Board
Executive Directors
David Wong
Patrick Siu Ming Li
Johannes Petrus Mulder
Jian Ping Wu
David Wong
David Wong, aged 55, is the co-founder of the Group and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He is responsible for the strategic planning, business development and overall management of the Group. David has more than 30 years’ experience trading building materials and arranging logistics, with more than 14 years of this experience focused on cement and iron ore trading. Prior to 1980, Mr Wong was a sales manager with Reliance Transportation Company, a sole proprietorship, engaged in the trading and transportation of building materials in Hong Kong. Mr Wong is also the Chairman of Prosperity International Holdings (H.K.) Limited.
Patrick Siu Ming Li
Patrick Li, aged 45, is an Executive Director and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He is responsible for the Group’s banking, treasury and accounting matters and supervises the finance and accounting staff. Patrick has more than 20 years’ experience in the banking and financial services industry and acted as Head of Risk Management in the Global Commodities Group at Fortis Bank (Hong Kong and Shanghai) and as the Vice President for Finance of the Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited before joining the Group. Patrick obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences from the University of Hong Kong in 1985 and a Bachelors degree in Law from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1996. Patrick has also obtained a post-graduate diploma in Corporate Administration in 2000 and a Masters degree in Professional Accounting from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in 2001. Patrick is an associate of the Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.
Johannes Petrus Mulder
JP Mulder is an Executive Director of the Company. He is responsible for overseeing the strategic planning of iron ore trading and the potential iron ore mining businesses of the Group. JP joined Prosperity from Exxaro Resources (formerly Kumba Resources) where he worked as a general manager and then manager of business development in South Africa. He also held senior positions in Kumba Resources, which is one of the leading iron ore companies in South Africa, including the chief representative of Kumba Resources, Beijing (1997-2002), and a director and general manager of Kumba Hong Kong Ltd (2003-2006) and Kumba Hongye Zinc Company.
JP, aged 61, holds a Bachelors degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Pretoria, and a Masters degree in Business Economics from the University of South Africa. He has extensive experience in the steel and mining industries. During his nine years in Beijing and Hong Kong, JP spearheaded the China strategy of the company and was also involved in marketing of iron ore in Asia.
Jian Ping Wu
Jian Ping Wu, aged 42, is an Executive Director and the President of the cement plant owned and operated by the Group’s subsidiary, Yingde Dragon Mountain. He graduated from Tongji University in Shanghai in 1988 with a Bachelor’s degree in Management. Prior to joining the Group, Jian Ping worked for Anhui Conch where he held various managerial positions. He was responsible for planning and project-managing the construction of the Yingde Dragon Mountain plant and has since been in charge of the day-to-day operations of the plant.
Non-Executive Directors
John Robertson
Anthony Williams
Sandy Chun-Kwan Chim
Ben Ren Liu
Michael Kim Hung Yuen
Yu Lin Zhao
John Robertson
John Robertson, aged 63, graduated with a BSc in Engineering from the University of St Andrews and then completed his doctorate from the University of Dundee. He began his career in 1970 with J. Henry Schroder Wagg, the London merchant bank and, in 1972, he joined the corporate finance department of Cannon Street Investments. In 1975, he joined the Ultramar group of companies where he held a number of senior positions in London, Montreal, Toronto and New York and gained experience in corporate development, investor relations and supply operations. Much of his career at Ultramar was with the principal Canadian subsidiary, Ultramar Canada, where he was senior vice president corporate development and subsequently senior vice president supply operations.
In 1992, John returned to London and joined Durlacher, a UK stockbroker where he advised corporate finance clients. From February 1995 until his retirement in June 2005 he was a director of Nabarro Wells & Co., the London based independent corporate finance advisory firm where he brought a number of significant oil and gas and mining companies to AIM.
John is a non-executive director of Elixir Petroleum Limited, the ASX and AIM listed oil company with exploration activities in the North Sea. He is a non-executive director of Telrock plc, a developer of software solutions for mobile based transaction services and a non-executive director of Bonaparte Diamond Mines N.L., an ASX listed company, which explores for and produces marine diamonds offshore Namibia and which has diamond exploration interests in South Africa and in Australia. He is a non executive director of Petro Matad Limited, an oil exploration company with interests in Mongolia.
