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Chairman and Non-Executive Director
Mr. TEH Wing Kwan
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Executive Directors
Mr. HAO Xiemin
(Chief Executive Officer)Mr. WANG Hu
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Independent Non-Executive Directors
Mr. YU Haizong
Mr. LIU Yi
Mr. WU Wen
Mdm. TANG Guoqiong
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Senior Management
Mr. HAO Xiemin
(Chief Executive Officer)Mr. WANG Hu
Chairman and Non-Executive Director
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Mr. TEH Wing Kwan
Mr. Teh was appointed as the non-executive Director on 26 July 2017 and subsequently appointed as the chairman of the Board on 12 October 2017. Mr. Teh is also the chairman of the nomination committee of the Company.
Mr. Teh, a sophisticated investor, specialises in corporate restructuring, corporate finance, and merger & acquisition. He is the appointed non-independent and non-executive chairman for Livingstone Health Holdings Limited (“Sapphire”) (listed on the catalist of the SGX-ST, formerly known as Citicode Ltd.), the appointed lead independent director of Sapphire Corporation Limited (listed on the mainboard of the SGX-ST), and an appointed advisor to Koda Ltd (listed on the mainboard of the SGX-ST). Mr. Teh is also the lead investor in a public company listed on the Catalist of the SGX-ST and other privately held assets.
Mr. Teh was the controlling shareholder; and executive chairman and chief executive officer (“CEO”) of Citicode Ltd (previously listed on the mainboard of the SGX-ST) from July 2018 to February 2021 where he initiated and completed the reverse takeover exercise of a multi-disciplinary healthcare services group, Livingstone Health Ltd. Mr. Teh was also the group CEO and managing director of Sapphire from October 2013 to December 2017. Under his leadership, Sapphire underwent major corporate restructuring and business transformation exercises. He led Sapphire to be the first company listed outside Hong Kong to receive “The Listed Enterprise Excellence Awards 2016” from the Hong Kong-based Capital Weekly. Mr. Teh also served as a non-executive director for other public companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, SGX-ST and ASX.
Some of Mr. Teh’s other investment and corporate portfolios include but are not limited to – In 2002, he advised and completed the restructuring and initial public offering (the “IPO”) exercise of Koda Ltd (which was named one of the best 200 companies under a billion by Forbes Asia in 2006 and 2022) on the SGX-ST. In 2006, he evaluated and advised on a spinoff plan for the proposed IPO application of a foreign-controlled enterprise on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange.
In 2009, he advised and completed the restructuring and listing exercise of one of Asia’s foremost liver centres, the Singapore-incorporated Asian Centre for Liver Diseases and Transplantation Limited via a reverse takeover of an ASX-listed fashion design house. Mr. Teh has also previously been involved in and advised on other corporate actions including business reorganisation, corporate restructuring, proposed divestments, corporate debts restructuring and cash exit offer for other publicly listed companies, family-owned enterprises and regional asset owners.
Mr. Teh is a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (United Kingdom), a Fellow Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, an International Affiliate of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, a Senior Accredited Director of the Singapore Institute of Directors, and a Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute. He was nominated for the 2015 and 2016 Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (Singapore) in the Industrial and Commercial Products category, as well as for the 2017 and 2018 Outstanding Leaders in Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards in the Leadership category.
Executive Directors
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Mr. HAO Xiemin
Mr. Hao has been an executive director since 1 January 2018 and has been re-designed as the chief executive officer since 1 July 2023. Mr. Hao is also a director/supervisor/financial manager of certain key subsidiaries of the Company and is responsible for the financial reporting and management of these subsidiaries. He was the financial controller of Huili Caitong from January 2012 to February 2016. He has 14 years of experience in financial management and had also previously participated in the IPO exercise of the Company, including pre-IPO reorganisation, merger and acquisition, corporate finance matters, and operational reorganisation. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Hao was the financial supervisor of the Panxi Region of the mining branch of Chuanwei from March 2010 to January 2012, a financial supervisor in each of the financial management department of Chuanwei from May 2006 to March 2010 and Sichuan Longwei Metal Products Co., Ltd.* from July 2004 to April 2006, respectively. Mr. Hao has professional qualification as an International Certified Management Accountant. Mr. Hao obtained a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in June 2004.
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Mr. WANG Hu
Mr. Wang has been an executive Director since 1 January 2018. He is also a member of the remuneration committee and an authorized representative of the Company. Mr. Wang is the head of legal and compliance department of the Company. Mr. Wang is also a director of certain key subsidiaries of the Company and is responsible for legal and compliance matters of these subsidiaries. On 17 March 2023, Mr. Wang has been appointed as a non-independent non-executive director and a member of the strategic committee of Atlantic China Welding Consumables, Inc., a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Mr. Wang has 19 years of experience in legal and compliance matters. Mr. Wang has previously participated in the pre-IPO reorganisation and IPO exercise of the Company, including merger and acquisition. He is responsible for the legal and compliance matters of the Group after the listing of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Wang was the supervisor of legal department of Chuan Wei from September 2003 to August 2008 and worked as a client relationship manager in Agricultural Bank of China, Chongqing Changshou branch from August 2002 to September 2003. Mr. Wang obtained a bachelor’s degree in law from Southwest University of Political Science & Law in July 2002 and a master's degree in business administration from Sichuan University in December 2020.
