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Management Changes in China Cablecom Holdings, Ltd.

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

The BVI company China Cablecom Holdings, Ltd. – a joint-venture provider of cable television services in China – announced the appointment of the new Chief Financial Officer Sikan Tong, which will replace Colin Sung, the former President and CFO of the company, which was appointed to this post a year ago, and tendered his resignation effective March 31, 2009, in order to pursue other professional opportunities.

On March 31, 2009 Mr. Tong will assume Mr. Sung’s role as CFO of the company. Formerly he worked in the audit practice of the Shanghai office of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, then he led audit teams in the UK and Shanghai for various industries. Prior to serving as the Senior Vice President of Finance at China Cablecom, Mr. Tong was the CFO at Merrylin International Holding. Also, he served as Head of Accountancy Training at the Financial Training Company, a leading provider of professional qualifications and business training in the UK and Asia.

Clive Ng, Founder & Executive Chairman of China Cablecom, said that under the guidance of the new CFO the company is confident in being well-positioned in the continuing focus on enhancing their value-added service platform, reducing the debt, cutting expenses, and improving margins.

UTi Worldwide names new CEO

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

US-based and British Virgin Islands-domiciled UTi Worlwdide Inc. named the new CEO to join the company in this post about January 19. The NASDAQ listed BVI company hired an executive of another supply-chain company, Eric W. Kirchner, who succeeds Roger I. MacFarlane – one of company’s founders.

Previously Kirchner was president of freight forwarding at UPS Supply Chain Solutions, which he joined in 2004 when it bought Menlo Worldwide Forwarding Inc. He had been chief operating officer at Menlo.

The person who previously was in this post, MacFarlane, will stay in a transition through April and then retire as an employee, also staying on the board as non-executive chairman. The current non-executive chairman, Tiger Wessels, will stay on the board.

BVI-registered CIC Energy appoints new CFO

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

BVI corporation CIC Energy Corp., which has recently appointed the financial advisors for financing the Botswana-located energy project, now announced the appointment of the new Chief Financial Officer. The appointment of Ms. Alexandrea E. Gatis Davis, who will be the new CEO of the company, is effective from December 1, 2008. Previous CFO, Mr. Craig McLeary, has tendered his resignation effective November 30, 2008.

The new CFO of the NASDAQ listed BVI company Ms Davis is a Certified Public Accountant. She joined the company from Ernest & Young (Bahamas), where she held the role of Senior Auditor. Ms Davis will be based in CIC Energy’s head office in Nassau, Bahamas.

CTDC announces CFO Change

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

British Virgin Islands-registered China Technology Development Group Corporation (CTDC), providing solar energy products and solutions in China focusing on a-Si thin film technology,  announced the appointment of Gary Leung as the new Chief Financial Officer who will lead the company’s financial management and accounting team. In this post he replaced Charlene Hua who resigned with effect from November 6, 2008. Charlene Hua, in her turn, confirmed that there were no disagreements between her and CTDC on any matter which became the reason for her resignation.

Mr Leung has experience in accounting, planning and budgeting, strategic development, internal controls as well as PV markets in the U.S. and China. He worked in the post of Managing Director of Oracle Corporation in HK and China, and in the post of Chief Accountant of Orix HK Corporation. Mr Leung also took part in defining the first set of accounting principle and tax rules for leasing industry. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from International Management Centre of Buckingham, UK.