China Education Alliance Appoints Zibing Pan as CFO
China Education Alliance, a China-based company offering education resources and services, has appointed of Zibing ‘Zack’ Pan as chief financial officer (CFO). Pan replaces Susan Liu, who is leaving to pursue other business interests. Liu served as the company’s CFO from June 2008.
Previously, Pan was an audit manager with Eide Bailly CPAs & Business Advisors in Oklahoma City, managing a team of professionals, providing audit and review services to both national and international clients. Prior to that, he was a statistical analyst and economist with the State of Oklahoma, where he provided consultation to managers and administrators to aid in the development of assessment and evaluation mechanisms for programs and services. Pan also worked as a loan project officer for Asian Development Bank (ADB) Loan Management Office in Anhui, China, where he managed various ADB loan projects and assisted with communication and translation between ADB and the Chinese government.
Pan is a certified public accountant (CPA), certified by the Oklahoma State Board of Accountancy and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants (OSCPA). He graduated with a Master of Business Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1999 and obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Anhui University, China, in 1988.