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. Liu Lei
Mr. Liu is an Executive Director and Deputy General Manager of the Company and director of Jinxi Jinlan. Mr. Liu has over 22 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.

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. Muktesh Mukherjee
Mr. Muktesh Mukherjee ("Mr. Mukherjee") is an Executive Director and Deputy General Manager of the Company and graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1998 with a Master degree in Business Administration.

In 1998, Mr. Mukherjee joined Ispat Sidbec, Montreal, Canada as a financial analyst. In 2001, Mr. Mukherjee joined Mittal Canada as marketing manager and subsequently moved on to be the director, sales and marketing, Long Products and Plate for ArcelorMittal International in Chicago, USA. Currently, Mr. Mukherjee is general manager, ArcelorMittal China with responsibility for overseeing the relationship with the Company on behalf of ArcelorMittal. He is also a member of the board of directors of Hunan Valin Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. ("Hunan Valin Steel").

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.

Independent Non-executive Directors

Mr. Gao Qingju
Mr. Gao is a senior engineer. Mr. Gao is the managing director and general manager of 北京聯興發鋼鐵科貿有限公司 (Beijing Lianxingfa Industrial & Technical Co., Ltd) since 2000. Mr. Gao graduated from metallurgical machinery and equipment at 北京鋼鐵工業學校 (The Beijing College of Iron & Steel) in 1958 and joined 北京鋼鐵研究院 (The Beijing Iron and Steel Research Institute) in the same year. In 1965, Mr. Gao was seconded to the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and dealt with for research work until he retired. During employment with the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, Mr. Gao was the officer of Small and Medium Manufacture Enterprises. Mr. Gao completed an professional economics management training course at the Communist Party School in 1988. Mr. Gao is vice president and permanent secretary of 地方鋼鐵企業協議 (The Regional Iron and Steel Enterprises Association ) during employment and some time after retirement.

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.