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Name
   Age
Position

Jeffrey Kang
   38    Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Hope Ni
   35    Vice-Chairman of the Board

JP Gan (1)(2)(3)
   36    Director

Q.Y. Ma (1)(2)(3)
   51    Director

George Mao (1)(2)(3)
   46    Director

(1) Member of Audit Committee
(2) Member of Nominating and Governance Committee
(3) Member of Compensation Committee

Board Practices
Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of our board of directors. The primary responsibilities of our board of directors are to provide oversight, strategic guidance, counseling and direction to our management. It is our expectation that the board of directors will meet regularly on a quarterly basis and additionally as required.

Jeffrey Kang, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Kang is the co-founder of Cogo and has served as our chief executive officer and chairman of the board since September 1999. Mr. Kang founded Shenzhen Matsunichi Electronics Co., Ltd. and Matsunichi Electronic (Hong Kong) Limited, predecessor of the Company, in 1995, when Matsunichi commenced operations as a distributor for Matsushita. In 1999, Mr. Kang transferred all operations and assets of Matsunichi into the Company’s immediate predecessor. Prior to forming Matsunichi, Mr. Kang worked for Matsushita Electronics from June 1992 to July 1995 where he was responsible for selling components to the telecom industry within China. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Kang was vice president of Shenzhen SME (Small and Medium Enterprises) Association, a non-profit association in Shenzhen. Mr. Kang earned B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from South China Technology University in Guangzhou, China.

Hope Ni, Vice-Chairman
Ms. Ni has been our Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors since January 2008. She served as our chief financial officer from August 2004 to December 2007, and as secretary to our board from January 2005 to December 2007. Prior to joining us, Ms. Ni spent six years as a practicing attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York and Hong Kong, specializing in corporate finance. Prior to that, Ms. Ni worked at Merrill Lynch, investment banking division in New York. Ms. Ni also serves on the board of Qianjia Consulting Company, which she founded in 2002 and serves on the board of KongZhong Corporation, a Cayman Islands corporation traded on the Nasdaq Global Market. Ms. Ni received her J.D. degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School and her B.S. degree in Applied Economics and Business Management from Cornell University.

JP Gan, Director
Mr. JP Gan has been a director since January 2008. He is a managing director of Qiming Venture Partners since January 2007. From May 2005 to December 2006, Mr. Gan was the Chief Financial Officer of KongZhong Corporation, a Nasdaq listed wireless internet company. Prior to joining KongZhong, Mr. Gan was a director of The Carlyle Group responsible for venture capital investments in the Greater China region from May 2000 to May 2005. Mr. Gan worked at the investment banking division of Merrill Lynch, in Hong Kong from August 1999 to May 2000, and worked at Price Waterhouse in the United States from August 1994 to September 1997. Mr. Gan obtained his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Iowa. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the United States.

Q.Y. Ma, Director
Dr. Ma has been a director since December 2004. Dr. Ma has been the managing director of Time Innovation Ventures, a venture capital firm, since 2000, and served as a professor at the University of Hong Kong from 1998 to 2000. Dr. Ma was an associate professor at Columbia University from 1994 to 2000. He has also served as a technology consultant to IBM, General Electric, TRW, Inc. and DuPont. Dr. Ma is a co-founder and advisor of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., and has served as an adviser to the Ministry of Information Industry, Beijing Government, and a senior advisor to Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai. Dr. Ma received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, and attended the Executive Program of Stanford University’s School of Business.

George Mao, Director
Dr. Mao has been a director since January 2008. Dr. Mao is the co-founder and general manager of RYHT Asset Management Inc. Before co-founding RYHT, he was Vice General Manager of Franklin Templeton Sealand Fund Management Co. Ltd. from May 2003 to December 2004. Dr. Mao held management positions with Pin An Securities Company Inc. and China Eagle Securities Company overseeing IPOs from September 1999 through May 2003. Dr. Mao obtained an MBA degree and a PhD degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada and an M.A. degree from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. Dr. Mao holds various board memberships including Shenzhen Cao Technology Co., Ltd. which is listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Beijing Zhong Biao Fang Yuan Technology Anti-counterfeiting Company.