Liang Zhang is our founder and has served as the chairman of our board of directors and Chief Executive officer since we became a public company in 2005. Prior to that, Mr. Zhang served as chief executive officer of Synutra Illinois since 2000. Mr. Zhang has worked in the food ingredients industry since the 1980s and founded his first entrepreneurial venture, Honnete, in the early 1990s. Honnete has since become the dominant supplier of whey protein products in China. Mr. Zhang has been recognized as a business leader in the dairy industry in China, serving as vice chairman of the China Dairy Industry Association. Mr. Zhang's experience as founder of Honnet gives him valuable insight into marketing strategies in our industry, and his service as vice chairman of the China Dairy Industry Association is invaluable to our Board's discussions of regulatory issues pertaining to the dairy industry. Mr. Zhang received a bachelor's degree in French language and literature from Nanjing International Relations Institute of China.
Weiguo Zhang has been our president since 2005 and interim Chief financial Officer since August 2011 and is primarily responsible for our financial market operations, including investor relations, corporate development, and international strategic development. Mr. Zhang first joined us as president of Synutra Illinois in 2001 to oversee our U.S. operations, including information support in research and technologies and business development. Prior to joining us, Mr. Zhang was the managing director of Bambridge International, Ltd., which he founded in 1995. Mr. Zhang is also a director and a member of the compensation committee and audit committee of Rino International Corporation. Mr. Zhang received a bachelor's degree in English language and literature from the Nanjing International Relations Institute and a master's degree in international economics and American foreign policy from the School of Advanced International Studies from John Hopkins University.
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