The board of directors of Paladin Ltd. announced that Prof. Huang Weizong Martin was appointed as the independent non- executive director and a member of the audit committee with effect from 28 June 2012. Prof. Huang is currently a professor of Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures in the University of California, Irvine. Prof. Huang was also the Department Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures in the University of California, Irvine from 2008 to 2011.