Executive Directors

Mr. Han Jingyuan (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)
Mr. Han is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and also serves as chairman of the board of Hebei Jinxi Iron and Steel Group Company Limited ("Jinxi Limited"), Foshan Jinxi Jin Lan Cold Rolled Sheet Company Limited ("Jinxi Jinlan"), Tangshan Fengrun Qu Zhengda Iron and Steel Company Limited ("Zhengda Iron and Steel") and Oriental Fullhero Leasing Company Limited ("Shenzhen Leasing"). Mr. Han graduated from the People's University in 1994 with a degree in management. Mr. Han began his career in Metallurgy in 1984 when he was employed as a deputy mine manager of Han'erzhuang Iron Mine. Mr. Han has in-depth industry knowledge and 25 years of extensive operational and managerial experience in the iron and steel industry. Mr. Han was awarded the honorary title of "Hebei Metallurgy Top Ten Man", "Outstanding Entrepreneur of Hebei Province", "Excellent Privately-owned Enterprises Entrepreneur in Hebei Province", "Chinese Brands Top Ten Outstanding Meritorious Man", "The Most Attention-grabbing Chinese Entrepreneur", "Best Founding Entrepreneur in China", "Top Ten Celebrities for China Reform Programme in the New Century", "Economic Top Ten Men of Honesty and Credibility in China", etc. Mr. Han is the Vice Chairman of the Metallurgy Chamber of All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce. Mr. Han is the director and the controlling shareholder of Wellbeing Holdings Limited, the controlling shareholder of the Group.

Mr. Zhu Jun
Mr. Zhu is an Executive Director, Executive Deputy General Manager of the Company, also serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the board and the executive director of Jinxi Limited. Mr. Zhu graduated in 2001 from a graduate programme of the Communist Party School in Hebei Province with a diploma in management. Prior to working in the steel industry, Mr. Zhu worked for 10 years as deputy director of Qianxi County Chemical Fertilizer Factory which was based in Qianxi County. Mr. Zhu joined Jinxi Iron Factory in 1992 and later served as deputy director. He was named as the "Model Worker of the National Steel Industry" by China Iron and Steel Association in February 2009. Mr. Zhu has had 16 years of working experience in the iron and steel industry.

Mr. Shen Xiaoling
Mr. Shen is an Executive Director, Deputy General Manager and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and also serves as an executive director and general manager of Jinxi Limited. He obtained a diploma in management from the Hebei Province Communist Party School in 2001. Before joining the Group, Mr. Shen was head of China Construction Bank Luanxian Sub-branch. Mr. Shen also had 5 years experience acting as head of China Construction Bank Qianxi Sub-branch and more than 6 years of experience as the deputy head of Bank of China Qianxi Sub-branch. Mr. Shen has been deputy general manager of Jinxi Limited since January 2002.

Mr. Zhu Hao
Mr. Zhu is an Executive Director of the Company and graduated at Tianjin Nankai University and obtained his master degree in accounting from the University of New South Wales in Australia. Mr. Zhu is a senior economist in China. Mr. Zhu was a non-executive director of Jinxi Limited from December 2002 to early 2004.

Mr. Han Li
Mr. Han joined the Group in 2009 as the assistant to the Financial Controller. He is currently the executive assistant to Chief Executive Officer of the Company, the director and legal representative of Hebei Jinxi Iron and Steel Group Company Limited, an indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Jinxi Limited”). He is also the directors and legal representatives of certain subsidiaries of Jinxi Limited. He assists the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer managing the daily operations of the Group. Mr. Han was appointed as the representative of the People’s Congress of Qianxi County, Tangshan City, the PRC in June 2011. Mr. Han is the son of Mr. Han Jingyuan, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the substantial shareholders (within the meaning of the Part XV of the SFO) (holding 45.70% of the shareholding of the Company) of the Company.

Non-executive Directors

Mr. Ondra Otradovec
Mr. Ondra Otradovec ("Mr. Otradovec"), graduated from Stony Brook State University of New York with Bachelor of Finance. Previously, he worked at HSBC, responsible for financing, IPO, privatization in Central and Eastern European markets. During this period, he provided advisory service for the acquisition of Nova Hut in Czech Republic and other steel companies. Since 2003, Mr. Otradovec is responsible for mergers and acquistions activities at ArcelorMittal. He is now Vice President of Global Merger & Acquisition at ArcelorMittal. Mr. Otradovec has also served as Director of Hunan Valin Steel.

