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Directors
Huang Xiaodong - Chief Executive Officer
Mr Huang Xiaodong has over 30 years experience in business management of international operations in the metals industry. He is a computer science graduate from China's Hefei University of Technology and has a Masters in Business Administration from Xiamen University. In the early part of his career he worked in China for the Fujian Commission of Science & Technology. In 1992 he moved to Hong Kong where he was Assistant President of Fujian Enterprises Holdings Co. Ltd. until 2002 when he became Vice President of Chinalco Ruimin Aluminum Fabricated Ltd. Mr. Huang joined Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. in February 2005 as the Chief Economist, and in August 2006 was appointed Executive Director and Senior Vice President of the Zijin Mining Group. Mr. Huang joined the Board of Monterrico as Chief Executive Officer on 1 June 2007 following the successful completion of the recommended offer for Monterrico by Xiamen Zijin Tongguan Investment Development Co., Ltd. ("Zijin Consortium"). Mr. Huang is also a director of Zijin Consortium.
Shan Shan (Susan) Li - Finance Director and Company Secretary
Susan Li is a Mechanical Engineer, with a MBA from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was appointed to the Monterrico Board as a Non-Executive Director on 3 May 2007 and then appointed as Finance Director and Company Secretary with effect from 1 June 2007. Susan has over 20 years experience in the metallurgical, mining and mineral industries in China. She worked as the country manager of a Swedish mining and mineral technology manufacturer and supplier in China for about 8 years. She also worked for several years in the investment division of the Royal Bank of Canada, based in Toronto, Canada. She is a Director of the Zijin Consortium and General Manager of the Division of Overseas Development for Zijin Mining Group Co, Ltd, a shareholder of the Zijin Consortium. Susan is also Non Executive Director of Ridge Mining Plc (AIM listed) and of Pinnacle Mines Ltd., a junior mining company, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Hu Guobin - Technical Director
Mr Hu is a Mining Engineer with 19 years experience in mine development and management. Mr Hu has a degree in Mining from China's Central South University. He worked first in China at the Shizishan copper mine for Tongling Nonferrous Metals (Group) Inc.; and then in Zambia where he was employed as head of planning for three years at the Chambishi copper mine for China's Nonferrous Metal Industry - Foreign Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. In 2001, he returned to China to work for Anhui Tongdu Copper Stock Co. Ltd where he was Manager of the Technical Planning Division at Dongguashan's head office and Deputy Director (Infrastructure) for the Dongguashan Mine. In 2006, he took the position of General Manager of the Zijin Consortium. Mr. Hu was appointed to the Board of Monterrico as Technical Director on 1 June 2007.
Mr. Lan Fusheng - Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Lan is a geologist graduated from Fuzhou University in China and has an MBA from La Trobe University in Australia. He is currently an Executive Director of Zijin Mining Group Ltd.
Huang Wenzhou - Non-Executive Director
Mr. Huang Wenzhou is a qualified accountant and has a Masters degree in Finance from Xiamen University. Mr. Huang started his career in 1985 and worked for ten years in the Financial Division of Xiamen C&D Co. Ltd. where he rose to the position of Financial Manager in 1991. Xiamen C&D is a large, Chinese state-owned conglomerate listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. It is engaged principally in international trade, logistics, real estate, conventions and exhibitions, property leasing and manufacturing. It is one of the largest companies in Fujian Province. In 1998 Mr Huang Wenzhou was appointed Deputy Manager of the Xiamen C&D Group and has been General Manager of the Xiamen C&D since 2002. Mr. Huang joined the Board of Monterrico as a Non-Executive Director on 1 June 2007.
Mr. Huang has extensive expertise in the accounting and financing fields and is a Director of the following companies: Xiamen C&D Corp. Ltd; Xiamen C&D Inc; Xiamen C&D Tourism & Hotels Corp. Ltd; Xiamen Airlines Corp. Ltd; Xiamen International Trust Investment Corp. Ltd; XIiamen Xingsha Pharmaceutical Group Co., Ltd.; Xiamen Modern Terminals Corp. Ltd; Xiamen Zijin Tongguan Investment Development Corp., Ltd Yongfeng Paper Pulp Production Corp., Ltd; Xiamen Baige Shiye Co. Ltd.; Xiamen C&D Paper Co. Ltd.; Xiamen Jianyu Shiye Co. Ltd.; Xiamen C&D Metal Co. Ltd.; Xiamen C&D Communication Co. Ltd.; Xiamen C&D Automobile Co. Ltd.; Xiamen C&D Light Industry Co. Ltd.; Xiamen C&D Art Ceramics Co. Ltd.; Shanghai C&D Shiye Co. Ltd. ; Beijing C&D Shiye Co. Ltd.; Guangzhou Jianfa Trading Co. Ltd.; Fuchangli (Hong Kong) Trading Co. Ltd. and Jianfa (Canada) Import & Export Co. Ltd.
Harry Cooper -- Non-Executive Director
Mr Cooper is an engineering graduate with a MBA from Manchester Business School and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. In the early part of his career he worked for Air Products Europe and Ladbroke Group plc. In 1996 he joined Whatman plc (a London Stock Exchange quoted laboratory and medical filter manufacturing group) where he was Finance Director until 2002. Since 2002, Harry Cooper has held a number of appointments in privately owned logistics and healthcare companies and is currently part time Financial Officer for Sovereign Health Ltd, a mental health business. Harry was appointed a Non Executive Director of Monterrico on 1 June 2007. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Amicus Horizon Group, a housing association.
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