Mr. Cai Sui Xin joined the Board on October 18, 2006 as the Managing Director and was appointed as the Executive Chairman on November 1, 2006.

Mr. Cai founded General Nice Development Limited in 1992 and went on to establish other related companies under the General Nice Group. Under the leadership of Mr. Cai, the Group becomes one of China’s biggest producers and operators of metallurgy coke. To date, its subsidiaries have won honorable titles like “PRC’s Foreign Investment Enterprise of Double Excellence”, and “Best Foreign Investment Enterprise in Tianjin”.

Mr. Cai is also the Chairman and Executive Director of The Sun’s Group Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Mr. Lin Xizhong joined the Board on February 6, 2007 as Executive Director and Vice Chairman.

Prior to joining General Nice Development Limited as Vice-Chairman, he was the Senior Vice President of China Minmetals Corporation. Mr. Lin has more than 30 years experience in international trade, resources investment, banking and fi nance.

Mr. Lau Yu joined the Board on October 18, 2006 as Executive Director and was appointed as Chief Executive Offi cer on November 1, 2006.

In 2002, Mr. Lau became a shareholder and director of General Nice Resources (Hong Kong) Limited, a subsidiary of the General Nice Group.

With many years of solid experience in the international trading of raw materials, including steel, coal, coke and iron ore, Mr. Lau expanded the Group’s iron ore business through the development of strong relationships with customers in India, Australia, South Africa, Venezuela and Brazil. His strong fi nance background puts him in a strategic position to contribute to the establishment of a sound fi nancial foundation for the Group.

Mr. Lau is also an Executive Director of The Sun’s Group Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

Mr. Maheskumar s/o Shantilal Purshotam Mehta joined the Group as the Head of Trade Operations on September 1, 2005, he was later appointed as Executive Director on July 1, 2006.

Mr. Mehta was a fellow Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of working experiences in accounting, fi nancial institutions and trading operations. Prior to joining Abterra, he was with Rabo Bank as a Senior Manager Trade and Structured Finance, Habib Bank as Head of Business Development and at Prima Comexindo (Jakarta) as Head of Trade Operations for worldwide operations.

Michael Chen joined the Board of Directors on 12 August 2009.

Presently the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committees, Mr. Chen has more than 15 years experience in audit and advisory roles and has extensive experience in the financial audit of public-listed companies in various industries.

Mr. Chen is presently the Chief Accountant with AAA Oils and Fats Pte Ltd, the Singapore subsidiary of Asian Agri Group. Prior to that, he was the CFO and Group Company Secretary for Alumtech Limited. He has held managerial positions in both KPMG Hong Kong and PWC Singapore.
Mr. Chen has been a member of the Singapore Institute of Public Accountants since 2007.

Mr. Lim Hui Min John joined the Board on July 1, 2003. He is presently the Chairman of the Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Mr. Lim had previously worked for leading property companies including Keppel Land and DBS Land. He was the Assistant General Manager (Regional Investment) of Keppel Land International Limited, General Manager of Keppel Land (Shanghai) Management & Consultancy Company. He is currently the Development Director of VinaCapital Real Estate Co. Ltd, a leading investment banking and fund management company in Vietnam. Mr. Lim is also an Independent Director and Chairman of the audit committee of Fabchem China Limited since April 2006.

Mr. Chew Ban Chuan Victor Mark joined the Board on May 20, 2004. He is presently the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominating Committees.

Mr. Chew is now the Group General Manager of Enviro- Hub Holdings Ltd., a company listed on the mainboard of the SGX-ST and a director of several of its subsidiaries. Mr. Chew is a legally qualifi ed personnel who holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons) degree from the National University of Singapore. He is also actively involved in community services and sits in several committees.