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Dr. Zhengrong Shi
Chairman of the Board
Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Zhengrong Shi is Suntech’s founder, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer. Prior to founding Suntech in 2001, he was a research director and executive director of Pacific Solar Pty., Ltd., an Australian PV company engaged in the commercialization of next-generation thin film technology, from 1995 to 2001. From 1992 to 1995, he was a senior research scientist and the leader of the Thin Film Solar Cells Research Group in the Centre of Excellence for Photovoltaic Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Australia, the only government-sponsored PV industry research center in Australia.

Dr. Shi is the inventor for 11 patents in PV technologies and has published or presented a number of articles and papers in PV-related scientific magazines and at conferences. He received a bachelor's degree in optical science from Changchun University of Science and Technology in China in 1983, a Masters degree in laser physics from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1986, and a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of New South Wales in Australia in 1992.

Mr. Zhi Zhong Qiu
Director

Mr. Zhi Zhong Qiu is the managing director of ABN AMRO in charge of the Greater China practice. He is the founder and chairman of Dragon Advisors Limited, and the chairman of the board of directors of the DragonTech Ventures Management Company, the management company for DragonTech Ventures Fund. Mr. Qiu is also the founder and chairman of Quartz Capital Companies, a group of companies engaged in direct investment and business and strategic consulting in China. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Qiu was chairman of the Greater China Region of Credit Suisse First Boston, or CSFB. From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Qiu was a managing director of CSFB and was responsible for all derivatives activities for Credit Suisse Financial Products, CSFB's financial derivatives affiliate. Mr. Qiu has received a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in computer science from New York University, a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in electrical engineering from Cooper Union, a master’s degree in electrical power engineering from Ohio State University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Julian Ralph Worley
Director

From May 2005 to date, Mr. Julian Ralph Worley has been an independent non-executive director and the chairman of the audit committee of Mandra Forestry Finance Limited and its holding company, Mandra Forestry Holdings Limited. In September 2003, Mr. Worley retired from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he had served as a consultant in the Philippines from September 2000, and prior to that, as an audit partner at Price Waterhouse Hong Kong (later PricewaterhouseCoopers) for over 25 years.

Mr. Worley graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, with a bachelor’s degree in economics. Mr. Worley is qualified as a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

Amy Yi Zhang
Chief Financial Officer

Amy Yi Zhang has been Suntech’s chief financial officer since August 2005 and a director on the board since February 2007. From 2004 to 2005, Ms. Zhang was a director and the chief financial officer of Deloitte Consulting China and was responsible for the management of various departments, including finance, accounting, human resources and IT, as well as back office management and general office administration. From 1999 to 2004, she was the chief financial officer of Atos Origin China, and from 1997 to 1999, she worked as the financial controller of Atos Origin China. Ms. Zhang received her bachelor's degree from Nanjing University in China in 1989 and a Masters degree in business administration from the joint MBA program of Webster University and Shanghai University of Finance & Economics in 1998.

Mr. Jason E. Maynard
Director

Mr. Maynard was formerly a partner and Head of the Asian Special Situations Group at Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC based in Hong Kong. He has over 14 years of experience in principal investing with a focus ranging from distressed companies to growth private equity. Previously, he held positions at Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific, Chase Manhattan Asia and Citicorp International. Mr. Maynard received his bachelor's degree in East Asia Political Economy from Hamilton College in the United States.

Ms. Susan Wang
Director

Susan Wang was appointed to our Board of Directors and Audit Committee in April 2009. Ms. Wang has over 25 years experience in high-tech financial and senior executive positions. She was most recently Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer of Solectron Corporation, a global leader in electronics manufacturing services, where she worked from 1984 until 2002. Prior to Solectron, Ms. Wang held financial and managerial positions with Xerox Corporation and Westvaco Corporation.

Ms. Wang is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Texas and an MBA from the University of Connecticut. She currently serves on the board of directors for Avanex Corporation, Altera Corporation, Nektar Therapeutics, RAE Systems and Premier, Inc.

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