A global leader in metal recycling and
environmental protection
The Board is responsible for the leadership and control of the Company and overseeing the Group's business, strategic decisions and performances and comprises nine Directors, including six Executive Directors namely Mr. Tu Jianhua, Mr. Chen Chunguo, Mr. Rafael Suchan, Mr. Martin Simon, Mr. Ding Zhiyi, Mr. Miao Yu and three Independent Non-Executive Directors namely Dr. Loke Yu, Ms. Yang Yali and Mr. Ko Wang Qiniwei.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
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Mr. Tu Jianhua Executive Director of the Company
Mr. Tu was appointed as an executive Director on 29 April 2015. Mr. Tu is a member of the executive committee and the strategy and investment committee of the Company and he is also the director of certain subsidiaries of the Group. Mr. Tu was appointed as the chief executive officer of the Company during the period from 16 February 2016 to 31 March 2016. He has been the chairman of USUM Investment Group Limited since April 2014. He has been the director of Loncin Group Co., Ltd. since January 1996 and the director of Loncin Holdings Co., Ltd since January 2003. USUM Investment Group Limited, Loncin Group Co., Ltd. and Loncin Holdings Co., Ltd. are controlling shareholders of the Company.He served as the chairman of the board of Loncin Holdings Co., Ltd. in the period from January 2003 to July 2010 and from February 2013 to December 2013, the executive director of Loncin Group Co., Ltd. from January 1996 to January 1997, and the chairman of the board of Loncin Group Co., Ltd. from January 1997 to December 2013. He served as the general manager of Chongqing Loncin Gasoline Engine Company (SinoAmerican Joint Venture), a company that used to be controlled by Mr. Tu during its existence, from 1995 to 1996, and served as the chairman of Chongqing Loncin Transportation and Machinery Factory, a company that used to be controlled by Mr. Tu during its existence, from 1993 to 1995. He served as the chairman of Chongqing City Jiulongpo District Loncin Metal Factory, a company that used to be controlled by Mr. Tu during its existence, from 1991 to 1993 and the factory director of Chongqing Cinhua Metals Factory, from 1983 to 1990.Mr. Tu graduated from the Economic Management of the Open College in Chongqing City Municipal Party School in December 1998. Mr. Tu previously acted as the deputy to the 11th, 12th National People's Congress, the deputy to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Chongqing Municipal People's Congress and the member of its Finance Committee. He currently serves as a Member of the National Committee of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a Standing Committee Member of the Executive Committee of the 12th All China Federation of Industry & Commerce, the president of Chongqing City Industry and Commerce Federation, the President of Chongqing City General Chamber of Commerce, the vice president of Chongqing City Charity Federation and the vice president of Chongqing City Private Entrepreneurs Confederation.Mr. Tu is a non-executive director of Hanhua Financial Holding Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Stock Exchange") (stock code: 3903), and a director of Loncin Motor Co., Ltd., a company whose shares are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (stock code: 603766).+ Resume
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Mr. Chen Chunguo Chairman and Executive Director of the Company
Mr. Chen joined the Group on 16 December 2020 as an executive director and chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Chen has extensive experience in corporate management, strategic investment and group restructuring. He joined Dalian Shide Group Limited*（大連實德集團有限公司） in July 1996 and served as the president and a director from February 2004 to April 2012. He served as the president and a director of Dalian Hairunlai Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.* （大連海潤來集團有限公司） and the chairman of Shanghai Chonghan Equity Investment Limited*（上海涌涵股權投資有限公司） from October 2014 to June 2016. Mr. Chen then joined China Regenerative Medicine International Limited (Stock code: 8158) in July 2016 and served as the president from October 2016 to February 2017 and as the chief executive director from February 2017 to July 2018. He then served as the president and the chairman of Anlian Group Limited*（鞍煉集團有限公司） from September 2018 to June 2020. Mr. Chen joined Liaoning Guoke Industrial Co., Ltd.*（遼寧國科實業有限公司） as the chairman from June 2020.Mr. Chen graduated from the Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (Liaoning, China) with a Master of Finance and a Master of Business Administration (“MBA”) in 1999 and 2003, respectively. He also received an Executive Master of Business Administration (“EMBA”) from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) in 2005.+ Resume
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Mr. Rafael Suchan Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
Mr. Suchan, joined the Group on 1 March 2020 as executive director and chief executive officer.Mr. Suchan started his career at the German pharmaceutical and chemical company Bayer AG as a management trainee in 2002 where he worked across various marketing and finance functions in Germany and Poland. In 2006, he joined specialty chemicals company Lanxess as a Strategy Consultant working in Germany, Canada and China. From there he moved to become Head of Corporate Development based in Shanghai at Lanxess Greater China in 2008. In 2010, Mr. Suchan joined Lanxess’ Inorganic Pigments business unit as Commercial Director for Asia Pacific and in 2012, he took over responsibility as Vice President for Global Product Management. In 2014, Mr. Suchan was additionally appointed as Vice President for all operations of the Inorganic Pigments business unit in the Asia Pacific region which also included the responsibility as Managing Director for Lanxess’ three Inorganic Pigments production sites in Shanghai and Ningbo, China. Since April 2017, Mr. Suchan had been globally responsible for identifying and implementing digital solutions which can be used along the whole chemical value chain within Lanxess’ Digital Transformation activities. In addition, Mr. Suchan was also the Chief Digital Officer at Lanxess in Asia-Pacific coordinating Digital Transformation efforts in the region.Mr. Suchan graduated with a Bachelor’s degree (Diplom-Kaufmann) in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Applied Sciences in Essen, Germany in 2005. He further holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China respectively.+ Resume
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Mr. Martin Simon Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Company
Mr. Simon, joined the Group as Chief Financial Officer for Scholz Group, one of the major operation group of the Company on 1 July 2019. He was further appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company on 23 June 2020. Mr. Simon holds a Master of Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) from University of Würzburg in Germany. Mr. Simon started his career as auditor at ERNST & YOUNG in 1995. From there he moved to become Business Controller based in Germany at Dyckerhoff Zement GmbH in 1999 and, in 2001, relocated for the Dyckerhoff Group as VP Finance & CFO to Glens Falls Lehigh Cement Co, NY, US.From 2005, Mr. Simon worked in the paper and packaging industry for SCA Packaging Europe as CFO for the Region Central Europe and subsequently as Managing Director & VP with full P&L responsibility for the Region Central & Eastern Europe, successfully steering the region through the 2008/09 world economic crisis. From 2013, Mr. Simon held CFO positions in the automotive supplier industry with NBHX Trim Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ningbo Huaxiang Group, working in the field of interior surfaces for premium vehicles, and from 2016 onwards, with the German SHW AG, a global supplier of motor & transmission oil pumps and brake discs, where he was also responsible for the transition after the takeover by a European strategic investor.+ Resume
