Mr. Charles Antonny Melati
Mr. Charles Antonny Melati is one of the founders and is currently the Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

Mr. Melati oversees the overall strategic directions and expansion plans for the growth and development of the Group as well as oversee the overall business and general management of the Group, and ensure the continuity in management and provide strong leadership to the Group. He was an entrepreneur in the property development, hotel industry and engaged in the manufacture of cast polypropylene for flexible food packaging in Jakarta, Indonesia. He was also involved in the setting up and operations of a tug and barge business in Singapore and Indonesia.

Mr. Dhamma Surya
Mr. Dhamma Surya is one of the founders and is currently the Executive Director of the Group.

Mr. Surya is responsible for the business and general management of the Group’s Jakarta office and mining operations. He was an entrepreneur in the property development and construction industry in Indonesia, a contractor cum household maintenance services business and worked with various business associates in constructing and developing shophouses and houses in Indonesia.

Mr. Huang She Thong
Mr. Huang She Thong is one of the founders and is currently the Executive Director of the Group.

Mr Huang oversees the business developments and sales targets of the Group as well as set overall trading strategy for the Group. He was a sole proprietor, operating a furniture store, mini market and a hotelier in Indonesia. Mr Huang graduated from the Australian School of Tourism and Hotel Management with an Advanced Diploma of Hospitality Management in 2001.

Mr. James Beeland Rogers Jr
Mr. James Beeland Rogers Jr is the Independent Director of the Company.

Mr Rogers is the author of seven books and a globally renowned financial commentator as well as a successful international investor. He is also currently the Chairman of Beeland Interests, Inc. and holds several companies directorships.

In 1998, he started the Rogers International Commodity Index to track the value of commodities consumed in the global economy, ranging from agricultural to energy and metal products. Mr Rogers obtained a Bachelor’s degree in History from Yale University in 1964 and a second Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Balliol College, Oxford University in 1966.

Mr. Soh Chun Bin
Mr. Soh Chun Bin is the Lead Independent Director of the Company.

Mr Soh has more than 16 years of experience in the law and corporate finance and specialises in capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. He is currently leads the Corporate Commercial Practice Group of Fortis Law Corporation.

Mr. Soh began his career as a corporate lawyer and was one of the pioneering lawyers at Stamford Law (now known as Morgan Lewis Stamford) during its inception in the early 2000s. In 2012, he left the legal profession to act as the chief executive of several companies (including listed companies), before returning to practice law in 2017. He had advised on many Singapore and international initial public offerings of corporations and real estate investment trusts, as well as on post-listing fund-raising, including secondary listings. He has been recognised as a leading lawyer by legal publications such as Chambers and Partners, and Asialaw. Mr Soh graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Law (Honours) in 1999.

Mr. Lu King Seng
Mr. Lu King Seng is an Independent Director of the Company.

Mr Lu is currently the managing director of Orion Advisory Pte. Ltd. and an independent director for a company listed on the SGX. Prior to this, he was the CFO in SinCo Technologies Pte. Ltd and SinCo Group Holdings Pte. Ltd. where he oversaw the accounting, treasury, legal and finance matters including group restructurings and mergers and acquisitions.

Mr Lu has more than 20 years of commercial and audit experience in London, Singapore and Malaysia with Deloitte & Touche, Ernst & Young, Arthur Andersen, PwC and KMPG where he led audit engagements in various companies, assisting companies with, inter alia, initial public offerings and due diligence reviews in connection with proposed mergers and acquisitions. Mr Lu is a Fellow Member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, as well as a non-practising member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants and a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Mr Lu graduated from Emile Woolf London and obtained a professional qualification from the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants in 1995.

Mr. Ong Beng Chye
Mr. Ong Beng Chye is an Independent Director of the Company.

Mr Ong has more than 25 years of experience in areas such as accounting, auditing, public listings, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, and business advisory. Mr Ong is currently a director of Appleton Global Pte Ltd, a business management and consultancy services firm, the board’s Non-executive chairman for Hafary Holdings Limited (SGX) and Heatec Jietong Holdings Ltd. (SGX). He is also serving as an independent director of other listed companies in Singapore, a shareholder and a director of a few private limited companies. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Fellow Chartered Accountants of Singapore. Mr Ong obtained a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from City, University of London in 1990.

Mr. Karyono
Mr. Karyono is an Independent Director of the Company.

Mr Karyono has more than 20 years of experience in the coal mining industry including mining engineering academia. He was previously a Head of the Engineering (where he managed the mine geology, mine plan and survey department), a senior mine engineer, a mine project coordinator, a mine engineering superintendent, a geotechnic, a mine planner and a technical and ventilation engineer with major mining companies in Indonesia, including BUMA, where he was extensively involved in the monitoring and planning of mine operations and design, as well as mine rehabilitation. He was also a lecturer in the Mining Engineering study programme, chief of the chemistry laboratory, Division Head of Administration and Student Affairs, and Assistant Dean of the Engineering Faculty of Universitas Islam Bandung.

Mr. Karyono obtained a Masters in Geomechanics from the mining engineering department of the Bandung Institute of Technology, as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering from Universitas Islam Bandung.