Anthony Williams
Anthony Williams, aged 54, graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelors degree in Economics and Philosophy in 1975 and from the University of Manchester with a Masters degree in Economics in 1977. After working as a tutor in Economics at the University of Leeds, Anthony began his career in 1979 as the business correspondent for Building magazine where he worked for four years, becoming both news and business editor.
Anthony joined Phillips & Drew, now part of UBS, as a building and construction analyst in 1983 where he became a Director in January 1988 as his building research team rose to a top five ranking. In 1989, Anthony joined Morgan Stanley as Head of Building & Construction Research, initiating coverage of building materials and construction equities on a global basis.
He joined Tarmac plc as Director of Corporate Planning in 1992. During his time with Tarmac it underwent extensive rationalisation, financial reconstruction and international expansion. In 1996 he worked for ING Barings as a Director in Global Corporate Finance and latterly was a Director of European Equities at ABN AMRO.
In 2002 he founded Building Value, an independent strategic advisory firm, with a focus on the building materials, construction and support services sectors. Anthony is also a Non Executive Chairman of Watts Group PLC.
Sandy Chun-Kwan Chim
Sandy Chim, aged 52, graduated from the University of New South Wales in Australia with a Bachelors degree in Commerce in 1980 and from the Schulich School of Business at York University in Canada with a Masters degree in Business Administration in 1984. He was first qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Australia and is now a Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Canada.
He has held board positions in several public companies listed in Hong Kong and Australia and is currently a director of Pearl River Tyre (Holdings) Limited, a company listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. In addition, he is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Anhui Chaodong Cement Co. Limited, which is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange of the People’s Republic of China and in which Prosperity is a substantial shareholder.
Sandy is the Chairman and CEO of Century Resources Capital Group which has investments in various resource properties globally. He is also a Founding Partner of Chim & Seto LLP, a chartered accountancy firm in Canada.
Ben Ren Liu
Ben Ren Liu, aged 65, graduated from Wuhan Scientific and Technologic University, with a major in Metal Pressing in 1965 and worked as a technician with WISCO. Ben Ren undertook further studies at Beijing Scientific and Technologic University, Nippon Steel of Japan (NEC) from 1973 to 1976, and studied and researched in the Plasticity Processing Research Department of Tokyo University of Japan from 1982 to 1983. He stayed with WISCO, the world’s 21st largest steel manufacturer, throughout this period, becoming the President and Chairman in August 1993 and held these positions until his retirement in December 2004.
Ben Ren is currently the Vice Chairman of China Enterprise Management Association, the Vice Chairman of China Quality Control Academy and Chairman of Metallurgical Branch, Senior Consultant of Wuhan Municipality People’s Government and Professor and Ph.D. adviser of Wuhan Scientific and Technologic University, Wuhan University of Technology.
Michael Kim Hung Yuen
Michael Yuen, aged 46, graduated from Hong Kong Polytechnic with a Professional Diploma in Accountancy in 1983. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accounts (ACCA), a Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) and the Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario. Michael previously worked in Poon, Mak & Wan, Certified Public Accountants as an Audit Manager from 1995 to 1998. He is currently the sole proprietor of Michael Yuen & Co., a Hong Kong Certified Public Accountants firm, and has acted as an independent non-executive director of Prosperity International Holdings (H.K.) Limited and New Universe International Group Limited since 2002.
Yu Lin Zhao
Yu Lin Zhao, aged 62, graduated from the Chemistry Department of Fudan University, Shanghai in 1968, and has more than 30 years’ experience in the cement manufacturing industry. He began his career in 1970 with Guizhou Shuichen Cement factory, working as a member of the engineering technical staff. In 1976, he joined the Guangxi Liuzhou Cement factory, as a Production Control engineer. He was promoted to Technical Section engineer and External Affairs Section chief at the factory. Yu Lin acted as a director of the Guangxi Liuzhou Cement Factory and secretary of the Party Committee from 1992 to 1994.
Yu Lin was appointed as Vice Party Secretary of Liuzhou Municipal Committee of the CPC in 1994 and was the mayor of Liuzhou Municipality from 1995 to 1997. He subsequently worked as the Party Committee Secretary and General Manager of China Light Industry Raw & Processed Material Head Company from 1997 to 2006 when he retired.
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