Management Profile: ZAP
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Management Profile: ZAP

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Steven Schneider, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Schneider has been director and Chief Executive Officer of ZAP since October 26, 2002. In 2001, Mr. Schneider founded Voltage Vehicles, a fuel vehicle distributor specializing in electric vehicles and full-performance alternative fuel vehicles such as automobiles, motorcycles, and bicycles. He also founded Auto Distributors, Inc., which is the promotion and distribution division of Voltage Vehicles. In 1996, Mr. Schneider founded the RAP Group, an automotive liquidator and reseller. Both Voltage Vehicles and the Rap Group were acquired by ZAP in 2002. He presently serves on the Advisory Board of Directors to Apollo Energy Systems, Inc. and serves as a director of Rotoblock Corporation, a public company focused on the continued development of the oscillating piston engine. Mr. Schneider served as interim President of Rotoblock from August to November 2005.

Max Scheder-Bieschin, President

Max Scheder-Bieschin was appointed President of ZAP on December 1, 2005 and served as Executive Vice President from October 14, 2005 until his appointment as President. Prior to joining ZAP, Mr. Scheder-Bieschin served as Managing Director of Corporate Finance for Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany from 2001 to 2004. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Scheder-Bieschin led the mergers and acquisitions practice group at ING BHF Bank in Frankfurt and New York as Managing Director of Corporate Finance. Earlier in his career, he was a Principal with Fredericks Michael & Co., a New York-based mergers and acquisitions boutique investment banking firm, Associate Director in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group with Bear Stearns & Co. in New York, and a Staff Accountant with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. in New York. Mr. Scheder-Bieschin received a Bachelors degree in Economics from Stanford University and attended the Masters in Accounting program at New York University. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program in Strategy and Organization from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Eqbal Al Yousuf, Chairman of the Board

Mr. Eqbal Al Yousuf is President of Dubai's Al Yousuf Group. He was appointed as the President of Al Yousuf Group in 2005. The Al Yousuf Group is a company that over the past 55 years has grown into a leading business conglomerate with operations ranging from Motor Vehicles, Boat Manufacturing, Auto Rental, Real Estate Development, Home Electrical Appliances, Computer Operating Systems, Electronics, Transportation and more. The Al Yousuf Group has proved to be one of the most reputed business groups in the UAE and is now working to become ISO certified in accordance with international standards of quality.

Gary Starr, Gary Starr, Director

Mr. Starr co-founded ZAP in 1994, has been a director since the Company’s inception and served as Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2002. He became chairman of the Board of Directors in October 2002. Mr. Starr founded US Electricar’s electric vehicle operation in 1983. Mr. Starr has several publications: “Electric Cars: Your Guide to Clean Motoring, “The Shocking Truth of Electric Cars,” and “The True Cost of Oil.” In addition, he has appeared on more than 300 radio and television shows including Larry King Live, The Today Show, Inside Edition, CNN Headline News, Prime Time Live, the CBS Evening News and the McNeil Lehrer News Hour as an authority in the field of electric vehicles. Mr. Starr has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of California, Davis in Environmental Consulting and Advocacy.

Renay Cude, Corporate Secretary and Director

Ms. Cude was appointed Corporate Secretary in August 2002, and has been a director of the Company since October 26, 2002. Ms. Cude is the President of our subsidiary, Voltage Vehicles, where she works closely with corporate counsel in obtaining all the required licensing in the 50 states for the proper distribution of advanced technology vehicles. Ms. Cude is also the President of ZAP Manufacturing and ZAP Rentals. Prior to joining ZAP, from 1997 to 2002, Ms. Cude worked as a legal secretary for various law firms. Ms. Cude has over five years experience working in the bankruptcy field where she helped companies through the reorganization process. Ms. Cude also currently serves as Secretary and a director of Rotoblock Corporation, a public company focused on the continued development of the oscillating piston engine. Ms. Cude holds an Associates Degree in General Education from Santa Rosa Junior College.

William Hartman, Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Hartman was appointed Chief Financial Officer in March 2001. He was engaged with the Company as a financial consultant starting in January 2001. Prior to his engagement at ZAP, Mr. Hartman provided financial and accounting consulting services to various Internet start up companies in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Hartman is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California with a Masters in Accounting Degree from the State University of New York. He was also a previous Audit Manager with Price Waterhouse-Coopers Accounting Firm.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Gary Starr, Chairman of the Board

Mr. Starr co-founded ZAP in 1994 and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since October 2002. More detailed information regarding Mr. Starr’s business experience is set forth under Executive Officers above.

Steven Schneider, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Schneider has served as Chief Executive Officer since October 2002. More detailed information regarding Mr. Schneider’s business experience is set forth under Executive Officers above.

Renay Cude, Corporate Secretary and Director

Ms. Cude serves as Corporate Secretary of ZAP and President of Voltage Vehicles, ZAP manufacturing and ZAP Rentals. More detailed information regarding Ms. Cude’s business experience is set for under Executive Officers above.

Guy Fieri, Director

Mr. Fieri has been a director since 2004 and is an entrepreneur and restaurateur, having founded and operated three restaurants in the North Bay Area of San Francisco over the past seven years. He previously held various management positions in large food development companies. Mr. Fieri has been a three term President of the Restaurant Association of the Redwood Empire and currently serves on the board of directors for the Educational Foundation of the California Restaurant Association.

Matthias Heinze, Director

Mr. Heinze has been a director since 2005, is the Director of Technology for TUV, a U.S.-German corporation specializing in independent testing and assessment services, and serves as the President of Rotoblock Corporation, a public company focused on the continued development of the oscillating piston engine. He is also Chief Executive Officer of Scibase Intl., LLC, a technology development company. For the past twenty years, Mr. Heinze has worked in the Industrial Machinery and Pressure Equipment divisions at TUV. Mr. Heinze holds engineering degrees from FH Hamburg and FH Jena in Germany.

Peter H. Scholl, Director

Peter H. Scholl, 60, is currently an independent engineering consultant. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Scholl served as President of Rotoblock Inc. in Canada and Rotoblock Corporation, a Nevada corporation, in the development of Oscillating Piston Engine technology. He served as President of Unimont Inc., a real estate development firm, in Penticton, Canada from 2001 to 2003. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Scholl worked on the development of water purification systems in Arizona. Mr. Scholl has a Bachelor's of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Technology in Biel, Switzerland.

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