Russell Breweries Inc. announced the appointment of Mr. Peter H. Stafford and Mr. Richard Ruijian Shi to the board of directors of the Company. Mr. Stafford and Mr. Shi join Benjamin Li Yu and Dongbing (Derrick) Ma as directors of the Company. The company also announced that Andrew Harris has resigned as a director of the company.

From 2003 until his retirement from full time practice in 2006, Mr. Stafford was based in the Johannesburg office of Fasken Martineau. Mr. Stafford's experience is in the areas of corporate and securities law, including mergers and acquisitions. He was a director and subsequently secretary of WEX Pharmaceuticals Inc. from 2001 to 2011, a director and board chair of BC Bancorp, and is a former director of Nissho Iwai (Canada) Ltd. Mr. Richard Ruijian Shi is a co-founder of Xinjiang Wusu Breweries Co.

Ltd. Before retiring from the company in 2009 and immigrating to Canada, Mr. Shi held the position of Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing at Xinjiang Wusu Breweries Co. Ltd.