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4. Mr. Rong-Jong Owng
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Rong-Jong Owng was appointed as Non-Executive
Director of the company in April 2008 and was last re-elected
as Director at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on
24 April 2009. In 1978, Mr. Owng joined the Evergreen Group
and he is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Evergreen
Group. Mr. Owng is responsible for all finance matters for the
group companies including Evergreen Marine Corporation,
Eva Airways Corporation, Evergreen International Storage and
Transport Corporation, and Evergreen Logistics Corporation. Mr.
Owng received his bachelor’s degree in accounting at the Tam
Kian University and a master’s degree in EMBA at the National
Taipei University in 2001.
5. Mr. Robert Van Jin Nien
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Robert Van Jin Nien was appointed as Non-Executive
Director of the Company in June 2006 and was last re-elected
as Director at the Company’s Annual General Meeting on
24 April 2009. Mr. Nien has extensive experience in property
and infrastructure projects in Hong Kong and the PRC Pearl
River Delta area. Between 1972 and 1976, he was a manager
at Citibank, N.A., following which he joined and, since 1980,
has been an executive director of Hopewell Holdings Limited,
which is listed on the main board of the Stock Exchange of Hong
Kong Limited. Mr. Nien holds a bachelor’s degree in economics
from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s degree in
business administration from the Wharton Graduate School
of Business.
Mr. Paul Chang
Non-Executive Director (Retired)
Mr. Paul Chang was appointed as Non-Executive Director of the
company in April 2008 and resigned from his appointment on
18 January 2010. Mr. Chang was the head of shipping in HSH
Nordbank AG for all ship financing business in Asia Pacific
and chief executive of HSH Nordbank AG Hong Kong branch
since July 2008. Prior to joining HSH Nordbank AG, he was the
general manager of DVB Bank for North Asia since 1998. Before
specialising himself in ship financing, Mr. Chang has more
than 20 years of banking career with Standard Chartered Bank,
Scandinavian Banking PLC and Rabobank where he gained
extensive experience and exposure in corporate banking, trade
finance, project finance, asset-based financing, structured
finance and tax based financing schemes for a wide-range of
industries in the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Chang holds a MBA
(Marketing) degree from Leicester University from the UK.
Ms. Makiko Sano
Non-Executive Director (Retired)
Ms. Makiko Sano was appointed as non-Executive Director of
the company in October 2009 and resigned on 23 February
2010. She is currently an executive director of Yamasa Co., Ltd,
which is a privately held company in Japan. It is a manufacturer
of amusement related hardware and software, and an owner
of transportation related assets. Her directorship in Yamasa is in
the field of customer service and general affairs. She is also an
executive director of Yamasa Sangyo Co., Ltd, which is a group
company of Yamasa. Ms. Sano has vast knowledge of internal
control and compliance matters, with experiences as an internal
auditor of Yamasa Co., Ltd over 7 years. Ms. Sano obtained a
bachelor’s degree in Social Science from Waseda University.
She has also completed Waseda University Law School.