Board of Directors
James Wang, Ph.D.
CHAIRMAN
Dr. James Wang serves as our Chairman of the board of directors. Dr. Wang, a co-founder, is the visionary leader behind CD International Enterprises. His dream was to provide critical resources to empower emerging market entities to compete in the global economy. CD International Enterprises was founded on this principle and under his leadership we strive to accomplish this goal on each project. Dr. Wang was born and raised in Shanghai, China. As such his experience operating within the Chinese economy is instrumental to our company. Dr. Wang graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, China in 1985, and then earned a Master's Degree from the Shanghai Second Medical University, in Shanghai, China in 1988. Dr. Wang earned his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in 1994. From 1997 to 2000, Dr. Wang was a research scientist, Assistant Professor, and Lab Director at the University Of Minnesota School Of Medicine. Since 2000, Dr. Wang has operated in a variety of capacities with public entities promoting cross border commerce. Dr. Wang continues to capitalize on his knowledge and experience to enable CD International Enterprises to empower emerging entities to compete in the global economy.
David Barnes, CPA
DIRECTOR, AUDITING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Mr. David Barnes serves as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2007. Mr. Barnes is the Chairman of our Audit Committee, as well as a member of our Compensation committee. Mr. Barnes, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, is a licensed CPA in NY. Mr. Barnes has over 40 years of experience working with both public and private companies. Mr. Barnes served as CFO of several publicly traded companies including, American United Global, Inc., Legend Foods, Inc., Lifetime Corporation, and Beefsteak Charlie's, Inc. He is well versed in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and has extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions as well as various board functionalities, including compensation and audit committees. Mr. Barnes began his career as an auditor for the accounting firm of Laventhol & Horwath and is a graduate of C.W. Post College.
Sheldon Steiner
DIRECTOR, COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Mr. Sheldon Steiner serves as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2007. Mr. Steiner is the Chairman of our Compensation Committee, as well as a member of our Audit committee. Mr. Steiner has 52 years of both public and private accounting experience. Mr. Steiner served as managing director of RSM McGladrey and was a co-founder and principal of Millward & Co. CPAs. He currently serves as a Senior Vice President at Valley Bank in south Florida and is a member of the Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce Trustees and the Broward Economic Development Council. He is a graduate of the City College of New York.
Phillip Shen, Ph.D.
DIRECTOR
Dr. Shen was a twenty year veteran of one of Fortune 500 companies, Leggett & Platt, a New York Stock Exchange listed company. He most recently served as president of Leggett & Platt Asia Pacific operations. Leggett & Platt is a diversified manufacturer that conceives, designs, and produces a broad variety of engineered components and products for customers worldwide. Dr. Shen possesses three decades of high level experience in international sales and marketing, manufacturing, mergers/acquisitions, and cross border investment. He is fluent in Chinese dialects.
Yuwei Huang
DIRECTOR
Mr. Huang has served as General Manager of Chang Magnesium since June 2006. Mr. Huang is responsible for the operations of Chang Magnesium. Mr. Huang serves as General Manager of Taiyuan Golden (Yiwei) Magnesium Industry Co., Ltd. since founding the company in 1999 and serves in various positions with its affiliated entities including Vice Chairman of Shanxi Golden Trust YiWei Magnesium Industry Co., Ltd, Vice Chairman of Taiyuan Qingcheng YiWei Magnesium Industry Co., Ltd, Vice Chairman and General Manager of Taiyuan Minwei Magnesium Industry Co., General Manager of Taiyuan YiWei Magnesium Factory, and Chairman of Shangxi NiChiMen YiWei Magnesium Co., Ltd.
Adam Wasserman, CPA
DIRECTOR
Mr. Wasserman is a certified public accountant and has served as a member of our board of directors since January 2010. Since November 1999, Mr. Wasserman has been the chief executive officer of CFO Oncall, Inc., a Weston, Florida based provider of accounting services specializing in SEC financial reporting, budgeting and planning, mergers and acquisitions, audit preparation services, accounting, automated systems, banking relations and internal controls. Mr. Wasserman has also served as the chief financial officer of a number of private and public companies at various times from 1999 through 2009 through CFO Oncall, Inc. From June 1991 to November 1999 Mr. Wasserman was a Senior Audit Manager at American Express Tax and Business Services, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Wasserman began his career at Deloitte & Touche, LLP as an auditor and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the State University of New York at Albany.
Kong Tung
DIRECTOR
Mr. Tung has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2011. He has been the president and a member of the board of directors of Golden Magnesium since 2008. Mr. Tung has served as the president of Shanxi Golden Trust Yiwei Magnesium Industry Corp. (“Golden Trust”) since 2003 which owns and operates a magnesium production facility in China. Mr. Tung has been the president of Beauty East since 1995 and its chairman since 1999. Beauty East was the minority shareholder of Golden Magnesium. In May of 2011, CD International Enterprises entered into a Stock Transfer Agreement to acquire the remaining 48% interest in Golden Magnesium held by Beauty East. Mr. Tung graduated from Shanxi University, China in 1978 with a degree in engineering.