Richard Samuel Elman is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Company. Mr. Elman first arrived in Asia during the mid-1960s from England and has more than 50 years experience in the physical commodities industry. Prior to setting up the Group in 1986, he spent 10 years with Phibro as Regional Director of their Asia operations, including two years in New York as a Board Director.

Paul Jeremy Brough is the Executive Chairman of the Company. Mr. Brough is an Independent Non-Executive Director of GL Limited (listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange) and Vitasoy International Holdings Limited (listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange); and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Habib Bank Zurich (Hong Kong) Limited, a Hong Kong restricted licence bank. Mr. Brough came to Hong Kong in 1983 to join KPMG, where he became a Partner in 1991, and later became the Senior Partner of Hong Kong. He retired from KPMG in 2012. Mr. Brough is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a member of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute.

William James Randall is an Executive Director and Co-CEO of the Company. Mr. Randall’s career started with Noble Group in Australia in February 1997, transferring to Asia in 1999 where he established Noble’s coal operations, mining and supply chain management businesses. He served as a Director of Noble Energy Inc before being appointed Global Head of Coal & Coke in 2006, and a member of the Noble Group internal management Board in 2008. He was appointed an Executive Director and Head of Hard Commodities in 2012, prior to which he was Head of Energy Coal & Carbon Complex. He holds a Bachelor degree in Business from the Australian Catholic University, majoring in international marketing and finance.

Mr. Frase joined Noble from JP Morgan in New York where he was Managing Director and Global Head of Oil Trading. Prior to JP Morgan, he spent a year at Lehman Brothers as the Head of Global Oil trading, having previously spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs where he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Crude Oil and Derivatives Trading.

Bao Benjamin is a Managing Director at CIC Capital, overseeing CIC investments in infrastructure, energy, oil and gas, minerals and related funds. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Heathrow Airport. Mr. Bao started his career with China Construction Bank focusing on feasibility assessment of infrastructure projects. He later joined Export-Import Bank of China as the Head of Export Credit. Prior to joining CIC, Mr. Bao was with HSBC China, serving as the Director of China Transportation team, Manager of HSBC Northern China Area, and Vice President of HSBC Beijing branch. Mr. Bao graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Winston Wenyan Ma, CFA, Esq. is a Managing Director of CIC. Mr. Ma is a founding member of CIC’s Private Equity Department and Special Investment Department for direct investing, holding leadership roles in long-term investments in North America, Europe and Asia, with a focus on financial services, technology (TMT), energy and natural resources. Prior to joining CIC, Mr. Ma held senior roles at Barclays Capital and J.P. Morgan, and was a corporate lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Freshfields. He is one of a small number of native Chinese who have worked as investment professionals and practicing capital markets attorneys in both the United States and China. He was selected a 2013 Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum (WEF), and in 2014 he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from New York University (NYU). Mr. Ma earned his MBA from the University of Michigan Ross Business School and his Master of Comparative Jurisprudence from the New York University School of Law. He holds Bachelor of Science (Electronic Materials) and Master of Law degrees from Fudan University.

David Gordon Eldon is an Independent Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairman of the Company. He retired as Chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, and as a main Board Director of HSBC Holdings plc, in 2005 after 37 years with the HSBC Group, all of which were spent in the Middle and Far East. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of HSBC Bank Middle East Limited, of HSBC Bank Oman S.A.O.G., and Octopus Cards Limited in Hong Kong. He was previously Non-Executive Chairman of the Dubai International Financial Centre Authority ("DIFC"), and is presently a member of the DIFC Higher Board. He is a Past Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Eldon was a Consultant for the Korea National Competitiveness Council – Office of the President, as well as being a Founding Member and past Chairman of the Seoul International Business Advisory Council. He is an Adviser to the CEO of HSBC's Global Commercial Bank, to Singapore based Southern Capital Group and Hong Kong based New Lily International Ltd. He sits on the Advisory Council of the Global Institute for Tomorrow. In addition he has a number of Government and community appointments in Hong Kong. Mr. Eldon is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, and was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by the City University of Hong Kong in November 2003. He was named the DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Person of the Year for 2003, and in 2004 was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong SAR. In 2005 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to banking, and awarded Honorary Citizenship of Seoul in recognition of his work for the city. He was awarded the Asian Banker Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006, and received an Honorary Doctorate from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2011. Mr. Eldon is a Justice of the Peace.

Christopher Dale Pratt is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Pratt was the Executive Chairman of Swire Pacific Limited from February 2006 until his retirement in March 2014. He was also Chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited, John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited and Swire Properties Limited, and a Director of Swire Beverages Limited, Air China Limited and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. He joined the Swire group in 1978 and has worked with the group in Hong Kong, Australia and Papua New Guinea. Mr. Pratt was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 2000 for Services to the Community in Papua New Guinea. Mr. Pratt is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Johnson Electric Holdings Limited, PureCircle Limited and the Grosvenor Group. He is also a Senior Adviser to Morgan Stanley Asia Pacific Investment Banking.

David Yeow is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company. Mr. Yeow is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Bund Center Investment Ltd (listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange) since February 2010. He is a Senior Partner and (since 1999) also an executive committee member of Rajah & Tann LLP. In the past two decades, Mr. Yeow was the primary external legal advisor to the Singapore International Monetary Exchange Limited including on its de-mutualisation into the Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT); the primary external Legal Advisor to the Singapore Commodity Exchange Limited (SICOM) following on its privatisation from the then Rubber Association of Singapore. He served as a Member of the Advisory Board, Singapore Mercantile Exchange Limited (SMX) and was its legal advisor in its sale to ICE; and was a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Financial Centre Advisory Group Banking Sub-Committee. Mr. Yeow is on the mediation panel of the Association of Banks Singapore since 2003; and is a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre SGX-DT Panel of Arbitrators. Mr. Yeow graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree. Mr. Yeow is an Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.