Renren Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Stephen Tappin and Mr. Tianruo Pu as independent directors and as members of the audit committee of the company, effective on December 5, 2016. Mr. Tappin will also serve as the chairman of the compensation committee. Mr. Tappin is a CEO coach and the host of CEO Guru on BBC World News. He is also the co-founder, chairman and CEO of Xinfu, a global CEO consultancy business. Prior to that, he was a managing partner at Heidrick and Struggles, a worldwide executive search firm. Mr. Tappin also founded Edengene, an innovation services consultancy. His early corporate career included experience as a senior manager at ICI, the global chemical company, and as a management consultant at KPMG. Mr. Tianruo Pu is currently CFO of Zhaopin Limited and an independent director and the chairman of the audit committee of Wowo Limited and 3SBio Inc. Mr. Pu has more than twenty years of work experience in finance and accounting in both the United States and China. Before joining Zhaopin, Mr. Pu served as CFO of UTStarcom Holdings Corp., and prior to that, as the CFO of China Nuokang Bio-Pharmaceutical Inc. Furthermore, the company also announced that Mr. Shinzo Nakano has resigned from the board of directors of the company for personal reasons. Mr. Nakano's decision is not the result of any dispute or disagreement with the company or its board of directors on any matter relating to the company's operations, policies or practices.
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