Management

Mr. Xin Zhou has served as our co-chairman and chief executive officer since September 2009. He is one of the co-founders of our parent company, E-House, and served as E-House's chairman since 2003 and chief executive officer from 2003 to September 2009. He currently serves as E-house's executive chairman. Mr. Zhou has over 16 years of experience in China's real estate industry. From 1997 to 2003, he served as a director and general manager of Shanghai Real Estate Exchange Co., Ltd., and as deputy general manager of Shanghai Jinfeng Investments Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Mr. Zhou also served as the chairman and general manager of Shanghai Wanxin Real Estate Investments Consulting Ltd. from 1994 to 1997. In recognition of his contribution to the development of real estate marketing, brokerage and circulation area in Shanghai and elsewhere in China, Mr. Zhou was awarded the "Special Contribution Award in China's Real Estate Circulation Industry" in 2005, and named one of the "2005 ten most influential people in the real estate services industry" from China City Property Exposition Commission. Mr. Zhou currently serves as Chairman of the Real Estate Services Committee of the China Real Estate Association. Mr. Zhou received his bachelor's degree from Shanghai Industrial University.

Mr. Zuyu Ding has served as our president since 2006 and co-president since October 2009. Mr. Ding was E-House's technology director from 2001 to January 2008. From 2001 to 2005, he served as the vice president of Shanghai Real Estate Consultant and Sales (Group) Co., Ltd. Prior to that, from 1997 to 2000, he was the manager of the research and development department of Shanghai Real Estate Exchange Co., Ltd. Mr. Ding is currently also serving as vice principal of the E-House Research and Training Institute, an executive director of the China Real Estate and Housing Research Association, secretary-general of the Intermediary Committee of China Real Estate Association, and an advisor on the real estate market for the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. Mr. Ding received a bachelor's degree from Shanghai East China Normal University and an MBA from Macau University of Science & Technology.

Mr. Jun Luo has served as co-president since October 2009. Mr. Luo has served as the general manager of Shanghai SINA Leju since December 2007. Before joining SINA, Mr. Luo was a director of Unified Communications Business for Greater China Region at Cisco Systems (China) Networking Technology Co., Ltd. from April 2006 to November 2007. From September 2004 to April 2006, he served as the director of the Application Business and director of Nationwide Named Account business for Avaya (China) Communication Co. Ltd. Mr. Luo served as a business development manager of Cisco Systems (China) Networking Tech Co., Ltd. from February 2000 to September 2004, and a sales manager of Oracle Software System Co., Ltd. from September 1996 to February 2000. Mr. Luo obtained a bachelor's degree from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.

Ms. Bin Laurence has served as our chief financial officer since August 2009. Prior to joining us, Ms. Laurence had been a research analyst at SuttonBrook Capital Management LP in New York since 2005. Ms. Laurence served as a director in the distressed assets management division of BMO Financial Group in New York from 2002 to 2004. From 1996 to 2002, she served as an associate and a vice president successively covering the media/communications industry in the leveraged finance division of BMO Financial Group. From 1994 to 1996, Ms. Laurence was an analyst covering the media/communications industry in the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers, Inc. in New York. Ms. Laurence received a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Ms. Yan Zhang has served as our vice president since 2006. Prior to joining us, Ms. Zhang had served as the editor-in-chief for the real estate department of Xinmin News 365 since 2005. In 2004, she founded Pioneer House Weekly and served as its deputy editor-in-chief. From 2001 to 2003, she was a director in the real estate department of Chengdu Business Daily. Prior to that and starting in 1999, Ms. Zhang served as an editor in the real estate department of Shenzhen News. Ms. Zhang received a bachelor's degree from Sichuan University and a master's degree from the Social Sciences Academy located in Sichuan Province, China.

Mr. Zhongmin Jin has served as the chief operating officer of our information center since 2006 and our vice president since 2008. Since 2003, Mr. Jin has served as the chief technology officer of Shanghai Real Estate Consultant and Sales (Group) Co., Ltd. Prior to joining us, Mr. Jin served as the chief technology officer of Shanghai EhouseE Internet Co., Ltd. from 2001 and 2003. From 1999 to 2001, Mr. Jin served as a project manager for Shanghai Meining Computing Co., Ltd. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Jin was an engineer at the Shanghai branch of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Mr. Jin received a bachelor's degree from Tongji University in Shanghai, China.