Sandy Chim, MBA, CPA, CA, is founder and currently the Chairman, director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Century. His investments in developing iron ore assets in Canada started in 2005 as a substantial shareholder in Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited and a joint venture partner, through an affiliated company, of the Bloom Lake mine. He also invested in Champion Minerals Inc. (now known as Champion Iron Mines Limited or “Champion”) in 2008 as a substantial shareholder and Century entered into an option and joint venture agreement with Champion on the Attikamagen Properties. Over the course of his career, Mr. Chim has been instrumental to successful capital raises from public offerings, as well as listings of companies in various industries on various international capital markets, including in Australia, London, Hong Kong and Canada. Capital raises with which Mr. Chim has been involved have been for businesses engaged in industries ranging from resource exploration, mining, building materials, and manufacturing. He has been a director and member of corporate governance bodies of publicly listed companies on the TSX, TSXV, AIM (London), ASX (Australia), HKEx (Hong Kong) and SHSE (China). Mr. Chim received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales, Australia and an M.B.A. from York University, Canada. Mr. Chim is a member of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario Canada, and a Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Dwight Ball
Vice-Chair
Dwight Ball is a Canadian politician who was the 13th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from December 14, 2015, to August 19, 2020, and a Member of the House of Assembly. He represented the electoral District of Humber-Gros Morne in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, and was the leader of the Liberal Party from November 17, 2013 to August 3, 2020. Mr. Ball is a Director of Canada Development Investment Corporation and the Chair of Argentia Capital Inc., a joint venture between the Port of Argentia and Torrent Capital Ltd. Mr. Ball is experienced in leadership, facilitation (internal & external), communications/public policy/facilitation, customer service and business operations. He possesses extensive knowledge of the legislative process as well as experience in leading strategic initiatives to bring value to organizations and communities.
Howard Bernier
Lead Director
Howard Bernier is a former professional Metallurgical Engineer and a consultant to entities involved in the iron ore industry focused on developing iron ore properties in the Province of Québec and Brazil. He has served as a consultant and officer to various public companies, as the resident manager of Wabush Mines in Sept-Îles, Québec, and as Chief Operating Officer of Consolidated Thompson Iron Mines Limited. Mr. Bernier’s professional career, spanning some fifty years, has included all aspects of copper smelting and refining and iron pellet production, shipping and international metal sales. Mr. Bernier is a past member of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Bernier holds a B.Sc. (Engineering) from the École Polytechnique de Montréal, Québec. Mr. Bernier is a former member of the Order of Engineers of Québec.
John Gravelle
Director
John Gravelle is currently a director of KP3993 Resources Inc. and AXMIN Inc. He was previously on the Board of Directors of several companies in the mining sector, including Century Metals Inc., Brio Gold Inc. and Foremost Lithium Resource & Technology Ltd. He is a retired partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he served in various leadership roles related to the mining sector including being the Global Mining Industry Leader. He is a Canadian CPA/CA with a strong financial background and is recognized as a financial expert. His public company board experience includes roles on Audit, Compensation and Strategic Committees.
Gloria Wong
Director
Gloria Wong has been appointed as Executive Director of HS Optimus Holdings Limited (a Singapore Stock Exchange listed company) since August 1, 2016. She is responsible for the strategy and business development for the group’s property business. Ms. Wong graduated from Queen Mary College, University of London with a Bachelor degree in Economics and Finance, and from King’s College London with a Master’s degree in International Management.
Jionghui Wang
Director
Jionghui Wang currently serves as the Deputy General Manager of China Minmetals Corporation Limited and the Chairman of Minmetals Exploration & Development Co. Ltd. Mr. Wang has long-term work experience in fields of mineral resources exploration and development, new technology mineral research, and new energy materials development. Mr. Wang is Chinese National Model Worker and enjoys special government allowances of the State Council of China. He also serves as the Vice President of China Mining Association. Mr. Wang is a fellow member of AusIMM.
Wien Yu
Director
Tak Wai (Wien) Yu is currently the Business Development Manager of the Company. Since 2016, she has served as the business development consultant and the board secretary of Circle Harmony Health Limited, being in charge of cross-border business development. Prior to that Ms. Yu was working at Sagacarbon, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caisse des Dépôts, in charge of Asia Pacific Region’s carbon credit trading in 2009. She started her career at Goldman Sachs as an analyst in 1999 and later worked for GaoHua Asset Management, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs in China in 2011. Ms. Yu graduated from the University of Wollongong, Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance with Merit) and from the University of Edinburgh in the UK with a MSc in Carbon Management.
Yiyan Chen
Director
Yiyan Chen currently serves as senior investment manager of Baosteel Resources Co., LTD. He holds an MBA degree from the University of Tsinghua. He has worked for Baosteel Group for 20 years and has extensive experience in business strategic planning, investment and assets management in steel-making up and down stream industries.
Kangle Zhao
Director
Kangle Zhao currently serves as an investment manager of China Baowu Resources Co., LTD. He has worked for Baowu Resources for 4 years and has extensive experience in asset acquisitions, investment management, financial modeling and valuation. He now focuses on equity investment in the areas of mining, base-metal trading and so on. Mr. Zhao graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China with a bachelor’s degree in finance, and from the City University of Hong Kong with a master’s degree in professional accounting and corporate governance.