Board and Management | Chifeng Gold

As a growing publicly listed gold company, Chifeng Gold is committed to "being a dedicated and professional gold mining company".

Through continuous innovation of management mechanisms, maintaining cost competitiveness, increasing the acquisition and consolidation of gold resources, utilizing resources effectively, proper development, adhering to internationalization, we strive to become a globally welcomed major gold producer.

Board of Directors

Wang Jianhua

Chairman & Executive Director

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Born in 1956, Mr. Wang Jianhua has a junior college degree and an MBA degree, and is a senior economist and a senior accountant. He once served as the General Manager and Party Secretary of Shandong Silk Import and Export Company, the Chairman and Party Secretary of Shandong Gold Group Co., Ltd. From June 2013 to December 2016, he served as the Director and President of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.; from April 2017 to May 2018, he served as the Chairman of Yunnan Baiyao Holding Co., Ltd.; from September 2018 to December 2019, he served as the Director of Chifeng Gold; from December 2019 to the present, he has been the Chairman of Chifeng Gold. Chairman Wang has always been committed to the protection of ecological environment , and is one of the first generation of industry leaders advocating eco-mining and large-scale mining in China by focusing on increaing mine reserves through exploration. He had worked hard to significantly increase the mineral resources and reserves while with Shandong Gold and Zijin Mining. During his tenure at Shandong Gold, Zijin Mining and Yunnan Baiyao, the market capitalization of all three companies exceeded RMB 100 billion Yuan.

As always, we value safety and we will hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards in mining for the benefit of everyone associated with us.

“The future is bright, let us work hard towards it!”

Chairman. Wang Jianhua

Lydia Yang

Executive Director & CEO

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Born in 1977 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree, she boasts nearly 20 years of experience in the global mining industry, specializing in corporate development strategy planning, global mergers and acquisitions, management of overseas listed companies, mine project management, sustainable development, and excels at creating value for companies in challenging environments. She used to be Business Development Manager of Pinnacle Mines Ltd., Deputy General Manager of Gold Mountains (H.K.) International Mining Company Limited, Deputy General Manager of the International Department of Zijin Mining Group, and General Manager of Business Development of CST Mining Group Limited. From 2011 to 2013, she served as Executive Director and President of CST Mining Group Limited; from 2013 to 2016 she served as Assistant to the Chairman of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd., Director and General Manager of Gold Mountain International Mining Company Limited, and Chairman of Rio Blanco Copper Mining Co. Ltd.; from 2018 to 2020, she served as Executive Director and President of Hengxing Gold Holding Company Limited; from April 2019 to the present, she has been a director of Chijin International (HK) Limited; from July 2022 to the present, she has been a director of Chifeng Gold; from January 2023 to the present, she has served as the CEO of Chifeng Gold. During her tenure in those companies, she was responsible for various overseas M&A transactions and the reorganizaiton of overseas mines, including taking a leading role in the restructuring of the Lady Annie Copper mine in Australia owned by CST Mining and the divestment of the Mina Justa Copper mine in Peru at a price of 505 million USD.

Lyu Xiaozhao

Executive Director, Vice President & Chief Engineer

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Born in 1963, Mr. Lyu holds a Master degree and is a senior mining engineer, certified senior consultant, certified CPM China Professional Manager, Vice President of China Gold Association, Vice Chairman of the Mining Geology Committee of Geological Society of China, and a member of National Gold Standardization Technical Committee. From 2002 to 2010, he successively served as Deputy Party Secretary, Executive Director, Deputy General Manager and member of the Strategy Committee of Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.. From December 2010 to August 2013, he served as the Director and General Manager of Chifeng Jilong Mining Co., Ltd.. From December 2012 to February 2016, he served as the Director and General Manager of Chifeng Gold. From February 2016 to December 2019, he served as the Chairman of Chifeng Gold. From January 2020 to January 2022, he served as Director and President of Chifeng Gold; from January 2022 to September 2023, he served as Co-chairman of Chifeng Gold; from September 2023 to the present, he has served as Director、Vice President and Chief Engineer of Chifeng Gold.

