Board & Management

Board & Management

Wei Jin

EMBA, PhD, and Senior Engineer designations

Chairman & Executive Director

Mr. Jin is a highly experienced leader in the oil and gas industry, with over 30 years of expertise across geological exploration, mining development, oilfield operations, bulk mineral logistics, and international trade. He has held senior positions in major energy and mining companies across Australia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Hong Kong, and Mainland China.

Notably, Mr. Jin has spent around 10 years managing an ASX-listed oil and gas company, bringing extensive experience in project development and operational management in the global energy and mining sector.

Louis Chien

MBA, BArch, BS, GAICD

Managing Director

Appointed as Managing Director in October 2021, Mr. Chien brings over 30 years of international experience in finance, governance, and business leadership across the United States, Asia, and Australia, including a decade in the mining and resources sectors. At Key Petroleum Limited, he has led strategic divestitures, permit renewals, and regulatory approvals, demonstrating strong capabilities in corporate affairs and regulatory compliance.

Mr. Chien has served on the boards of four ASX-listed companies, including ASF Group Limited and Rey Resources Limited. His professional background includes expertise in acquisitions and divestitures, financial management, operational improvements, and stakeholder engagement across diverse and complex environments.

A Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Mr. Chien also holds an MBA from Indiana University and two bachelor’s degrees, all earned in the United States.

Yuqi Cao

BS (Applied Chemistry)

Executive Director

Ms. Cao is a senior executive with over 10 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions across industries such as public procurement, mining, logistics, electronic payments, and intellectual property. She currently serves as Vice President of HK Create Capital Investment Group Co., Limited, Director of Create Capital International Group Co., Limited, and Director of Create International Mining Group Limited

Previously, Ms. Cao served as Vice President of Guocai Technology Group Co., Ltd. and as a Director of its subsidiaries. Her expertise includes equity investment, strategic planning, risk management, and operational leadership.

Professor Bingsong Yu

BS, MS, PhD

Non-Executive Director

Professor Yu is a former Dean of the School of Earth Science and Resources at China University of Geosciences (Beijing). He is a renowned expert in petroleum geology and sedimentology and his extensive research has made significant contributions to oil and gas exploration, particularly in key Australian basins such as the Canning, Perth, and Cooper Basins, as well as in major basins across China, South America, and Africa.

Professor Yu’s work has earned him multiple prestigious awards, recognising his ground-breaking research in reservoir geology and sequence stratigraphy. He has authored over 200 academic papers and published influential monographs, shaping the industry’s understanding of sedimentology and petrology.

Mr Ian Gregory

BBus, FGIA, FCIS, F Fin, MAICD

Company Secretary

Appointed as Company Secretary in November 2012, Mr Gregory is a professionally well-connected Director and Company Secretary with over 30 years of experience in the provision of company secretarial, governance and business administration services with listed and unlisted companies in a variety of industries, including oil and gas, exploration, mining, mineral processing, banking and insurance.  He also has expertise which includes launching successful start-up operations through the development of the company secretarial role and board reporting processes. Mr Gregory currently consults on company secretarial and governance matters to a number of listed and unlisted companies.

Prior to founding his own consulting Company Secretarial business in 2005 Mr Gregory was the Company Secretary of Iluka Resources Limited (6 years), IBJ Australia Bank Limited Group, the Australian operations of The Industrial Bank of Japan (12 years), and the Griffin Coal Mining Group of companies (4 years).

Mr Gregory is a past member and Chairman of the Western Australian Branch Council of Governance Institute of Australia (GIA) and has also served on the National Council of GIA.