Neil D. Hamilton – LLB
Chairman, Non Executive Director
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Mr Hamilton was appointed Non-Executive Chairman on 24 April 2007. Mr Hamilton is a lawyer with more than 23 years experience as a director of public companies. Mr Hamilton is the Chairman of the Nomination, Remuneration and Governance Committee of the Company and has overall responsibility for Corporate Governance. Mr Hamilton is the Chairman of IRESS Market Technology Limited and Northern Iron Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Programmed Maintenance Services Ltd and Metcash Limited. He was formerly the Chairman of Western Power Group. During the past three years Mr Hamilton has served as a director of Insurance Australia Limited and Integrated Group Limited.
Luke Tonkin – B.E., MAusIMM, AICD
Managing Director
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Mr Tonkin was appointed as Managing Director on 25 October 2005. Mr Tonkin has extensive experience in the resource industry traversing multi-commodities of gold, nickel, tantalum, tin & lithium. He has held General Management roles within some of Australia’s largest, more complex operations namely WMC’s Kambalda Nickel Operations, St Ives Gold Operations and Leinster Nickel Operations. Mr Tonkin’s most recent role was Chief Executive Officer of Sons of Gwalia, the world’s largest Tantalum producer and third largest Australian listed gold producer, assisting administrators restructure the Company. Mr Tonkin has a proven track record of implementing large-scale investment, divestment, transition and integration plans. During the past three years Mr Tonkin has not served as a director of any other listed companies.
Craig Readhead – B. Juris, LL.B, AICD
Non-Executive Director
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Mr Readhead has spent the last 30 years practising in the resources law area and is a partner of law firm Pullinger Readhead Lucas. Mr Readhead is a member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Governance Committee and the Audit and Risk Management Committee. Mr Readhead has had a significant legal role in the development of a number of mining projects within Australia, Africa and South East Asia. He is Chairman of Heron Resources Ltd and Galaxy Resources Ltd and is a Non-Executive Director of Frankland River Olive Company Limited and India Resources Ltd, and is past President of the Australian Mining and Petroleum Law Association, and past Vice-President of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies. During the past three years Mr Readhead has also served as a director of Nickleore Limited and Agincourt Resources Ltd.
Ian Macliver – B.Comm, CA, F Fin, AICD
Non-Executive Director
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Mr Macliver is Managing Director of Grange Consulting Group Pty Ltd, which provide specialist corporate advisory services to both listed and unlisted companies. Mr Macliver is Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the Nomination, Remuneration and Governance Committee. He has many years experience as a senior executive and Director of both resource and industrial companies with particular responsibility for capital raising and other corporate initiatives. Mr Macliver is Non-Executive Chairman of Stratatel Ltd and is a Non-Executive Director of Port Bouvard Ltd, Empire Beer Group Ltd and Otto Energy Ltd. During the past three years Mr Macliver has also served as a director of Bioprospect Ltd.
Alan Jones – CA
Non-Executive Director
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Mr Jones was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 28 July 2006. Mr Jones is a chartered accountant with extensive senior management and board experience in listed and unlisted Australian public companies, particularly in the construction, engineering, finance and investment industries. Mr Jones is a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. He is a Non-Executive Director of IFC Capital Limited, APAC Resources Ltd, Mulpha Australia Limited, Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited (Hong Kong), Allied Group Limited (Hong Kong) and Allied Properties Limited (Hong Kong). Mr Jones has been involved in the successful merger and acquisition of a number of public companies in Australia and internationally. During the past three years Mr Jones has not served as a director of any other listed companies.
Cao Zhong
Non-Executive Director
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Mr Cao was appointed a non-executive director on 1 December 2008. Mr Cao is Chairman and Executive Director of APAC Resources Limited. He graduated from Zhejiang University, the People’s Republic of China and Graduate School, The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, with a Master Degree in Engineering and a Masters Degree in Economics. Mr Cao is assistant general manager of Shougang Corporation and the Managing Director of Shougang Concord International Enterprises Company Limited. He also holds a number of other roles in the Shougang Corporation group including chairman of China Shougang International Trade and Engineering Corporation and deputy chairman and general manager of Shougang Holding (Hong Kong) Limited. He is also the chairman of each of Shougang Concord Technology Holdings Limited and Shougang Concord Century Holdings Limited and the vice chairman and managing director of Shougang Concord Grand (Group) Limited. Mr Cao has extensive experience in corporate management and operations. During the past three years, Mr Cao has also served as the chairman of Global Digital Creations Holdings Limited.
Chen Zhouping
Non-Executive Director
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Mr Chen was appointed a non-executive director on 19 January 2009. Mr Chen is a graduate from the School of Economics and Management, Beijing Tsinghua University and is a member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr Chen was appointed as Deputy Managing Director of Shougang Concord International Enterprises Company Limited (“Shougang Concord”) (a Hong Kong listed company) in November 2002. He is also the Deputy Managing Director of Shougang Holding (Hong Kong) Limited (“Shougang Holding”), the controlling shareholder of Shougang Concord, and a non-executive director of Fushan International Energy Group Limited (a Hong Kong listed company). He is a director of a number of other companies of which Shougang Holding or Shougang Concord is the holding company. He has extensive experience in the steel industry, engineering design, human resources and management.
Peter Knowles
Non-Executive Director
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Mr Knowles was appointed a non-executive director on 29 January 2010. Mr Knowles is a graduate of Monash University in Melbourne (Bachelor of Economics) and has had a 15-year career (1973 - 1988) with Hamersley Iron/CRA Group, including a significant period involved in negotiation and settlement of overseas resources transactions. In 1988, he joined the Wesfarmers Group where he spent 13 years in business development and commercial management roles, culminating in the last seven years as Managing Director of Wesfarmers CSBP Limited. Since 2002, Peter has acted as a professional business consultant, primarily to Rio Tinto Iron Ore, where he has been involved in a number of significant business development and project initiatives, including commercial negotiations and project integration. Peter is currently Chairman of Activ Foundation Inc and non-executive director of Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd and CBH Group. He has completed advanced management programs at the University of Western Australia and Harvard Business School.
Lee Seng Hui
Non-Executive Director
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Mr Lee was appointed a non-executive director on 29 January 2010. Mr Lee graduated with Honours from the University of Sydney Law School. Mr Lee is the chief executive and an executive director of Allied Group Limited which is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Mr Lee is also the chairman and a non-executive director of Tian An China Investments Company Limited and a non-executive director of Tanami Gold NL and APAC Resources Limited. Mr Lee was previously the Chairman and an executive director of Yu Ming Investments Limited (now known as SHK Hong Kong Industries Limited).
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