Mr Brett CHAO has six years professional experience in franchise management consulting in China, and four years experience in multinational chain-store company management.

Mr CHAO has a Masters of Commerce (business law) from the University of New South Wales in Australia, a Masters of Business and Administration from the California American University in Beijing, and a Bachelor of Engineering (electronic engineering) from the Beijing Union University in China. He is fluent in Mandarin and English.

Mr CHAO previously worked as the General Manager of Oriental Fortune Management Consultants Co. Ltd., a company that specialised in management consulting in particular strategy implementation, chain-store operations and franchise system management. His major clients included, Lenovo Group (one of China's largest IT companies), China Minmetals Corporation (a major Chinese mining company), South Ocean Education Group (one of the largest private education groups in China), and the Communications Bureau of Jilin Province.

Between 1995 and 1998, Mr CHAO was the General Manager of Fun Music Company. The company specialised in audio and video products. He was responsible in establishing and opening seven chain-store outlets for the Fun Music Company.

Mr CHAO worked for McDonald's Food Co. Ltd., Beijing between 1991 and 1995. He was responsible for the management of three McDonald's restaurants among the eight in Beijing at that time. Mr CHAO received an Outstanding Manager's Award from McDonald's at their Asia-Pacific Convention in 1994. He also received a Distinguished Achievement Award for increased turnover of the branches by 42 percent at the 1994 McDonald's Asia-Pacific Convention in Australia.