Senior Management
Mr Garry Edwards (aged 58) MBA; FDNA; FAICD
Chief Financial Officer and Joint Company Secretary
Garry has been Company Secretary of a number of ASX listed companies over the past 15 years and has been involved in the listing of two companies on ASX and a significant number of equity raisings. His accounting experience includes 8 years managing offices for KPMG in Papua New Guinea and, more recently, 15 years as CFO of entities listed in Australia and Canada, particularly in the resources sector.
Garry’s formal qualifications include a Master of Business Administration from Griffith University and he is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mr Damien Kelly
Joint Company Secretary
Mr Kelly is a founding director of boutique corporate advisory firm, Western Tiger Corporate Advisers. He has broad corporate and commercial experience spanning more than 10 years, providing professional services to ASX and AIM listed companies predominately in the mining and energy sector.
His main focus during this time has been the provision of corporate advisory, investor relations, company secretarial and transaction execution services. This has included advising to or assisting CMC in various capacities since shortly after its inception in May 2007.
Mr Kelly has an MBA, Bachelor of Commerce, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment and has graduated as an army officer from the Royal Military College (Duntroon) in Canberra. He is a fellow of the Financial Institute of Australia (FINSIA) and a full member of CPA Australia.
Mr Yang (Andrew) Zhao (aged 35) CPA; M. Prof. Acctg; B, Civil Aviation Financial Planning
Financial Controller of CMC
Mr Zhao brings more than 8 years accounting experience within both China and Australia, focussing predominantly on accounting processes and procedures, reporting and internal audit. Prior to joining CMC Mr Zhao was employed with Hai Nan Southern Airlines Holiday Travel Service Co Ltd and China Southern Airlines Co Ltd.
Mr Ming Li (aged 54) DipEcon & Management
Director of CMC China
Mr Li, whose family owns Lu Yuan Industrial Company (the previous owner of the Shanxi Magnesium Business), is a Chinese entrepreneur with more than 37 years experience in building, developing and operating businesses mainly focused on cement production, textile, coke trading and transportation, coal mining and coking, and manufacturing of magnets and magnesium.
Mr Li also co-founded CMC in May 2007 and is currently a director of various Chinese companies including CMC China and the Chairman and CEO of Pingyao County Maoyuan Magnetism Industry Co., Ltd. He has also been a member of the Standing Committee of the Pingyao People's Congress, the 1st Communist Party Committee of Jinzhong City and the Jinzhong People's Congress Committee, and been deputy director of the Pingyao Chamber of Commerce and Jinzhong Chamber of Commerce.
Mr Guicheng Jia (aged 44) BEng
Director and General Manager of CMC China
Mr Jia is a Chinese engineer based in China with more than 21 years experience in building, developing and operating businesses mainly focused on air conditioning engineering and resource related businesses such as cement, talc and magnesium. In 1996 he founded and was CEO of a successful cooling and air conditioning company which he continues to be involved in a leading, non-executive capacity.
Mr Jia is a business partner of Mr Liang and they have co-founded several companies based in Singapore and China. He also co-founded CMC in May 2007. He is currently a director of various Chinese companies including the CMC China, Beijing Energas (China) Technology Company Ltd (of which Mr Blackhurst and Mr Liang are also directors – see above) and various other companies involved in coal transportation and other businesses.
Mr Linchong Sun (aged 45) BEng
Deputy General Manager of CMC China
Mr Sun is a Chinese engineer based in China with more than 23 years experience in designing, constructing and operating several industry manufacturers including Luyuan Coking Plant and Luyuan Magnesium plant.
Mr Sun was a technician, construction head, construction engineer and deputy general manager of Gutao Construction Company. After this construction company, Mr Sun joined Pingyao Luyuan and was deputy plant manager and plant manager of Luyuan Coking plant during 1994-2006. Due to the development of the magnesium business, Mr Sun was the magnesium plant manager and is now the deputy General Manager in charge of the operation, production and maintenance of the existing Magnesium Plant.
Mr Zuliao Li (aged 39) BEng
Deputy Magnesium Plant Manager
Mr Zuliano Li is a Chinese engineer based in China with more than 16 years experience in magnesium business and holds the metallurgic degree from Huabei Technological Institute. He worked with several magnesium companies in supervisory roles in Taiyuan, Lingshi, Huozhou. Mr Zuliano Li is currently the deputy plant manager of the existing Magnesium Plant.