Mr. Zishen Wu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Wu is the founder, Chairman and CEO of Yongye International, Inc., a fast growing Chinese agriculture company listed on NASDAQ (ticker: YONG). Under his leadership, Yongye has won numerous awards, including "Top Ten Business Model in China 2009", "Top Ten Fast Company in China 2009", etc. Mr. Wu is a well known business leader in Chinese agriculture industry and frequently speaks at media and academic institutions like CCTV, Harvard University, Peking University and Tsinghua University, etc. Mr. Wu is a successful serial entrepreneur and previously managed several State-Owned- Enterprises for Chinese government.

Mr. Taoran Sun, Co-founder and Vice Chairman
Mr. Sun joined the predecessor company as Vice Chairman in 2004 and stayed on with the publically owned CJV after April 2008. He has over 16 years experience with leading media and marketing companies in China. In 1996, he founded Blue-Focus PR Consulting and continues to serve as a director today. In 2005, Mr. Sun founded and served as chairman of Beijing Lakala Electronic Payment Limited. Mr. Sun received a BA in Economics from Beijing University in 1991.

Mr. Sam Yu, Chief Financial Officer
Sam Yu is Chief Financial Officer of Yongye International, Inc. a fast growing Chinese agriculture company listed on NASDAQ (ticker: YONG). He leads Yongye's capital markets activities, as well as corporate finance function. Prior to joining Yongye, he helped several Chinese companies listed on NASDAQ and Euronext Stock Exchange. Earlier, Mr. Yu served as General Manager and Manager of Financial Analysis at Underwriters Laboratories Inc. in its Asia Pacific business unit and Chicago global headquarters. Mr. Yu has an MBA from Stanford University and a bachelor degree in international accounting from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. He is fluent in both Mandarin and English.

Mr. Baosheng Tong, Chief Scientist
Mr. Tong serves as Chief Scientist of Yongye International, Inc. He has 20 years' experience in agriculture industry in China. Prior to joining Yongye, Mr. Tong was general manager of NAILIAN (Beijing) Technology Ltd. He was responsible for the dairy cow breeding and milk production. From 1989 to 2002, Mr. Tong worked at China Animal Husbandry Group (CAHG). CAHG is one of leading SOEs in China's husbandry industry. During this period, Mr. Tong was assigned various important assignments to lead the operations of CAHG's subsidiaries and joint ventures. Some of his duties included building and operating cattle farms, poultry farm operation, and agricultural product export. Mr. Tong holds a Master degree in animal nutrition and a BA degree in animal husbandry, both from China Agriculture University.

Mr. Qiang Zhao, VP Marketing 
Mr. Zhao is known to be one of the top ten marketing strategists in China. Prior to joining the Company as the VP Marketing in 2008, Mr. Zhao worked for 16 years in marketing, and was Head of Marketing for a number of famous consumer product companies. Mr. Zhao was Senior Vice President of Marketing for Guangdong Galanz Group, a recognized domestic household appliance company which has worked with Maytag. He was President of Gracewell, a well known undergarment brand in China, and Senior Vice President of Marketing at Meijin, a famous PDA manufacturer. Mr. Zhao received a BA in Journalism from China Media University, and an MBA from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. He authored and published several marketing related books, such as "Learn Marketing from Chairman Mao".

Mr. Larry Gilmore, VP Corporate Strategy
Prior to joining the Company in 2008, Mr. Gilmore was SVP of operations for Asia Standard Energy from 2005 to 2007, where he was responsible for raising investment and corporate oversight of finance and accounting activities. Mr. Gilmore served as Managing Director of GC Global from 2001 to 2004, assisting large organizations undertake large scale change initiatives. Previously, he was the Manager of Human Resources at Alcatel and a Senior Consultant at Deloitte and Touché.