GBM Board

John Francis Harrison
CEO

John Harrison [ARMIT (Mining Eng), Dip CE, MBA, FAusIMM (CP), MIE(Aust) CPEng] is a mining engineer with 43 years experience in mining and exploration in Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia and New Zealand. John’s expertise is in management, project evaluation, planning and mining operations. During his career with the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, CSR Ltd, Australian Mining Consultants, Adelaide Hills Council and the University of South Australia he has managed engineering and operational teams, operated open pit mines, evaluated exploration and mining projects and lectured in mining engineering. He is a Member of the Institution of Engineers (Australia) and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

Paul H. K. Chan
Independent Director

Paul Chan has accumulated over 30 years of experience investing and operating businesses in China, Asia and the US. With his extensive business background and knowledge in the Asia Pacific region, Paul joined Prestige International Investment Ltd, an investment banking firm based in the US, in 1996, in charge of project investment in Asia.

Paul joined Yorkshire Capital Limited as Project Director in 2001. He has been responsible for accessing project feasibility, corporate restructuring, business and financial advisory for various projects. In recent years, Paul has been focusing on gold mining projects and involved in reviewing, accessing, structuring, advising and fund raising for mining projects in base metals and other natural resources worldwide. 

Eric J P Ng
Independent Director

Mr Ng has been the Principal Consultant of Chadway Management Service Pte Ltd since 1982. He is responsible for providing operational management, planning and executing growth strategies, merger and acquisitions activities and corporate finance services to companies in Singapore and the region.

He also advises on business growth and globalisation strategies, capital market and corporate governance issues and is an active capital market intermediary matching capital with business. Chadway also provides advisory services for companies in their listing via an IPO or RTO on SGX and ASX.

Andy Lai
Independent Director

Andy Lai, Managing Director of Yorkshire Capital Limited a merchant bank operation since 1993, has been responsible for numerous IPO and RTO cases worldwide and numerous M&A and financing projects with total value of over US$3 billion.  In recent years, his focus is in mining and resources business covering financing, investment & M&A initiatives.  He is an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.