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Management Profile

DIRECTORS & SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Executive Directors

Mr. Kyoo Yoon Choi, aged 61, is the Chairman and Executive Director of the company and the founder of the group. He studied at Seoul National University in Korea between 1968 and 1972 and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. Prior to setting up the group in Korea in 1984, Mr. Choi had over eight years of experience in the plush toy business at Daewoo Corporation, which was one of the leading conglomerates in Korea at the time. Mr. Choi is responsible for the strategic planning and overall business development of the group.

Mr. Young M. Lee, aged 54, is the Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Lee has 20 years of working experience in the US in the areas of accounting and finance such as public accounting, consulting to financial institutions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate controllership and investment banking. Prior to joining the group in May 2001, Mr. Lee was the Managing Director of Kohap (Hong Kong) Ltd., which is the trading and financing arm of a Korean conglomerate, Kohap Ltd.. He is responsible for the overall financial management, strategic and business planning of the group.

Mr. James Chuan Yung Wang, aged 48, is the Managing Director of Dream International USA. He joined Dream International USA on 1 July 1991 and has been in charge of the group’s marketing function in the US. Mr. Wang graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1986. Prior to joining the group, Mr. Wang had extensive experience in the fields of logistics and trading from his previous employments with Trans-union Line, KAL Trading Co. and Daewoo America Corp. He was appointed as an Executive Director on 1 April 2005.

Mr. Hyun Ho Kim, aged 44, is currently the head of accounting department of the company. He joined the accounting department of C & H Co., Ltd. in October 1994. After nine years of service, Mr. Kim was gradually promoted to the position of general manager before he was relocated to Hong Kong to take charge of the accounting department of the company in October 2003. Prior to joining C & H Co., Ltd., Mr. Kim acquired eight years of comprehensive accounting experience in Poong Han Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of fabric and yarn, in South Korea. Mr. Kim graduated from the Seok-Yeong University in South Korea, with a bachelor’s degree of Economics in 1995.

Independent non-executive Directors

Professor Cheong Heon Yi, aged 45, received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in business administration from Seoul National University in Korea. Professor Yi was also awarded a philosophy of doctorate degree in accounting in 1997 from the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Yi taught at the University of California, Los Angeles for a year before joining the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 1997. Professor Yi’s research interests include financial reporting and corporate governance. His teaching focuses on financial accounting at the undergraduate level and financial reporting and corporate governance at the postgraduate level. He was appointed as the company’s Independent Non-Executive Director on 22 November 2003.

Professor Byong Hun Ahn, aged 63, received his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Seoul National University in Korea. Professor Ahn awarded a philosophy of doctorate degree in Engineering Economic Systems in 1978 from Stanford University. Professor Ahn has taught at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (“KAIST”) since 1978 and he is currently teaching at the KAIST Graduate School of Management and acting as a director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Research Center of KAIST. His research interests focus on Economic of Strategy and Stakeholder Theory of Firms, and Corporate Social Responsibility. He is also a consultant of Hynix Corporation in Seoul.

Mr. Oliver, Shing Kay Wong, aged 58, obtained his professional accounting qualifications in both Hong Kong and Canada. Mr. Wong is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of the United Kingdom. Mr. Wong is also a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, an ordinary member of The Society of Chinese Accountants and Auditors and an associate member of Certified General Accountants of Canada. Mr. Wong had worked in various renowned auditing firms in Hong Kong with over 17 years of experience in handling auditing, financial accounting and taxation matters. Mr. Wong is currently an independent non-executive director of two other listed companies in Hong Kong — Hopson Development Holdings Limited and Deson Development International Holdings Limited. He also assumed the duty of financial controller for several listed companies in both Hong Kong and Canada during the past years. Mr. Wong is presently practicing as a Certified Public Accountant in Hong Kong. He is knowledgeable with expertise in financial accounting, taxation, import-export business and company management.

Senior Management

Mr. Dong Wook Cha, aged 49, is the Head of accounting and administration department of the company. Mr. Cha has over seven years of experience in the field of accounting from his employments with Dongkook Trading Co. and Hyundai Heavy Industrial Co., Ltd. He joined C & H Korea on 1 February 1986 and has been working in the accounting and administrative department of the group since 1996.

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