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Investor Relations >  Corporate Governance  >  Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Wenhua Guo
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board

Mr. Guo is the founder of our company and has served as our chairman and chief executive officer since the commencement of our operations in 1992. Before Mr. Guo founded our company, he was a physics teacher at Beijing Chemical Institute. Mr. Guo served as chief executive officer of Duoyuan Printing, Inc., a public company, from October 2006 to June 2009 and currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Duoyuan Printing, Inc. Mr. Guo obtained a bachelor’s degree in physics from Beijing Normal University in 1983.
Joan M. Larrea
Director

Ms. Larrea has served as our director since February 2008. Ms. Larrea also served as a director of Deqingyuan Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. from May 2007 to February 2010 and has been a director of UPC Renewables China Holdings Ltd. since March 2010. Since November 2005, Ms. Larrea has been a managing director at GEF Management Corporation, an affiliate of Global Environment Fund, or GEF. Prior to November 2005, Ms. Larrea served as a principal investment officer at International Finance Corporation, where she began her career as an analyst in 1996. Ms. Larrea obtained a bachelor of arts degree in oriental studies and a master’s degree in international studies from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985 and 1992, respectively, and a master’s degree in business administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1992. Ms. Larrea was originally appointed to our board of directors as a designee of GEEMF III Holdings MU, an affiliate of Global Environment Fund, pursuant to the Voting Agreement.
Yuefeng Yu
Director

Mr. Yu has served as our director since August 2008. Since June 2007, Mr. Yu has served as the vice president of China Association of Environmental Protection Industry, a nonprofit organization under the direct management of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of PRC. From March 2000 to May 2007, Mr. Yu served as the president and secretary of the Communist Party Committee of the Chinese Environment News, a newspaper under the direct management of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of PRC. Mr. Yu has been engaged in numerous environmental protection related research projects. From 1994 to 1995, he organized and completed a research project entitled “Development Strategies for the Chinese Environmental Protection Industry”. This project was sponsored and funded by the World Bank. Mr. Yu received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Jilin University in 1970.
Ping Wei
Director

Ms. Wei has served as our director since August 2009. Ms. Wei is currently the chief financial officer of China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE: DL). Prior to her role at China Distance Education Holdings Limited, where she facilitated its initial public offering in July 2008, Ms. Wei was the director of finance and controller at New Oriental Education and Technology Group (“New Oriental”) (NYSE: EDU) from 2005 to 2008. In 2004, Ms. Wei was the head of New Oriental’s North American operations. Prior to that, Ms. Wei held positions of acting chief financial officer, controller and assistant controller at Lorus Therapeutics Inc. (“Lorus”), a Canadian biopharmaceutical company listed on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange. Prior to working at Lorus, Ms. Wei was an auditor for seven years with Deloitte & Touche in Toronto and Arthur Andersen in Beijing. Ms. Wei is a Canadian Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois. She received her bachelor’s degree in international accounting from the Central University of Finance and Banking in Beijing in 1993.
Charles V. Firlotte
Director

Mr. Firlotte has served as our director since November 2009. Mr. Firlotte is currently the president and chief executive officer of Aquarion Water Company since September 2003. From December 1999 to September 2003, Mr. Firlotte served as director of Yorkshire Water, for Aquarion Water Company’s former parent company, Kelda Group Inc. Prior to December 1999, Mr. Firlotte served in a variety of positions with Aquarion Water Company’s predecessor, Bridgeport Hydraulic Company, including the director of human resources and administrative services from 1987 to 1989, vice president from 1989 to 1995 and senior vice president and chief operating officer from 1995 to 1999. Mr. Firlotte is also Chairman of the Board for the Bridgeport Regional Business Council, an organization of 1,000 business members serving Connecticut in the northeastern U.S.A. In October 2009, he was elected President of the National Association of Water Companies, based in Washington, D.C. Mr. Firlotte holds an undergraduate degree from St. Thomas University, a Master’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Ottawa, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.
A. David Nickols
Director

Mr. Nickols has served as our director since March 2010. Mr. Nickols is Managing Director, Future Energy, for WSP Group plc, a London-based global engineering and environmental consultancy. Before joining WSP Group, Mr. Nickols was the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India President for MWH Global, Inc., a Colorado-based global management, engineering and construction firm in the wet infrastructure industry. Prior to MWH, Mr. Nickols served as the President of Water Europe for Black & Veatch, a Missouri-based, global power and water engineering and construction firm, and as Vice President of Hazen and Sawyer, P.C., a New York-based environmental engineering firm. He received an M.A. in engineering from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom in 1981, and is a chartered engineer in Great Britain and a professional engineer in New York.
Frank H. Miu
Director

Mr. Miu is a financial and management consultant with over three decades of experience in various consulting, corporate, law, accounting, education and Hong Kong government civil service positions. Throughout his career, he has also served as independent and executive director of publicly-listed companies involved in a variety of industries including financial services and alternative energy, printing and publishing, retailing and light manufacturing, health products and chain restaurants, food processing and cold storage, as well as real estate investment and development. Moreover, he previously served on the boards of various social and charitable organizations and is currently a member of the New York State Bar, the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. He received a J.D. from Harvard University Law School and a B.A. in Economics & Accounting from St. John’s University.
 
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