Chandga International Holdings Inc. (OTCBB:CIHI), the China-based specialty chemicals manufacturer announces that effective October 1, 2009, its Board of Directors appointed Craig Marshak as an independent director and audit committee chairman of the Company.

This nomination will help CIHI meet the requirements of an independent Board and thus help in furthering implementation of the goal of upgrading the company’s listing to a higher Exchange.

Mr. Marshak who has served Head of Investment Banking and Partner for Trafalgar Capital Advisors, and the Trafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund, registered in Luxembourg since its launch in January 2007 has extensive experience in the area of corporate finance and is familiar with China. Mr. Marshak advised on the $45 million capital raising for Wits Basins acquisition of the Xiaonanshan Iron Ore Project in the Anhui Province in Eastern China.

Mr. Marshak graduated with a bachelors degree, summa cum laude, in Economics and Political Science from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and during that time received a one year Roger Alan Opel Scholarship to attend the London School of Economics. He also received a J.D. degree from the Harvard Law School.

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