Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 13, 2001
KEE Y. WONG is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Sino-Forest. He is a member of the executive management team and as such
works closely with Allen Chan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in
establishing strategic direction for the company. In his capacity as
Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Wong has overall responsibility for the
finance and accounting department and lead all major corporate financing
activity of the company. Mr. Wong also has responsibility for overseeing
and managing the Canadian and Hong Kong operations including investor
relations. Prior to immigrating to Canada in 1988, Mr. Wong resided in
England for almost 10 years where he qualified as a Chartered
Accountant. He is currently a fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in Canada. Mr. Wong joined Sino-Forest in October
1996. Prior to October 1996, Mr. Wong was a partner with Ernst and
Young in Toronto, Canada where he acted as auditor and business advisor
to many growth-oriented companies. Profile
ALLEN T.Y. CHAN founded Sino-Wood in 1993 and became Chairman and CEO of
Sino-Forest Corporation in 1994. Prior to Sino-Wood becoming a wholly
owned subsidiary of Sino-Forest in 1994, he had been heavily involved in
China projects for 12 years as project manager in the 1980s and
management consultant in the early 1990s. Prior to his China years, Mr.
Chan had experiences in the Hong Kong government's new town development
and management programs as well as in the private sector managing a
chain of floating restaurants in Hong Kong for four years. Mr. Chan is a
well-known writer on culture, history and business subjects with books
published both in Hong Kong and China. He regularly speaks in the local
universities as well as to the public. Mr. Chan graduated from the
Sociology Dept. of the Hong Kong Baptist College (now known as Hong Kong
Baptist University) in 1978. Profile
Mr. Chan: We started in 1994 and our major focus at that time was to
build up plantation resources in Southern China. After
