Neil Nanpeng Shen is one of the co-founders of our company. Mr. Shen has served as Chief Financial Officer since 2000 and executive director since our inception. He became President of our company in August 2003. Prior to founding Ctrip, Mr. Shen had worked for more than eight years in the investment banking industry in New York and Hong Kong. He was a director at Deutsche Bank Hong Kong where he worked from 1996 to 1999. Prior to 1996, he had worked at Chemical Bank, Lehman Brothers and Citibank in various investment banking areas. Mr. Shen is currently Deputy Chairman of Home Inns. He has been appointed as an independent director of Focus Media Holding Limited, a China-based media advertising company, since December 2004. Mr. Shen received his Master's degree from the School of Management at Yale University and his Bachelor's degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. |