Mr. Ding Poi Bor is a founding member of DKLS Industries Berhad and was appointed to the Board as an Executive Director of the Company on 12 November 1996. He was appointed as Deputy Managing Director of the Company on 1 March 2003 and redesignated as Managing Director on 18 April 2007. Mr. Ding serves as the Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Company. He also holds directorships in the subsidiary companies within the DKLS Group and several other private limited companies.

With over three decades of diversified exposure and experience in quarry and construction, Mr. Ding’s experiences include civil and structural engineering projects, road works and buildings. He is also well versed in land and marine piling works and marine structures. Specialised works related to runway construction is also his forte. Overseas project negotiation also falls into his realm of responsibility.

Dominic is the Head of Loan Syndication and Distribution at Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (“OCBC Bank”). Dominic has been in the banking industry for more than 20 years and has extensive knowledge of banking matters in the Asia- Pacific region. He has extensive experience in a wide array of lending products, ranging from structured financing and debt securitization to project and leveraged financing, and encompassing all industries and sectors. Prior to joining OCBC Bank, he was with several international investment and commercial banks. Dominic is a business graduate from the National University of Singapore and has a MSc degree in Finance from Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, a constituent college of City University of New York. Dominic is a member of Beta Gamma Sigma Society, an international honour society for business students, graduates and scholars founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin in the United States.

Dato’ the founder of and driving force behind of a successful group of companies in Malaysia specialising in civil engineering construction, earthwork, and granite and iron ore extraction contracting. Dato’ has been involved in these lines of business since the early 1970’s. Dato’ has relinquished a major portion of the day- to-day management role in the Malaysian companies to focus on his role as the Company’s Executive Director to spearhead the Company’s business in China. As Managing Director, Dato’ provides the entrepreneurial drive and strategic direction for the Company direction for the Company.

Specialised in corporate advisory and consultancy for accounting, audit, taxation, corporate restructuring, IPO preparation and other financial matters. Headed the finance department of Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) & Central Limit Order Book (CLOB) International Singapore public listed timber and mining company, overseeing finance operations and restructuring exercise. Diverse experience in auditing private and public listed companies from finance and insurance, property development and construction, retail and wholesale, associations, manufacturing and engineering sectors. Skilled in providing solutions to SME/SMB in terms of legal/equity structure, business operations and tax efficiency model.

Mr. Hong graduated from Xiamen Polytechnic of Automotive Technology. His professional experience is in international trade having spent a large portion of his working career at Xiamen International Trade Group Corporation (ITGC) holding management positions. ITGC is a large state-owned international import-export corporation dealing in a wide range of products including chemicals, minerals, metals and agricultural commodities. Mr. Hong has a wealth of experience in import-export trade, introduce of large scale equipment and risk management.

Mr. Hong’s principal role as General Manager is to be responsible for the efficient functioning of the various subsidiaries’s day-to-day operations and activities, the development and investment of new projects and risk control management in China region. He also supervises the subsidiaries’ finance department which is responsible for the subsidiaries’ financial management function. He will assist the Managing Director in business management and development and on new projects to be undertaken by the Group.

Mr. Fang has a wealth of work management experience especially in the mining sector, holding management positions in various mining companies in Datian. He is well versed with the domestic mining policies, laws and regulations and fully understand the mining industry market dynamics. Mr. Fang is the holder of the Mine Qualification Certificate issued by the Safety Supervision Department of Datian.

Mr. Fang will primarily be responsible for all local regulatory compliance and licensing matters. He will also be the Group’s primary point of contact with the Land and Resource Department of Datian which is the local authority responsible for renewals of exploration licences and issuance of mining permits. He is also responsible for the overall management of the project office and mine including planning, budgeting, staffing, cost containment, and profitability. He will oversee and analyse geological exploration and mining operations, making recommendations when necessary to ensure production quotas and procedures are met.

Mr. Tu graduated from the Chengdu Institute of Technology in the field of Geological and Mineral Survey in 1993. He has started his career in the field of geological exploration and has worked at various Datian companies as a geotechnical engineer.

Mr. Tu has a good academic qualifications and has been engaged in geological exploration and extraction work since his graduation and is well regarded in the industry. With the rich practical experience he is able to combine constructive and operational opinions and suggestions in combination with geological data. His expertise for underground mining and multi minerals is well sought after on the industry.

As the Chief Technical Engineer, he will work closely with the Manager to design and analyse geological exploration and mining plans. He will oversee and be responsible for the implementation of the Group’s approved geological exploration and extraction programme.

Mr. Ke is a Mining Professional and currently works as the Group’s Mine Chief and is responsible for blasting operations. He graduated from the Fujian Longyan Coal Industry School in 1998 and started his first career as management level at Fujian Province Datian Coal Group Company. After that, he worked in Sanming Lian Fa Coal Industry Co., Ltd as Mine Chief and blasting technician for eight years. Mr. Ke has a wealth of mine management experience. He is also has strong organisational skills in coordination, communication and leadership ability. He on safety production, on-site management, resource management, and other aspects of the project management, comprehensive capacity development and other aspects of training and emergency management. He is familiar with the mine safety and production dynamics.

The priority role as the Mine Chief is to monitor and supervise the day-to-day activities of the Group’s mining operations to ensure the mine is operated successfully and all the workers are working in a safe environment. He will be responsible for all on-site operations, both on site and in the office, managing site staff, coordinate production and monitor all site systems.