He organized and took the lead in developing the preliminary design for Lingbao County Gold Mine; played the overarching role in make the technical upgrade design for Qiangma Gold Mine to sink a shaft in the deep mine, lifting the gold production to be over 1 tonnes per year. He also initiated the HK listing process for Lingbao Gold and succeeded in the IPO , bringing Lingbao Gold to the international capital market and expanding its business beyond China to Kyrgyzstan and the Lao PDR. While with Chifeng Gold, he led the reshuffle and listing of Chifeng Gold and a series of acquisitions of domestic mines, and he also championed the acquisitions of Sepon mine in Lao PDR and Wassa mine in Ghana. In addition, he is one of authors of the "Mine Design Handbook" and “Technical Standards for the Gold Industry” of the PRC.

Gao Bo

Executive Director & Vice President

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Born in 1969, Mr. Gao Bo has a Bachelor degree and an MBA, and is a senior economist. He successively worked in Jiapigou Gold Mine, Jilin Jisen Fenghua Mining Group Co., Ltd., Chifeng Huatai Mining Co., Ltd., and Longjing Hanfeng Mining Co., Ltd., rising from the role of ordinary worker to the senior positions like Secretary of the Communist Youth League Committee, Deputy Mine Manager, Director, Production Manager, Deputy General Manager, etc. From 2010 to August 2013, he served as Director and Deputy General Manager of Chifeng Jilong Mining Co., Ltd.; from December 2012 to February 2016, he served as Director and Executive Deputy General Manager of Chifeng Gold; from February 2016 to January 2020, he served as Director and General Manager of Chifeng Gold; from January 2020 to January 2023, he served as Director and Executive President of Chifeng Gold; from January 2023 to the present, he has served as Director and Vice President of Chifeng Gold.

Zhang Xudong

Director

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Born in 1965, Mr. Zhang has a Master degree in Economics from University of Southern New Hampshire, USA. He successively served as the investment analyst of New England Insurance Company, the Vice President of Financing Department of First Boston Bank, the Managing Director of the International Capital Department and Greater China Region and the Chief Financial Officer of Asia Pacific Region for Koch Industries Group, the Chairman and CEO of Anjia Group/Shanghai Anjia Investment Management Co., Ltd., the Head of Institutional Clients and Equity Business in China of Deutsche Bank. From 2009 to 2012, he was a global partner of Goldman Sachs Group, the Head of Securities Business in Greater China Area and a member of Goldman Sachs China Management Committee; from 2018 to the present, he has been the Chairman and CEO of Hua Kong Qingjiao Information Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd. He is currently also an independent director of Ping An Securities and Lufax Holdings. He served as an independent director of Chifeng Gold from February 2020 to January 2022 and has been a Director of Chifeng Gold since January 2022.

Mao Jingwen

Independent Director

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Born in 1956, Mr. Mao Jingwen has a PhD from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, and is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is also a research fellow at the Institute of Mineral Resources of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Director of Key Laboratory of Mineralization and Resource Evaluation of the Ministry of Land and Natural Resources, and Director of the Mineral Deposit Committee of China Geological Society. Mr. Mao Jingwen has been dedicated to the research on mineralization formation, mineralization process, mineralization principle, mineral model and prospecting evaluation. As a chief scientist or project leader, he has successively undertaken major basic research projects of the National "973" Program, national hi-tech prospecting projects, key foundation project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and geological survey projects of China Geological Survey. He has been an independent director of Chifeng Gold since January 2022.

