Asia-Pacific regional business with various product lines/business units.a. JDB Holdings operated JobsDB.com (divested on 2011), OpenRice.com, OpenSnap.com, sgcarmart.com (divested on 2013), streetdirectory.com and FAIMS media, etc. and they covered Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, Australia, Taiwan, South Korea and USA. Operations in Taiwan, South Korea and USA had been discontinued on or before Yr 2003.b. Experience in working in a fast growing business with over 40% CAGR in sales (5 years)c. Seek.com announced the forecasted turnover and EBITDA of JobsDB.com in Yr 2010 were HK$320m and HK$120m respectively on Dec 2010. JobsDB.com were in number 1 position in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia, in number 2 position in Southern China and the Philippines as well as number 3 position in Malaysia.

To act as head of finance with presence in 9 countries. Forecast Sales and EBITDA of JobsDB.com for CY2010 were HK$320M and HK$120M respectively (refer to seek.com)Acquisitions & Due Diligencesa. CJOL.com – Shenzhen based online recruitment portal with presences in Guangzhou and Shanghai (to represent the group’s interest in CJOL as CFO since acquisition up to Y2009)b. OpenRice.com – a Hong Kong based portalc. Sgcarmart.com – a Singapore based new and used car portald. Job88.com – Shenzhen based online recruitment portale. ezJob.com – Bangkok based online recruitment portalf. setup JVs in Beijing for vocational education in Yr 07 but dissolved in Yr08g. DDs in Vietnam and Indonesia Reduction of Capital in the holding and major group companiesa. To facilitate the distribution of dividend to shareholders Fund Raising and Bank Financinga. Private Placementb. Issue of convertible note and redemptionc. Application of bank standby term loan Implementation and improvement of In-house built billing systemCentralized financial systema. Design the requirements of new financial system b. Evaluation c. Selection of accounting systemd. Implementation and installation in HK data centere. Control and connection via internet and VPNs Regional Tax Health Checka. Appointment of a Big4 as consultantb. Review the bases and key on allocation of HeadOffice overhead and centralized IT development cost to various business units and subsidiaries Setup New Regional Businessa. In various Asian countriesb. ICPs in Shenzhen and setup Variable Interest Entity (VIE) structure in China

Master'S Degree, E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce, Master Of Science In E-Commerce With Credit

Customer Relationship Management and Techology, Digital Marketing, B2B B2C E-Commerce and Management, Information System, Knowledge.

Master’S Degree, Llm In Arbitration And Dispute Resolution, Master Of Laws Degree

Contract Law, Tort Law, Mediation Practice, Arbitration Law and Procedures, Civil Procedures and Evidence, Dissertation

Msc, Financial Management, Master Of Science In Financial Management

Corporate Finance / Public Finance / Economics

Ba Hons, Accountancy

2nd Upper Class Honour

Education record

1987, 1989