is an Executive Director, Vice President and one of the founders of the Group. He was appointed as Director of the Group on 15 May 2008. He serves as a Chairman of Nomination Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee of the Company and he is also a Director of certain subsidiaries of the Group. Mr. van Ooijen is primarily in charge of corporate strategy and planning with focus on the Group’s import functions and has over 13 years of experience. Mr. van Ooijen obtained a diploma in 1985 from Hogere Agrarische Scholen van de Katholieke Nederlandse Boeren-en Tuindersbond ’S-Hertogenbosch (Higher Agricultural Schools of the Catholic Dutch Farmers and Gardeners Union of ’S-Hertogenbosch) in the Netherlands. Mr. van Ooijen is the sole shareholder and has been appointed as the director of SVO Company B.V. since 30 September 1993. He was also the director of Delco Participation B.V. from 2 November 2000 until 23 April 2008.

 is an Executive Director and Vice-President of the Group. He was appointed as Director of the Group on 28 August 2008 and he is also a Director of certain subsidiaries of the Group. He is primarily responsible for operational and financial activities and has over 25 years of experience in the industry. Mr. Gu graduated from Shanghai University of Technology  in 1984 with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and majoring in steel making from the Department of Metallurgy. He worked at China Resources Reclamation Corp., East China Co. , a company for recycling and trading ferrous metal (such as steel and iron) and non-ferrous metal (such as copper, aluminum, lead and tin) and plastic scrap in the East China region, for at least 10 years and started his career in the management and operation of domestic and international recycling business. He was a manager for the import and export department and an assistant to general manager in China Resources Reclamation Corp., East China Co., and was responsible for managing the procurement of metal scrap from overseas and reselling to their customers. Mr. Gu has extensive experience in the recycling of different resources, including metals and other scrap materials. Since he joined the Group in 1999, Mr. Gu has been responsible for the import and export businesses of the Group by utilising his professional knowledge in the recycling resources business.

is a Non-Executive Director of the Group. He was appointed as Director of the Group on 17 January 2012. He has a career of over 40 years in the international non-ferrous metals industry, including pioneering the development of China and other Asian markets as consumers of international non-ferrous scrap in the early 1970s. He has been working with SMM Asia, being a wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary of SMM, for 14 years and is the Chairman and a director of SMM Asia. SMM Asia is engaged in the global international marketing and trading of SMM’s owned and brokered non-ferrous scrap, nonferrous by-products and primary metals. From 1967 to 1986, he was a partner in Philipp and Lion Partnership; from 1986 to 1991, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Philipp and Lion Group Ltd., and from 1997, he has been the President of Lion Consulting Inc.. As a founding member of the London Metals Exchange secondary aluminum sub-committee, he currently serves as chairman of the Bureau of International Recycling (“BIR”) Membership committee and a member of its Advisory and Executive boards. He was the president of the former British Secondary Metals Association and the president of the Nonferrous Division of BIR. He is a frequent speaker and contributor of articles at global industry events such as Metal Bulletin, IWCC and CRU, Cessco gatherings, on the topics of nonferrous metals and hedging. He graduated from Haileybury and Imperial Service College in 1963, and has a certificate of Former Ring Dealing Member of London Metals Exchange.

is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Group. She joined the Group on 23 June 2010. Ms. Zhang is also a member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company. She was the vice-secretary-general of Financial Trust Association of Zhejiang Province before joining our Group and she held various positions in the Chinese banking and finance sectors including the People’s Bank of China Heilongjiang Branch, Financial Intermediation Centre of Zhejiang Province, and office of Hangzhou Financial Supervision of People’s Bank of China Shanghai Branch. Ms. Zhang holds a master’s degree in Economic Management  from the Academy of Social Sciences of Hei Longjiang.

was appointed Independent Non-Executive Director of the Group on 23 June 2010. Dr. Loke serves as a Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company. Dr. Loke has over 35 years of experience in accounting and auditing for private and public companies, financial consultancy and corporate management. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and a Doctor of Business Administration degree from University of South Australia. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and The Hong Kong Institute of Directors. He is also an Associate member of The Hong Kong Institute of Chartered Secretaries. He is currently the company secretary of Minth Group Limited and serves as an independent non-executive director of Vodone Limited, Matrix Holdings Limited, Bio-Dynamic Group Limited, China Fire Safety Enterprise Group Limited, Winfair Investment Company Limited, SCUD Group Limited and Zhong An Real Estate Limited, companies listed on the Stock Exchange.

