Board & Management
Quan (David) Fang
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr. Fang brings over 30 years of extensive experience in the resources and energy sector, along with a strong background in property development and sales across Australia. He has played a leadership role in the acquisition, development, and management of numerous high-profile projects.
His track record in driving resource projects forward, combined with his expertise in identifying value-generating opportunities, positions him well to lead Key Petroleum through its next phase of growth. Mr. Fang is also a director of ASX-listed ASF Group Limited.
Louis Chien
MBA, BArch, BS, AICD
Managing Director
Appointed as Managing Director in October 2021, Mr Chien is a Company Director and investor. He is also currently a Director of ASF Group (ASX: AFA).
Previous to Australia, Mr Chien had over 20 years of experience in finance and corporate new ventures for Fortune 100 companies based in the United States and Singapore and extensive international experience with managerial roles across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
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.