Mr. Vijay Kumar Bhatnagar
Mr. Bhatnagar holds a bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering and is an alumnus of AMP of Harvard Business School. He is currently the Executive Vice President and member of Management Committee of ArcelorMittal, an associate of the substantial shareholder (as defined in the Listing Rules) of the Company, and the Chief Executive Officer of ArcelorMittal in India and China. Prior to his current assignment, he was the Chief Executive Officer of ArcelorMittal Eastern Europe (Poland, Czech Republic and Romania). Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Mittal Steel Poland and the Chief Operating Officer of Mittal Steel Temirtau, Kazakhstan and the Managing Director of Mittal Steel Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico. He has over 34 years of experience in line and staff functions in aluminum and electronics industries in India, working for Indal (the subsidiary of Alcan) as the Vice President Human Resources, Environment and Community Development and AT&S India (the subsidiary of AT&S Austria) as the Managing Director and Chief Spokesperson.

Mr. Liu Lei
Mr. Liu is an Executive Director and Deputy General Manager of the Company and director of Jinxi Jinlan. Mr. Liu has over 23 years of experience in management and industrial fields. Mr. Liu graduated in the area of Industrial Electrical Automation of Electrical Engineering Faculty of 河北工學院 (Hebei Industrial Academy) in July 1978. Mr. Liu was awarded the title of 河北省有突出貢獻的中青年專業技術人才 (Professional Technological Talent with Outstanding Contribution in Hebei Province) by Government of Hebei Province in April 1987. Mr. Liu was also granted the qualification of research fellow by 河北省自然研究高級評委會 (Senior Appraisal Committee of Zi Ran Yan Jiu of Hebei Province) in December 2000. Before joining the Group in June 2004, Mr. Liu was the Vice Chancellor of 河北省科學院 (Hebei Academy of Sciences) from October 1999 to June 2004.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. Yu Tung Ho
Mr. Yu, currently serves as senior vice president of Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited and the director of Asia Television Limited. Mr. Yu is a senior influential media professional in Hong Kong and China and has been in broadcasting for more than 38 years. Mr. Yu was chief operation officer of Asia Television Limited, executive vice president of Phoenix Satellite Television Company Limited in Hong Kong and served as chairman of the 12th and 13th Hong Kong Advertising Industry Association. Mr. Yu has also served as the deputy general manager of China Radio & TV Corporation for International Techno-Economic Cooperation, the chief of Radio Guangdong and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Limited.

Wong Man Chung, Francis
Mr. Wong is a Certified Public Accountant (Practising) and has over 21 years of experience in auditing, taxation, management and financial advisory. Mr. Wong is currently an independent non-executive director of Digital China Holdings Limited, eForce Holdings Limited and Wai Kee Holdings Limited whose shares are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange. He was once the independent non-executive director of Sys Solutions Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange, the independent nonexecutive director of Yardway Group Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange and the independent nonexecutive director of Lightscape Technologies Inc., a company with its shares listed and traded in the OTC Bulletin Board of the United States of America. Mr. Wong is a director of both Union Alpha C.P.A. Limited and Union Alpha CAAP Certified Public Accountants Limited, both are professional accounting firms. He is also a founding director and member of Francis M.C. Wong Charitable Foundation Limited, a charitable institution. Previously, Mr. Wong worked for KPMG, an international accounting firm for 6 years and the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited for 2 years. Mr. Wong is a fellow member of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Taxation Institute of Hong Kong and Association of Chartered Certified Accountant of the United Kingdom. Mr. Wong is also an associate member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Society of Chinese Accountants & Auditors, Hong Kong. Mr. Wong holds a Master Degree in Management conferred by Guangzhou Jinan University.

Mr. Wang Tianyi
Mr. Wang is currently the executive vice president of The Chinese Society For Metals. Mr. Wang has over 40 years of extensive experience in the steel industry. Mr. Wang studied metallurgical machinery in 北京鋼鐵學院 (Beijing Institute of Iron and Steel Engineering) (now known as 北京科技大學 University of Science and Technology of Beijing) from 1965 and graduated in 1970. He then worked at 邯鄲鋼鐵集團有限責任公司(Handan Iron and Steel Group Company Limited) (「邯鋼集團」or “Handan IS Group”) from 1970 to 1995 and held various management and professional positions, included the position of a technician, deputy factory manager and executive deputy general manager. From 1995 to 2008, Mr. Wang re-designated and worked at 唐山鋼鐵集團有限責任公司(Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Company Limited) (「唐鋼集團」or “Tangshan IS Group”) as the chairman and managing director. From 2005 to 2011, he was also the deputy chairman and managing director of 首鋼京唐鋼鐵聯合有限責任公司(Shougang Jingtang Iron and Steel Company Limited). From July 2008 to August 2011, he acted as the vice chairman of 河北鋼鐵集團有限責任公司(Hebei Iron and Steel Group Company Limited) (「河北鋼鐵集團」or “HBIS Group”). HBIS Group was established after the merger of Tangshan IS Group and Handan IS Group on 30 June 2008.