Cellular Biomedicine Group Inc. announced the appointment of Bizuo (Tony) Liu as Chief Financial Officer and Board Secretary and the election of Nadir Patel as Independent Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee of the board of directors of CBMG. Most recently Mr. Liu served as Corporate Vice President at Alibaba Group, responsible for Alibaba's overseas investments. After joining Alibaba in 2009, Mr. Liu held various positions, including Corporate Vice President at B2B corporate investment, corporate finance, and General Manager for the B2C global ecommerce platform.

CBMG's current Chief Financial Officer and Board Secretary, Andrew Chan, will move to the exciting new role of Senior Vice President of Corporate Business Development to focus on partnership opportunities, market development, and licensing. He was also Chief Financial Officer for HiChina, a subsidiary of Alibaba. Mr. Patel is currently Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate Planning, Finance and Information Technology, and Chief Financial Officer for Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, which includes the responsibilities of strategic planning, finance, information management and technology, risk management and performance.

Mr. Patel also serves on the Board of Governors of the International Development Research Centre (and on its Audit and Finance Committee), as well as the Ottawa Advisory Board of Wilfrid Laurier University's School of Business and Economics.