Board of Directors

Mr. Rennie is a Partner in Peterkins Solicitors, who are the Solicitors and Secretary to the Company. Admitted as a solicitor in 1970, for many years Mr. Rennie has been involved solely in corporate and commercial matters. His practice includes corporate finance, insolvency, employment law and intellectual property. Mr. Rennie is also associated with the University of Aberdeen, acting as senior tutor in the Financial Services course of its Diploma in Legal Practice.

Mr. Beamish has worked in the City and the financial industry for almost thirty years and lived in Asia for eleven of those years. Having graduated from Edinburgh University in 1977 he joined Hoare Govett Ltd, a leading stockbroker where he remained till 1987 specializing in the Far East. In 1987, he joined W. I. Carr (Far East) as Managing Director of their Far East business where he remained for five years before rejoining Hoare Govett Asia as a Managing Director in a buy out of the Asian stock broking business in 1992. Hoare Govett Asia was a specialist broker and corporate finance house in the Far East area. This business was purchased by ABN AMRO in 1995 and Mr. Beamish retired from ABN AMRO in 1999. Subsequently, he was a partner in the corporate finance boutique firm, Leopard Rock Capital Partners and now works at Aberdeen Asset Management in the charities, private wealth and pension areas.

Mr. Paterson has lived in Hong Kong since 1976. Before his retirement, he was a senior executive in the Swire Group and the Founder and Managing Director of HSBC Private Equity Management, which was the largest private equity manager in the Far East outside Japan with over US$1.0 billion under management. He sold his interest in HSBC Private Equity Management in 1998. Since that time his activities have included Chairman of a Korean securities brokerage company listed on the Korean Stock Exchange, and a director of a TSX listed gold mining company operating in China. Mr. Paterson is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has a MA (Honors) degree from Oxford University. He was recently appointed an Honorary Professor of the Chinese University of Political Science and Law in Beijing.

Mr. Harper is cofounder and Chief Executive Officer of Apisphere, Inc., a provider of location-awareness services that enhance the productivity and efficiency of mobile workers.  Prior to cofounding Apisphere in 2006, he held positions as President and Chief Technology Officer at Lilien Systems.  Prior to this, Mr. Harper served as Chief Technology Officer at Avasta, Inc. (subsequently acquired by NaviSite, Inc.). where he was named one of the “Top 50 IT Executives at xSPs” by InfoWorld magazine. He also held executive positions with EC1.com, Lastorders.com, E-FOREX, Inc., International Financial and Trading Network, and Liquid Grafx Enterprises. Mr. Harper completed the Channel Elite MBA Program at Babson College in Boston, MA., holds an honorary Masters Degree in Information Technology Management from Cornwall University, as well as BS degrees in Quantitative Economics & Decision Science and Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego.

Mr. Novas was appointed to his position at Interactyx Limited in April 2008.  He previously held the positions of Co-President and Chief Financial Officer of Whitney Information Network, Inc. and President and Chief Executive Officer of Childtime Learning Centers, Inc.  Prior to this, Mr. Novas held senior financial and executive positions with Burger King Corporation, The Pillsbury Company and Pizza Hut, Inc., a former division of PepsiCo, Inc.  Mr. Novas started his career with Touche Ross & Co. (now Deloitte & Touche LLP), and has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Masters of Accounting from St. Thomas University. Mr. Novas is a member of the President’s Board of Advisors at St. Thomas University, the Board of Directors of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill, Inc. and the Board of Advisors of Bellwether Software, Inc.