Management

Zongshen Zuo
CEO & Director

Mr. Zuo Zongshen, is Chairman of the Board and President of Zongshen Industrial Group, which he founded Zongshen Industrial Group in 1992. He was General Manager of Chonqing Zonshen Motorcycle Science and Technology Development Ltd. from November 1992 until February 1995, and Chairman of the Board and President of Chongqing Zongshen Motorcycle Science and Technology Group from November 1998 until December 2003. Mr. Zuo was elected the standing member of two sessions of CPPCC Chongqing Committee, standing member State Business Association, Vice Director of Chongqing Business Association, Vice Chairman of Chongqing International Chamber of Commerce.

Li Yao
President & Director

Mr. Li Yao is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Zongshen Industrial Group. He majored in Agricultural Economy at the Agricultural College of Xi Nan University, and has held many positions within the Government Office of Sichuan Province Nan Bu Country and the General Office of the Provincial Committee of Sichuan Pronvince Nan Bu Country. Mr. Li currently holds positions with Chongqing ZongShen Industry Manufacture Co. Ltd.,Chongqing ZongShen Motorcycle (Group) Co. Ltd., Zongshen Industry Group Co. Ltd., and is Senior Vice President of Zongshen Industry Group Co. Ltd., and a director of Chongqing Zongshen Power Machinery Co. Ltd., a Chinese listed company.

Frank Chen
CFO

Mr. Chen has previously worked as Chief Financial Officer of Afcan Mining Corporation. More recently, he has been working as Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary of Golden China Resources Corporation. He has also held various senior financial managerial roles with various Chinese companies, all of them being Chinese subsidiaries of foreign companies including Allied Signal, Johnson & Johnson and United States Gypsum. A certified member of CMA Canada, Mr. Chen holds an MBA from University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from Northeastern University in China.

Ali Mahdavi
Vice President, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations

Mr. Mahdavi is a partner at Genoa Management Limited. He has extensive knowledge and experience in the capital markets, including the evaluation of equity and debt opportunities in both the private and public markets. He brings to the Zongshen team more than 10 years of experience in investor relations, investment counseling, financing, and mergers and acquisitions in the financial and business services sectors.

Mr. Mahdavi majored in business and economics with a minor in French at York University in Toronto, Canada.

Jim (Jinzhu) Wei
CTO & Director

Mr. Wei is the Chief Scientist of Zongshen PEM (Canada) and Chongqing Hydrogen Energy Ltd. He was a past President of Zongshen PEM Power Systems Inc., Nexcel Power Systems, and a manager at Ballard Power Systems Inc. He received his Master of Science from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a Ph.D. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and a Post Doctorate from the University of Laval in Quebec, Canada.

Li Heng
Manager, Operations

Mr. Li Heng is Manager of Operations for ZPP and a longtime senior manager of Zongshen Industrial Group. He is also a General Manager of Zongshen PEM (Jiangsu) Company, where he is responsible for operations. Mr. Heng received his Bachelor of Science from Chongqing University, where he majored in auto design and manufacturing.