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Board of Directors
Henrik Kjellberg, Chairman and Member of the Compensation Committee
Henrik Kjellberg has served as Chairman of eLong, Inc. since March 10, 2007. Mr. Kjellberg served as the Company's Interim Chief Executive Officer from April to October of 2007, and he has been a member of our board of directors since October 2005. Mr. Kjellberg is President of Expedia Asia Pacific, a division of Expedia, Inc. Before that, Mr. Kjellberg was Senior Vice President of international lodging & destination services. Previously he held the position of Vice President and Managing Director, Supply Europe for Expedia, where he oversaw all hotel, car and destination services for the region. Since joining Expedia in 2001, Mr. Kjellberg has overseen the launches of Expedia Netherlands and Expedia Italy. Additionally, he managed Expedia.com's WWTE(TM) private-label service in Europe. Prior to joining Expedia, Mr. Kjellberg worked for Procter & Gamble and Scandinavian Internet portal Spray. Mr. Kjellberg holds a Master of Science in economics from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Arthur Hoffman
Arthur Hoffman has served as our Director since December 2004. Mr. Hoffman is Managing Director of Expedia Australia, and is leading the charge to launch an Expedia point of sale in Australia. He previously worked for Qantas in Sydney, where he was responsible for the strategy, ecommerce and technology team for Qantas Holidays, a fully owned tour operator. Before his time with Qantas, he worked as a management consultant for seven years with Arthur Andersen and Booz Allen & Hamilton in Australia and Europe, focusing on industries such as travel, ecommerce, consumer goods, media and telecommunications, and financial services.
Cyril Ranque
Cyril Ranque has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 22, 2008. Mr. Ranque is Vice President Partner Services Group Asia Pacific of Expedia, Inc. In this position, Mr. Ranque oversees Expedia's relationships with airline, lodging and rental car supply partners across the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining Expedia in 2006, Mr. Ranque was Vice President of Marketing & Distribution for Louvre Hotels, a leading European hotel group. He was also previously a Director in charge of the French Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Practice at AT Kearney, and a CRM consultant at Accenture. Prior to Accenture, Mr. Ranque was a financial analyst with Morgan Stanley in London, and also worked at LVMH in Tokyo. Mr. Ranque holds a Master's degree from Essec Graduate School of Business in Paris.
Johan Svanstrom
Johan Svanstrom has served as our Director since February 2006. Mr. Svanstrom is the General Manager of Private Label of Expedia Asia Pacific, in which role he is responsible for building Expedia's Private Label business across the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining Expedia, Mr. Svanstrom was in charge of the Digital Innovations Group at McDonald's Corporation for three years. Prior to that, Mr. Svanstrom was co-founder and CEO of Freefund, a company providing online grant search capabilities for university students in four different European countries. From 1999 to 2002 Mr. Svanstrom served as Vice President of Business Development at Glocalnet, a voice-over-IP telecom company, which he helped take public on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Mr. Svanstrom holds a BA in Business Administration and an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Justin Tang
Justin Tang is Co-Founder of eLong, Inc. Mr. Tang served as Chairman from our inception to July 2006 and Chief Executive Officer from our inception to January 2006. At these positions, Mr. Tang helped grow the company from a start up to an organization of 2,000 employees, developed a strategic partnership relationship with Expedia, Inc., the largest online travel service company in the world, and listed the company publicly at NASDAQ. In 2001, Mr. Tang led the buyout of eLong's business from its parent company, Asia.com. Prior to the buyout, Mr.Tang was the Founder and President of Asia.com. Mr. Tang was responsible for eLong's US $68 million merger with Mail.com and the formation of Asia.com.
Leo Austin, Member of the Audit Committee
Leo Austin is a Partner with Augus Partners, a Beijing-based corporate advisory firm, and focuses on the mainland China travel, consumer goods and infrastructure industries. He has lived and worked in China for eleven years. Prior to consulting, Leo was a Principal with Incubasia Inc, a venture capital firm based in Hong Kong and also served as COO of enAbilis, a travel industry wholesale platform. Leo started his career in China as Senior Product Manager with Bass PLC in Beijing and Jilin. Prior to coming to China, he was an Associate Consultant with LEK Consulting in London. Leo speaks, reads and writes Mandarin Chinese and has a Master's degree in Modern History and Economics from Oxford University.
Michael Scown, Member of the Audit Committee
Michael Scown has been a member of our Board of Directors and its Audit Committee since December 2007. Mr. Scown is the Asia Managing Director, Treasury, for Intel Capital. From 1999 to 2006 he served as Intel Capital¡¯s Asia Regional Counsel. Before joining Intel he practiced law for 10 years as an associate and partner with Russin & Vecchi in the firm's San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam offices where he was a Founder and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce. Scown also worked in hotel development as Asia Assistant Regional Counsel for Marriott International, Inc. Prior to commencing his legal practice, Mr. Scown served as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley (A.B.), the University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D.) as well as a member of the California Bar.
Jens Parkitny, Member of the Compensation Committee
Jens Parkitny has been a member of our Board of Directors since May 13, 2009. Mr. Parkitny is Managing Director (Asia Pacific) of the Expedia Affiliate Network, responsible for all white label and co-branded affiliate partnerships in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to this role, Mr. Parkitny was Vice President & Managing Director of Expedia.com for Germany and Austria for two years, and previously held other senior roles at Expedia in Germany, including Manager of Product & Business Development, Site & Content Manager and Senior Producer (Travel). He also previously worked in journalism and publishing, among others as a deputy editor for the German publishing group Jaeger Verlag. Mr. Parkitny holds a degree in Business Administration, Travel and Transport Management from the Technical University of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Thomas Gurnee, Chairman of Audit Committee and member of Compensation Committee
Thomas Gurnee has served as our Director since November 2004. Mr. Gurnee is the President and Chief Operating Officer of GlobiTech Inc. His previous positions include Chief Financial Officer for Artest Corporation and for Sohu.com, Inc. Prior to joining Sohu.com, Mr. Gurnee held a number of senior positions with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., including Vice President of Business Development, President (North America), Chief Operating Officer (Singapore) and Chief Financial Officer (Singapore). Previously, Mr. Gurnee spent 13 years at Schlumberger Ltd. as finance director of various divisions in France, Singapore and the United States. Since November 2000, Mr. Gurnee has been a member of the Sohu.com, Inc. Board of Directors. Mr. Gurnee received a BA degree from Stanford University and an MBA degree from the University of Santa Clara.