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Name
   Age
Position

Jeffrey Kang
   41    Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Frank Zheng
   45    Director, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Nathan Zhang (1)(2)(3)
   47    Director

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

George Mao (1)(2)(3)
   50    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.

Frank Zheng, Director, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Frank Zheng has served as an independent director of Cogo from January 2005 to December 2007, joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer in January 2008 and re-elected to be the Company's Executive Director and Secretary since January 2009. Prior to joining Cogo, he was the vice president of travel service for eLong, Inc., a leading online travel service company in China, from July 2000 to June 2007. Mr. Zheng was responsible for the overall operation of eLong’s travel services. Before he joined eLong, Mr. Zheng was a senior director of travel services with Asia.com. From 1994 through 2000, Mr. Zheng held various financial and operations positions with The Bank of New York, The Reserve Management Corp, and Dean Witter Intercapital Company. Mr. Zheng received a B.B.A degree in Accounting from City University of New York.

Nathan Zhang, Director
Dr. Zhang has been a director since December 2011. Dr. Zhang is the Managing Director of Sinocro Partners, a merchant bank specialized in investment and advisory services with a China focus, where he has worked since 2004. Dr. Zhang has advised many Chinese companies on capital raises and public offerings while at Sinocro Partners. Dr. Zhang founded Sinocro Medical in 2008, a medical device company specialized in product licensing, manufacturing and distribution in China, where he serves as CEO. Dr. Zhang is on the board of directors of Ziao Xing Mobile, a NYSE listed company, and Venturepharm Laboratories Limited, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Dr. Zhang has served as a managing director at Delirium, a global consulting company in New York, Hong Kong and China and other Asian countries. Dr. Zhang also worked with KPMG and Credit Suisse First Boston in New York. Dr. Zhang received his M.D. from Tianjin Medical University, Ph.D. from University of Pennsylvania, and MBA from the University of Chicago with a concentration in Finance and Accounting.

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.