SMC People

High professional integrity and premium service are essential for customer satisfaction and value creation. Human capital will be SMC's prominent global competitive advantage. Through its board member, management team, advisors and investors, SMC has global access to management and technical know-how, business experience, and financial resources to maximize value for all stakeholders. With a mixture of both domestic and international talent, our people are freethinking, diversified, open minded and full of ideas. They have the drive to produce, the skills to deliver and the passion for excellence.

Board of Directors

Carol Lau
Chairwoman

Carol Lau joined the Starlight Group in 1987 and was appointed to the position of President of Starlight Randix Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Starlight group in 1993. In 2001, she became the Chief Financial Officer of Cosmo Communications Corporation. Prior to joining the Starlight group, from 1978 to 1987 Ms Lau held positions in auditing and financial management with the Australian Government. Ms. Lau was a CPA in Australia and is a licensed CPA in Massachusetts. She holds a Bachelor of Business degree from the Curtin University in Australia and a Graduate Diploma in Computer Science from the Canberra University in Australia.

Bernard S. Appel
Director

Bernie has served as a director since October 31, 2003. He spent 34 years at Radio Shack, beginning in 1959. At Radio Shack, he held several key merchandising and marketing positions and was promoted to the positions of President in 1984 and to Chairman of Radio Shack and Senior Vice President of Tandy Corporation in 1992. Since 1993 through the present date, Mr. Appel has operated the private consulting firm of Appel Associates, providing companies with merchandising, marketing and distribution strategies, creative line development and domestic and international procurement.

Josef A. Bauer
Director

Mr. Bauer has served as a director since October 15, 1999 and as Chairman of the Board since October 2003. Mr. Bauer previously served as a director of the Company from February 1990 until September 1991 and from February 1995 until July 1997. Mr. Bauer presently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the following three companies: Banisa Corporation, a privately owned investment company, since 1975; Trianon, a jewelry manufacturing and retail sales companies since 1978 and Seaman Schepps, also a jewelry manufacturing and retail sales company since 1999.

Peter Hon
Director

Peter Hon has been a non-executive director of the Starlight group since 1998. Mr. Hon passed the College of Law qualifying examination in 1969 in the United Kingdom and began practicing law in Hong Kong in that year after being admitted to the High Court of Hong Kong. He is the principal of Hon and Co, a law firm in Hong Kong in the past 37 years.

Harvey Judkowitz
Director

Mr. Judkowitz has served as a director since March 29, 2004. Mr. Judkowitz has more than 38 years of experience in accounting and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in New York and Florida. He served as the Chairman of the accounting boards in New York State in the late 1970's. He is currently Chairman and CEO of UniPro Financial Services and has a CPA practice. Mr. Judkowitz was CEO of Designers International Corporation a manufacturing company from 1982 to 1985, CEO of Utilicore Corporation, a telecom company, from 1998 to June 1999 and President of NetWebOnLine.Com Inc., a public company with on-line business ventures from 1998 to 2001.

Yat Tung Lau
Director

Yat Tung Lau joined the Starlight group in 2003 as assistant to the Chairman of the Board of the Starlight group and is now head of corporate relations. He is also responsible for local sales in China and heads the computer information system department for the group. From 2002 to 2003, he held a marketing executive position in Storage Technology Corporation. Mr. Lau holds a Bachelor of Art degree in business marketing from Indiana University.

Stewart A. Merkin
Director

Mr. Merkin has served as a director since December 1, 2004. Mr. Merkin, founding partner of the Law Office of Stewart A. Merkin, has been practicing law in Miami, Florida since 1974. His core legal practice areas include corporate and securities law, as well as mergers and acquisitions and international transactions. He was awarded both J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Cornell University, as well as a B.S. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has been admitted to the Florida and New York State Bar since 1972 and 1973 respectively.