Global Education Announces Appointment of Chief Financial Officer
September 28 2011 - 8:00AM
Global Education & Technology Group Limited (Nasdaq:GEDU)
("Global Education" or the "Company"), the largest test preparation
provider for the International English Language Testing System
("IELTS") and a leading provider of educational courses and related
services in China, today announced the appointment of Ms. Rita
Zheng Liu as chief financial officer, effective October 10, 2011.
Mr. David Yongqi Zhang, chief executive officer of Global
Education, commented, "We are pleased to have Ms. Liu join our
management team as CFO. We believe her solid background in
corporate finance and management as well as her in-depth experience
at a NASDAQ-listed company will be a great asset to Global
Education. We look forward to her contributions to the
Company."
Ms. Liu has nearly 20 years' experience in corporate finance and
management. Prior to joining Global Education, she was a director
and chief financial officer of Dehaier Medical Systems Ltd
(Nasdaq:DHRM), which she worked at from 2003, seeing the company
through its IPO and subsequent development as a U.S.-listed
company. Before Dehaier Medical, Ms. Liu served in senior financial
management positions at Lehman Brown Investment Consulting (China)
Co. and Bio-Rad Laboratory Instruments (China) Co., Ltd. Ms. Liu
received her bachelor's degree from Renmin University of China in
1992 and master's degree in Business Administration from Peking
University in 2001. Ms. Liu is a Public Accountant of the Institute
of Public Accountants, a member of The Association for Accountants
and Financial Professionals in Business, a member of the Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants and a member of the Institute
of Financial Accountants.
About Global Education
Global Education & Technology Group Ltd. (Nasdaq:GEDU) is
the largest test preparation provider for IELTS and a leading
provider of educational courses and related services in China.
Under its "Global" brand, the Company also offers diversified
services that span a student's educational life cycle, including
after-school courses, overseas study consulting, and professional
certification test preparation. As of June 30, 2011, the Company's
network comprised 105 directly operated and 309 franchised learning
centers across China, as well as an online course delivery platform
with more than one million registered members. For more
information, please visit www.gedu.org.
CONTACT: Global Education & Technology Group Ltd.
Ms. Fay Zhang, VP
Phone: +86 10 6212 5800
E-mail: ir@gedu.org
ICR Inc.
Mr. Rob Koepp
Phone: +86-10-6583-7516 or +1-646-328-2520
E-mail: robert.koepp@icrinc.com
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