Independent Non-Executive Directors
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Mr. YU Haizong
Mr. Yu has been an independent non-executive Director since 4 September 2009. Mr. Yu is also the chairman of the audit committee and a member of the nomination committee and the remuneration committee of the Company. Mr. Yu was a chartered public accountant in Sichuan Tongde Certified Accountants Firm* (formerly known as Chengdu Xinda Certified Accountants Firm*) from 1994 to 2000, a member of the expert panels of Land and Resources Department of Sichuan Province and Science and Technology Department of Sichuan*. Mr. Yu is a chartered public accountant (non-practicing) in the PRC, and a professor, master and doctoral supervisor of the Accounting Faculty of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Mr. Yu is also the chairman of professor committee in school of accounting at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
Currently, Mr. Yu is an independent non-executive director of Bank of Chengdu Co., Ltd.* and an independent non-executive director of HitGen Inc.,* both companies are listed on the SSE. Mr. Yu is currently also an independent non-executive director, the chairman of the nomination committee and a member of the strategic committee of Sichuan Expressway Company Limited, a company listed on the SSE and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Mr. Yu also served as an independent director for several other public companies listed on the SZSE and the SSE from 1998 to 2024, including Chengdu Haoneng Technology Co., Ltd.* from May 2021 to May 2024.
Mr. Yu received a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, Sichuan Province in economics (accounting) in July 1988, a master’s degree in economics (accounting) in December 1992 and a doctoral degree in management (accounting) in March 2002. Through his professional qualification as a chartered public accountant, his education background in accounting and his previous experience as an independent non-executive director of public companies, he meets the criteria for accounting and related financial management expertise as required by Rule 3.10(2) of the Listing Rules.
The Directors are of the view that Mr. Yu’s background and experience in internal controls and reviewing and analysing audited financial statements of a public company that he gained when he was serving as a member or chairman of the audit committees of various public companies enables him to meet the requirements under Rule 3.10(2) of the Listing Rules. -
Mr. LIU Yi
Mr. Liu has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since 4 September 2009. Mr. Liu is also the chairman of the remuneration committee and a member of the audit committee, and the nomination committee of the Company. Mr. Liu has been working at Sichuan Metallurgical Design and Research Institute since July 1987, engaging in project consulting, beneficiation process and mining design, feasibility study and relevant engineering design work and specialising in mineral processing engineering. His past experiences in mining design projects include constructing iron concentrate production lines of various capacities and mining operations planning for vanadium-bearing titano-magnetite mines. He is the deputy chief engineer, the director, and the chief project designer of the mining engineering institute of Sichuan Metallurgical Design and Research Institute. He is also a Work Safety Expert in Sichuan* appointed by Sichuan Administration of Work Safety* and Sichuan Administration of Coal Mine Safety*. Mr. Liu graduated from the faculty of mining resource engineering of Xi’an Metallurgy and Architecture College*, now known as Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, in Shaanxi and received a bachelor’s degree in engineering in 1987.
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Mr. WU Wen
Mr. Wu has been an independent non-executive director of the Company since 1 November 2014. Mr. Wu is also a member of the audit committee and the nomination committee of the Company. Mr. Wu is a qualified lawyer in the PRC. Mr. Wu graduated from Peking University School of Law in 1990. Mr. Wu obtained a Juris Doctor degree from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in 1998. Mr. Wu worked as an associate of Sichuan Canway Law Firm from August 1998 to May 2002 and later became a partner from February 2003 to December 2008. Mr. Wu also worked as legal counsel in Kodak (China) Company Limited from May 2002 to December 2002. Mr. Wu practised law as a partner of Tahota Law Firm from February 2009 to February 2014. Since March 2014, Mr. Wu has been a partner of Zhonglun Law Firm. Mr. Wu is a member of the Chinese Bar Association.
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Mdm. TANG Guoqiong
Mdm. Tang, aged 61, has held various positions at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (西南財經大學） (“SWUFE”) since July 1988, and she has been appointed a professor at SWUFE since November 2009. She has received numerous recognition for her works from, among others, the Ministry of Finance of the People’s Republic of China*（中華人民共和國財政部）, People’s Government of Sichuan Province*（四川省人民政府）, China National MPAcc Education Steering Committee*（全國會計專業學位研究生教育指導委員會）, Sichuan Institute of Certified Public Accountants*（四川省註冊會計師協會）and SWUFE for her contribution and/or publication of academic papers and research articles in her fields of accounting and finance expertise.
Currently, Mdm. Tang serves as an independent director for other publicly listed companies. Specifically, Mdm. Tang (i) has, since June 2019, been appointed independent director of SI-TECH Information Technology Co., Ltd*（北京思特奇信息技術股份有限公司）, a company listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange; (ii) has, since November 2020, been appointed independent director of Tianqi Lithium Corporation*（天齊鋰業股份有限公司）, a company dual-listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange; and (iii) has, since May 2021, been appointed independent director of Sichuan Mingxing Electric Power Co., Ltd*（四川明星電力股份有限公司）, a company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Mdm. Tang also served as an independent director for several other public companies listed on the SZSE and the SSE from 2008 to 2024, including Cheng Du Sheng Nuo Biotec Co., Ltd.*(成都聖諾生物科技有限公司) (listed on the SSE) from December 2018 to January 2024.
Mdm. Tang obtained her bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in accounting from SWUFE in July 1985, July 1988, and June 2009, respectively.
Senior Management
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Mr. HAO Xiemin
Chief executive officer. Details of his biography are set out above in this section.
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Mr. WANG Hu
Head of compliance. Details of his biography are set out above in this section.
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