Governance

Leadership & governance

Northann Corp is led by a board of six, three of whom are independent and each of whom chairs one of the standing committees.

Aerial view of the Fort Lawn, South Carolina site

Executive officers

Lin Li

Chairman, CEO, President, Secretary & Treasurer

Founder of Northann Corp. Has led the Company and its subsidiaries since their inception in 2013 and built the Benchwick brand around 3D printing in the vinyl flooring industry.

Sunny S. Prasad

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Over 30 years of experience as an accountant and auditor; Managing Partner at Sana Tax Corporation since 2014. B.S. in Accountancy, National University (Sacramento).

Kurtis W. Winn

Chief Operating Officer & Director

COO and a Director since 2022; President of Northann (Changzhou) Construction Products since 2015, with 25+ years in wood-products operations.

Independent directors

Bradley C. Lalonde

Independent Director · Chair, Audit Committee

Director since 2023. 25-year career in investment and corporate banking; co-founder of Vietnam Partners and former Director of CitiCapital Audit & Risk Review at Citigroup.

Umesh Patel

Independent Director · Chair, Compensation Committee

Director since 2024. CEO of Fuse Group Holding Inc. and a director of Nova Lifestyle, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVFY); managing partner of DviBri LLC.

Jing Zhang

Independent Director · Chair, Nominating & Governance Committee

Director since 2024. Finance, marketing and e-commerce expertise; CEO of Jing’s Digital Media Ltd and former VP of digital marketing at Ugreen.

Committee composition

CommitteeChairCharter
Audit CommitteeBradley C. LalondePDF
Compensation CommitteeUmesh PatelPDF
Nominating & Governance CommitteeJing ZhangPDF

Governance documents

Charters and policies adopted by the board.