Shen Zhengchang

Independent Director

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Born in 1960, Mr. Shen Zhengchang is an Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, the Chief Scientist and a doctoral supervisor of BGRIMM Technology Group with his main specialty in metallurgical and mineral seperation process research, design and commercialization. He used to be the Senior Engineer, Director of the Flotation Division and Deputy Chief Engineer of Beijing General Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. From August 2019 to November 2020, he served as the Chief Expert of BGRIMM Technology Group; he has been the Chief Scientist of BGRIMM Technology Group since December 2020; he has been an Independent Director of Chifeng Gold since January 2022.

Hu Nailian

Independent Director

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Born in 1955 Mr. Hu Nailian has a Master degree, ia an expert of National Science and Technology Expert Database, a panelist of the evaluation panel for the Ministry of Education and Beijing Science and Technology Award, Vice Chairman of Mine Informatization and Intellectualization Committee of the Non-Ferrous Metals Society of China and an editor board member of Gold Science and Technology magazine. He is mainly engaged in teaching and research in the fields of mining systems engineering, mine informationization and intelligent mines, mining technology and economics and others. From 1996 to 2017, he served as the Director of the Research Institute, head Resource Engineering Department, Deputy Dean of the School of Civil and Resource Engineering at Beijing University of Science and Technology. He is currently a second-level professor and doctoral supervisor of the School of Civil and Resource Engineering at the Beijing University of Science and Technology. He has been an independent director of Chifeng Gold since January 2022.

Wong Yet Ping Ambrose

Independent Director

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Born in April 1979, Mr. Wong holds a PhD in business administration from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FCPA) and a member of the Certified Public Accountants Australia. With extensive professional expertise and experience in finance, auditing, and risk management, he had held various positions including the vice president of risk management at the Industrial and Commercial Business Department of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the deputy director of standard development at the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the director of quality and risk management at KPMG China, as well as a director of industry policy and regulatory affairs at a financial regulatory body in Hong Kong. He is now the director of Lianpei CPA Limited as of October 2023 and the independent board director of Chifeng Gold as of August 2024.

Board of Supervisors

Cheng Zhenlong

Chairman

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Born in 1966, Mr. Cheng Zhenlong has a Bachelor degree and is an assistant accountant, senior safety engineer, certified occupational hygienist. He was the Deputy Mine Manager of the then Zhuanshanzi gold mine in Aohan Banner. He served as the Deputy General Manager from 2005 to 2013 and, the General Manager of Chifeng Jilong Mining Co., Ltd. since from September 2013 to December 2022 of Chifeng Jilong Mining Co., Ltd; As of January 2022, he is a Supervisor in the Supervisory Board of Chifeng Gold and was elected as Chairman of the Supervisory Board in January 2023.

Ji Hongyong

Supervisor

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Born in 1974, Mr. Ji Hongyong has a Bachelor degree, and is an economist, senior mining professional taxation accountant, certified management accountant. He once worked in Jiapigou Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Heilongjiang Xincheng Gold Mine, Chifeng Junpeng Mining Co., Ltd., and Huinan Huibao Gold Mining Co., Ltd. From April 2017 to June 2019, he served as the General Manager of Liaoning Wulong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.. From July 2019 to January 2022, he was the Deputy General Manager of the Domestic Mining Division of Chifeng Gold; he was the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Chifeng Gold from January 2022 to December 2022; As of January 2023, he is the Supervisor in the Supervisory Board of Chifeng Gold.

Liu Fengwu

Supervisor (employee representative)

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Born in December 1974, Mr. Liu has a bachelor degree and is a mining engineer, a mechanical engineer, and an expert in the expert database for non-coal mines of Chifeng Municipal Emergency Management Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and National Mine Safety Administration Inner Mongolia Branch. He once served as a technician in Gushan coal mine of Pingzhuang Coal Group Co., Ltd., Chief Engineer of Yongxing coal mine in Yuanbaoshan District of Chifeng City, Chief Engineer in Xinli coal mine of Inner Mongolia Longwang Geological Exploration Group Co., Ltd. and Deputy Chief Engineer of Chifeng Jusen Mining Co., Ltd. He has been working as Deputy Head of the Safety Management Department and Ventilation Engineer of Chifeng Jilong Mining Co., Ltd. since 2017. He is the Supervisor (employee representative) in the Supervisory Board of Chifeng Gold as of January 2024.

