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Chief Executive Officer
Mr Zhao, aged 41, was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Company in April 2025. He was appointed as the Executive General Manager Operations – Americas of the Company in September 2024 following the appointment as the Interim Executive General Manager Operations – Americas in June 2024. Mr Zhao will continue to serve as Executive General Manager – Operations, Americas until further notice. With nearly 20 years of international experience across the mining and resources sector, Mr Zhao brings a strong operational background combined with deep expertise in stakeholder engagement and corporate affairs. He previously served as Vice President of Sustainability & Corporate Affairs at Minera Las Bambas S.A., a non wholly-owned subsidiary of MMG from 2022 to 2024. Prior to that, Mr Zhao was Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Division at China Minmetals Corporation between 2020 and 2021. Mr Zhao holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Spanish Language from Beijing Language and Culture University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Université du Québec à Montréal.Chief Financial Officer
Mr Qian, aged 53, has served on the Executive Committee of the Company since February 2024 in his capacity as Executive General Manager - Finance and redesignated to Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Company since July 2024. He has significant executive experience within China Minmetals Corporation (CMC) and was most recently the CFO of Minmetals Innovative Investment Co., Limited. Prior to this role, Mr Qian was the Vice President of Capital Markets of CMC from 2019 to 2022. He was also employed by the Company from 2010 to 2012 in the role of Group Manager Board Support. Mr Qian has over 3 decades of invaluable experience in global treasury systems and a profound understanding of commercial and investment banking, financial markets, and cross-cultural integration in mining assets as well as multi-industrial assets, both domestically and internationally.Executive General Manager - Corporate Relations
Mr Hey, aged 54, has served on the Executive Committee of the Company since August 2013 in his capacity as the Executive General Manager − Stakeholder Relations. His present role title is Executive General Manager – Corporate Relations. In this role, he is responsible for Stakeholder Relations, Corporate Affairs, Global Business Services, Enterprise Technology and Legal and Company Secretarial. Mr Hey is also a director of a number of subsidiaries of the Company. Prior to joining the Company as General Manager − Stakeholder and Investor Relations in April 2011, Mr Hey was the General Manager − Media and Reputation at Foster’s Group since 2005. He was previously the Group Manager − Public Affairs for WMC Resources Limited, up to its acquisition by BHP Billiton Limited in 2005. Mr Hey began his career in economic and public policy consultancy at the Allen Consulting Group and Australian Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, before working across the aviation, entertainment and mining sectors. Mr Hey has over 20 years’ experience in government, media, community and investor relations, economic and public policy, industry association and communications management. Mr Hey has dual degrees in Law and Commerce from the University of Melbourne and is the recipient of an Australia-Japan Foundation Language Scholarship at Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan.Executive General Manager – Operations
Mr Wang, aged 51, has served on the Executive Committee of the Company since May 2022 in his capacity as the Executive General Manager – Australia and Africa and redesignated as the Executive General Manager – Operations which has integrated group operational accountability with operational excellence since 1 February 2024. He is also a director of a number of subsidiaries of the Company. Mr Wang is a mining executive with over 20 years of management, technical and operational experience, in open cut and underground operations. He previously spent over six years at MMG in Australia as Group Manager Mining between 2013 and 2019 and had extensive knowledge of MMG’s operations. Prior to his time at MMG, Mr Wang worked with Gold Fields Limited as Vice President and Head of Technical Services for West African Regional operations in Ghana. He also previously worked for various mining companies in different commodities. Mr Wang has a Bachelor of Engineering – Mining (Honours), University of Queensland, Australia and is a Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (MAusIMM).