DONGBANG TOWN, China, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sutor Technology Group Limited (the "Company" or "Sutor") (Nasdaq: SUTR), one of the leading private manufacturers of fine finished steel products extensively used by steel fabricators for a variety of consumer products, today appointed Naijiang (Eric) Zhou as Vice President of Finance, effective February 1, 2010. In this role, Mr. Zhou's responsibilities will include finance, strategic planning and analysis, investor communications, corporate development, and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Zhou has more than fifteen years of financial and industrial experience with U.S. and Chinese companies as an investor, analyst and executive at multinational corporations. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Rich Fields Investment Ltd., a private equity investment firm. Before that, he worked as an international research analyst at Roth Capital Partners, a full service U.S. investment banking firm. Before joining Roth Capital, Mr. Zhou worked for seven years as principal financial planner and principal financial analyst at American Electric Power, where he was responsible for strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, and corporate development. Prior to that, he worked for U.S. Global Investors, Inc as senior research analyst and co-manager of mutual fund investments. Mr. Zhou received a Ph.D. and an MBA degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from China Petroleum University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.
"We are delighted to have Mr. Zhou join our management team as the Vice President of Finance," commented Ms. Lifang Chen, Chief Executive Officer of Sutor. "He has extensive management experience and in-depth knowledge of corporate finance and strategic planning which makes him well qualified to lead our financial operations. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated successful leadership and accomplishments in a variety of corporate functions that our Company seeks to improve. We look forward to working with Mr. Zhou and we believe he is a great asset to the Company as we strive to achieve our future growth objectives."
Commenting on his appointment, Mr. Zhou said, "It is a privilege to join Sutor's management team under Ms. Chen's leadership. The Company has a proven track record of innovative entrepreneurship and social responsibility. Located in one of the most prosperous regions in China, Sutor is strategically positioned to benefit from the rapid growth of the Chinese economy. I'm looking forward to working with other members of the management team and will utilize my industrial and capital market experience to help accelerate corporate development and enhance shareholder value. I'm excited about the tremendous growth potential of the Company."
About Sutor Technology Group Limited
Sutor (Nasdaq: SUTR) is one of the leading private manufacturers of fine finished steel products used by steel fabricators and other applications in China. Sutor utilizes a variety of processes and technological methodologies to convert steel manufactured by third parties into fine finished steel products, including hot-dipped galvanized steel, pre-painted galvanized steel, acid-pickled steel, cold-rolled steel and welded steel pipe products. To learn more about the Company, please visit http://www.sutorcn.com .
Forward-Looking Statements
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