Board of Directors

Mr. Ching joined the Company as an Executive Director in June, 2017 and is also a director of various subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Ching was subsequently appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of the Company in September 2017. Mr. Ching holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Boston University in the United States of America. He has extensive experience in commodity trading and business development in the PRC and other countries in Asia and Africa. Mr. Ching is a non-executive director and deputy president of STX Corporation, the securities of which are listed on the Korea Stock Exchange (stock code: 011810.KS).

Mr. Yeung joined the Company as an Independent Non-executive Director in August 2017. He is subsequently re-designated as an Executive Director in July 2019 and is also a director of various subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Yeung has been a Chairman of the Audit Committee, a member of Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company prior to the re-designation. Mr. Yeung holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree majoring in Accounting from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland of the United Kingdom. Mr. Yeung is a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has extensive experience in auditing, accounting and finance.

Mr. Wong joined the Group since 2019 and was subsequently appointed as an Executive Director in April 2024. He currently serves as a director of PT Insurance Brokers Company Limited, the Head of Trading of Muhabura Capital Ltd and a licensed representative of Helios Asset Management (HK) Limited, all of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company. Mr. Wong holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Boston University in the United States. He has over 22 years of experience in the finance industry. He worked in Citibank N.A., Hong Kong Branch from October 2002 to June 2004 with the last position as investment consultant, American Express Bank Limited from June 2004 to August 2005 with the last position as head – investment consultant, Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited from August 2005 to March 2006 with the last position as branch manager and American Express Bank Limited from April 2006 to June 2008 with the last position as relationship manager. He also worked in BNP Paribas Wealth Management Hong Kong Branch from June 2008 to September 2016 with the last position as relationship manager.

Ms. Wong, aged 49, has over 20 years of experience in the accounting and corporate finance industry. Ms. Wong started her career with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, an international audit firm, in 1999. In 2003, Ms. Wong joined Rexcapital (Hong Kong) Limited (御泰融資(香港)有限公司) and commenced her career in the corporate finance field. Throughout the period from August 2004 to July 2011, Ms. Wong worked in the investment banking or corporate finance departments of Shang International Finance Limited (尚融國際金融有限公司) (formerly known as Somerley Capital Limited), UOB Asia (Hong Kong) Limited (新加坡大華亞洲(香港)有限公司), Macquarie Capital (Hong Kong) Limited, and Optima Capital Limited (創越融資有限公司) respectively, where she was involved in a wide range of takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, privatisations and other corporate finance advisory work for Hong Kong listed issuers. From August 2011 to January 2019, Ms. Wong worked at the Listed Issuer Regulation team of the Listing Division of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, primarily responsible for monitoring listed issuers’ compliance with the Listing Rules. In January 2019, Ms. Wong rejoined Optima Capital Limited as a director in the corporate finance department and remained in such position until September 2022.

Mr. Yam joined the Company as an Independent Non-executive Director in March 2017 and is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee, the Remuneration Committee and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. Mr. Yam holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration degree, both from University of Melbourne in Australia. He is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a certified practising accountant of the CPA Australia. Mr. Yam had worked for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, an international accounting firm and as a finance executive for a number of group of companies operating in Hong Kong, the PRC, the United States of America and other overseas countries. He is currently the finance director of a multinational company engaged in the business of ODM/OEM design, manufacturing and retail distribution of telecommunication. Mr. Yam has extensive experience in auditing, accounting and financial management. Mr. Yam is now an independent non-executive director of Reliance Global Holdings Limited (formerly known as Sustainable Forest Holdings Limited)(stock code: 723), a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Mr. Wong joined the Company as an Independent Non-executive Director in November 2017 and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee, a member of Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. Mr. Wong is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of Australia CPA and Australian Institute of Banking and Finance. He holds a master of commerce degree, majoring in banking and finance from University of New South Wales. With more than 20 years’ experience in audit/assurance at public accounting firms includig PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst and Young, Mr. Wong specialised in banking audits and auditing listed companies. Mr. Wong is currently the chief financial officer of CA Cultural Technology Group Limited (formerly known as China Animation Characters Company Limited)(stock code: 1566). He is also an independent non-executive director of Softpower International Limited (stock code: 380) and Ping An Securities Group (Holdings) Limited (stock code: 231). All of the above companies are listed on The Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Mr. Lam joined the Company as an Independent Non-executive Director in July 2019 and is the chairman of Remuneration Committee, a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination Committee and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company. Mr. Lam holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree majoring in Finance and Accounting from Simon Fraser University in Canada. He has accumulated over 10 years of corporate finance, auditing and accounting experience from a European investment bank and an international accounting firm.