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.

Miss Cai Suirong joined the Board of Directors on 11 February 2010 as Executive Director and Vice Chairman. She assumed the role of Strategic Business Director from 1 March 2010, overseeing the Group’s strategic business development in China & India.

Being a veteran of the coke and coal industry for more than 20 years, Miss Cai has established concrete business networks in China and Thailand. Back in the early 1980s, Miss Cai handled the distribution of foundry pig iron and coke for a company in Thailand. In the mid 1990s, Miss Cai joined Tianjin General Nice Coke & Chemicals Co., Ltd. (“GNCC”) in Tianjin, China, where she expanded the company’s metallurgy coke business. Under her leadership, GNCC became one of the first private companies to be awarded export quotas for coke in China.

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.

Mr. Wong Shiu Wah Williamson joined the Board of Directors on 11 February 2010. He is presently the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Remuneration Committees.

Mr. Wong works for a business consultancy firm in Hong Kong as an Associate Director. Prior to that, he has worked with various public and private companies in Hong Kong and in USA as Financial Controller/ Officer. He has extensive experience in auditing, accounting, corporate finance and operations management and control in various industries.

Mr. Wong holds a Master degree in Business Administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and also a Master of Science degree in Information Systems from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has been a fellow member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 1998.

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.