 is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Group. He joined the Group on 23 June 2010. Mr. Li serves as a member of Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee of the Company. Mr. Li obtained a Bachelor’s degree majoring in foreign trade from Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (formally known as Liaoning Finance and Economics College) in August 1970 and a master diploma in finance from Research Institute for Fiscal Science of Ministry of Finance  in July 1982. Mr. Li became the Researcher  of China Construction Bank  in 1993. He has been receiving a special allowance granted by the State Council since 1992. Mr. Li was appointed as the vice president of the head office  of China Construction Bank  in 1985 and 1988; the vice president of China Galaxy Securities Company. Since February 2006, he has been the chairman of the board  of Galaxy Asset Management Co., Ltd.

 is the Qualified Accountant and Chief Financial Officer of the Group. He joined the Group in June 2009 as chief financial officer with responsibility for overall financial matters of the Group. Mr. Chow has significant experience in accounting and finance. He is an associate of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He is also a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Chow was formerly a non-executive director of Asia Distribution Solutions Limited, a company that was previously trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange plc. (LSE: LSE) Mr. Chow currently serves as an independent non-executive director of Associated International Hotels Limited (Stock code: 0105), Tian Teck Land Limited (Stock code: 0266) and China Ground Source Energy Limited (Stock code: 8128), companies listed on the Stock Exchange.

 is the Senior Vice-President of the Group, the General Manager and Director of Taizhou Chiho- Tiande Metals Company Limited and Taizhou Chiho-Tiande Foundry Company Limited. Mr. Ding has over 12 years of experience in the industry and joined the Group in December 1999. Prior to joining the Group, he was a trader principally engaged in the metal recycling industry. Mr. Ding obtained a diploma majoring in International Economics and Trade from the faculty of business from Ningbo University in 2002.Mr. Ding has been chosen as a member of the third session Standing Committee of Lu Qiao District People’s Congress since December 2006. He has also been the chairman of the Association of Resource Comprehensive Utilisation of Taizhou City since June 2005. He was chosen as the second session outstanding builders of Taizhou City of the socialism with Chinese characteristics and was awarded the Top Ten Contribution to the China Metal Recycling Industry Award in October 2007. He has also been the vice-chairman of the Zhejiang Association of Solid Waste Recycle and Disposal  since May 2008.

is the Vice-General Manager of Finance of Taizhou Chiho-Tiande Metals Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Group. She is primarily responsible for the subsidiary’s overall financial planning, financial reporting and budgeting as well as implementing our Group’s business strategies. Ms. Fang Aiping joined our Group since December 1999. Ms. Fang Aiping has more than 11 years of experience in financial management.

is the Vice-General Manager of Taizhou Chiho-Tiande Metals Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Group. He is also a Director of certain subsidiaries of the Group. He is primarily responsible for the production of the subsidiary. Mr. Fang Anlin joined the Group in December 1999 and has over 16 years of experience in the business of mixed metal scrap. Since Mr. Fang Anlin joined the Group, Mr. Fang Anlin has been responsible for overseeing the production of recycled metal products.

is the General Manager of Chiho-Tiande (Ningbo) Metals Recycling Company Limited, a subsidiary of our Group. Mr. Cai graduated from Zhejiang Polytechnic University with a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Chemical Engineering in 1993. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Cai worked for Zhejiang Dong Da Ji Tuan Company, a company whose business involves the import and export agency business, as an assistant manager in the business development department responsible for metal scrap import business. He joined the Group in May 2000.

is the assistant to the Chief Executive Officer and Finance Manager of the Group, and the Chairman of board of Shanghai Chiho-tiande Recycled Resources Ltd., primarily responsible for all financial and accounting matters of the Group and the management of Shanghai Chiho-tiande. Mr. Gan joined our Group in September 2007 and he is also a Director of certain subsidiaries of the Group. He holds a diploma of Accountancy in Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Gan worked as the financial manager and the assistant to the general manager in Guangdong Gentle Technology Company Limited, an information technology application provider, for more than a year. Mr. Gan has extensive experience in the accounting and finance field, and he is also a certified public accountant and registered tax adviser in China.

 is the manager of the procurement department of the Group primarily responsible for procuring raw material supply of the Group. Mr. Xu joined the Group in December 1999 and was responsible for the procurement of mixed metal scrap. Mr. Xu has over 10 years of experience in mixed metal scrap procurement.

 is the manager of the sales and marketing department of the Group and is primarily responsible for the sales management of the Group. Mr. Zhu joined the Group in December 1999 and was responsible for the selling of recycled metal products.

is the Head of Investor Relations of the Group and he joined the Group in September 2010 as Vice Head of Investor Relations, and promoted to Head of Investor Relations in December 2010. Mr. Xu is graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University with a Bachelor’s degree in Dynamic & Energy Engineering in 2000. In 2003, he is graduated from New York Institute of Technology with a Master degree in Business Administration. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Xu has worked for Alcatel Shanghai Bell Limited as the Sales & Bid Director of overseas market; the Head of Investment Banking of Great China for Hongjing Bangxun Information (Shanghai) Limited and the Executive Director for Shanghai Jingshun Equity Investment Limited.