Senior Executives

Lydia Yang

Executive Director & CEO

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Lyu Xiaozhao

Executive Director, Vice President & Chief Engineer

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Gao Bo

Executive Director & Vice President

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Wong Hok Bun Mario

Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

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Born in 1979, Mr. Wong holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from the University of Hong Kong. As a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FCPA) and Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM), he has more than 20 years of experience in auditing, accounting, financial management and corporate finance. From September 2008 to August 2018, he served as the Deputy Manager of the Finance Department of Zijin Mining Group Company Limited, Chief Financial Officer of Monterrico Metals Limited, Chief Financial Officer of CST Mining Group Limited, and Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Theme International Holdings Limited. From May 2017 to June 2022, he served as a non-independent executive director of Good Resources Holdings Limited, and from August 2018 to June 2023, he served as the Chief Financial Officer, Company Secretary and Authorized Representative of Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd.（02362.HK）. From July 2023 to the present, he serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Chifeng Gold, and from September 2023 to the present, he serves as the Vice President of Chifeng Gold. From December 2024 to present , he has been serving as the independant non-executive director of Theme International Holdings Limited.

Kevin Chen

Vice President

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Born in 1973, Mr. Chen holds dual MBAs from both Peking University and the National University of Singapore. He used to be the business representative of Maersk Logistics (China) Co., Ltd., the project manager of Sinogold Co., Ltd., the Business Development Director of Arreon Carbon UK Ltd., and the Senior Manager of Standard Bank. From June 2013 to August 2018, he was the Chief Investment Officer of China Gold International Resources Corp. Ltd.; from March 2014 to August 2018, he served as Deputy General Manager and Board Secretary of Soremi Investment Co., Ltd.; from September 2016 to August 2018, he acted as a director of Sinogold Guizhou Co., Ltd.; from August 2018 to January 2021, he was the Deputy General Manager of the International Mining Division of Chifeng Gold, Director and Deputy General Manager of Lane Xiang Minerals Limited; he assumed the position of Vice President of Chifeng Gold from January 2021 to January 2022; from January 2022 to September 2023, he served as the Director and Vice President of Chifeng Gold; from September 2023 to the present, he has been the Vice President of Chifeng Gold.

Zhou Xinbing

Vice President

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Born in 1976, Mr. Zhou has a Master degree and holds qualifications to practice law and securities. He was the senior manager of Investment Banking Department of Beijing Bestar Securities Investment Consulting Co., Ltd., and the senior manager of the Investment Department of Zhongchuan International Mining Holdings Co., Ltd.. From October 2010 to April 2013, he successively served as manager of Securities and Legal Department of Chifeng Jilong Mining Co., Ltd., manager of Legal Department and representative of securities affairs of Chifeng Gold; he was the Board Secretary of Chifeng Gold from April 2013 to January 2022; from January 2022 to January 2023, he worked as the Executive President of Chifeng Gold; he has been Vice President of Chifeng Gold since January 2023.

Dong Shubao

Board Secretary

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Born in 1982, Mr. Dong has a Master degree and holds the professional qualifications to practice securities and futures and Board Secretary qualification granted by Shanghai Stock Exchange. He once worked in Baotou Business Department of Beijing Capital Futures Co., Ltd., Marketing Department and Securities and Legal Department of Chifeng Jilong Mining Co., Ltd. From December 2012 to September 2018, he successively served as staff member, deputy manager and manager of the Securities and Legal Department of Chifeng Gold; from September 2018 to January 2022, he worked as manager of Securities and Legal Department and representative of securities affairs of Chifeng Gold; he has been the Board Secretary of Chifeng Gold since January 2022.