Welcome To The China BAK Battery Inc. HUB On AGORACOM
One of the largest manufacturers of lithium- based battery cells in China and in the world.
Xiangqian Li
Director, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Xiangqian Li has served as the chairman of our board, our president and chief executive officer since January 20, 2005. He has been a director of BAK International Limited, our Hong Kong incorporated subsidiary, since November 2004. Mr. Li is the founder and has served as the chairman of the board of Shenzhen BAK, our wholly owned subsidiary, since its inception in August 2001, and served as Shenzhen BAK's general manager since December 2003. From June 2001 to June 2003, Mr. Li was the chairman of Huaran Technology Co., Ltd., a PRC-incorporated company engaged in the car audio business. Mr. Li received a bachelor's degree in thermal energy and power engineering from the Lanzhou Railway Institute, China and a doctorate degree in quantitative economics from Jilin University in China.
Huanyu Mao
Chief Technical Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Huanyu Mao has served as a director of our company since May 12, 2006. He has also served as our chief technology officer since January 20, 2005 and as our chief operating officer since June 30, 2005. Dr. Mao has been the chief scientist of Shenzhen BAK since September 2004. Prior to joining us, between 1997 and September 2004, Dr. Mao was the chief technology officer of Tianjin Lishen, a leading battery manufacturer in China. Mr. Mao pioneered core technologies on lithium-ion battery before its commercialization in 1992 and was the inventor under seven U.S. patents relating to lithium-ion technology. Dr. Mao received a doctorate degree in electrochemistry from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada where he focused on conductive polymers.
Richard Goodner
Director
Richard Goodner, has served as our director since May 12, 2006. Since May 2006, Mr. Goodner also has been a director of Winner Medical Group Inc., a leading Chinese exporter of medical disposal products, whose shares are traded on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board in the United States. Since June 2003, Mr. Goodner has served as the vice president for legal affairs and general counsel for U.S. Home Systems, Inc., a public company listed on the NASDAQ National Market. From 1997 and 2003, Mr. Goodner was a partner in the law firm of Jackson Walker L.L.P. Mr. Goodner holds a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Eastern New Mexico University and a law degree from Southern Methodist University, the United States.
Charlene Spoede Budd
Director
Charlene Spoede Budd, PhD, CPA, CMA, CFM, PMP, has served as our director since June 25, 2007. Ms. Budd is Professor Emeritus of Accounting at Baylor University, where she was a professor and Emerson O. Henke Chair of Accounting from 1991 through 2005, and where she has taught graduate management accounting, graduate project management, and other classes since 1973. She received her PhD in business administration from The University of Texas-Austin and her MBA and undergraduate degrees from Baylor University. She holds certifications as a CPA, CMA, CFM, PMP, and in all six professional categories of the theory of constraints. Currently, Ms. Budd also serves as Chair, Business Environment & Content Subcommittee, of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Chair, Finance & Metrics (F&M) Committee of the Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization (TOC-ICO).
Chunzhi Zhang
Director
Chunzhi Zhang has served as our director since June 25, 2007. Since mid-2005, Mr. Zhang has served as General Manager of AASTOCKS.com, Ltd, Shenzhen Branch, a financial information, data and software service operating in China and Hong Kong. From 2003 through mid-2005, Mr. Zhang served as General Manager of Shenzhen Sharemax Management Co., Ltd, and also was the founder of www.qz18.net, the website is specialized in warrants information and trading analysis service. From 1998 through 2003, Mr. Zhang served as General Manager of Haixin Security Brokerage. From 1985 through 1996, Mr. Zhang had worked in Hong Kong for China Resources Holding Co., Ltd, an import/ export company. Mr. Zhang received his bachelor degree in Economy from Jilin University in 1985.