China Linen Textile Industry, Ltd. Appoints Jodie Zheng Wehner as Chief Financial Officer
China Linen Textile Industry, Ltd.China-based company engaged in the production and sale of linen yarn and various types of linen fabric, today announced that it appointed Ms. Jodie Zheng Wehner as the Company's new Chief Financial Officer effective September 1, 2010, replacing Mr. James Qi, whose employment as chief financial officer of the Company was terminated by the mutual agreement of the Company and Mr. Qi effective September 1, 2010.
Ms. Jodie Zheng Wehner joins the Company with over 10 years of business and financial experience in both China and the US. During early 2010, Ms. Wehner was a portfolio manager at Gerken Capital Associates, an emerging markets hedge fund, where she oversaw the company's Greater China fund. During 2008, she served as a senior equity analyst at Global Hunter Securities and was responsible for equity research on Chinese companies. From 2005 to 2007, Ms. Wehner was an equity analyst at CIBC Oppenheimer. Ms. Wehner graduated from the Medical School of Peking University with a bachelor's degree in 1993 and earned her MBA degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2002.
"We are very pleased to have Jodie join us as our Chief Financial Officer," stated Mr. Gao Ren, chairman and president of China Linen. "Her strong financial background, analytical skills, and extensive investment experience, in addition to her bilingual skills and bicultural background, will strengthen our capabilities in financial management and reporting, in addition to corporate communications and shareholder relations. We are confident that her appointment will help create a stronger, fully transparent organization which will facilitate our future growth."