GUANGZHOU, China, May 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sino Agro Food, Inc. (OTC BB: SIAF), is an integrated, diversified agriculture technology and organic food company ("the Company") with principal operations as primary producer, processor, and marketer in the People's Republic of China ("PRC").

The Company is delighted that Ms. Olivia Lai has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer.

Ms. Lai has over 20 years accounting and finance experience and held senior positions in many multi-national and public accounting and consulting firms; including Cisco Systems, Ernst & Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She is a U.S. and Hong Kong Certified Accountant with memberships in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Charted Global Management Accountants, Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong. She received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting with the Highest Distinction, and has an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University in the U.S., and the University of Science and technology in Hong Kong.

Ms. Lai reflected, "I am excited to get to work for Sino Agro Food, inspired by their core mission; established high growth trajectory; the forthright, hard working, and amiable nature of management; and by the short and long term opportunities to enhance shareholder value."

CEO Solomon Lee commented, "I am very confident that Ms. Lai is the right person to serve the Company at the right time. I look forward to the shareholders getting to know Ms. Lai as I have. Further, I look forward to her help in accomplishing our ongoing and future corporate initiatives, guided by the same perseverance leading to her hire."

"Beyond Corporate level execution, operationally Ms. Lai's expertise in supply chain management is a perfect fit for our subsidiary structure and vertically integrated business models."

About Sino Agro Food, Inc.

Sino Agro Food, Inc. (http://www.sinoagrofood.com) is an agriculture technology and natural food holding company with principal operations in the People's Republic of China. The Company acquires and maintains equity stakes in a cohesive portfolio of companies that SIAF forms according to its core mission to produce, distribute, market and sell natural, sustainable protein food and produce, primarily seafood and cattle, to the rapidly growing middle class in China. SIAF provides financial oversight and strategic direction for each company, and for the interoperation between companies. The Company owns or licenses patents, proprietary methods, and other intellectual properties in its areas of expertise. SIAF provides consulting and services to joint venture partners to construct and operate food businesses, primarily producing wholesale fish and cattle. Further joint ventures market and distribute the wholesale products as part of an overall "farm to table" concept and business strategy.

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