Arthur George Dew

Arthur George Dew, Chairman of the Company since January 2007, was appointed an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company in December 1995 and re-designated as a Non-Executive Director of the Company in July 2002. Mr. Dew is also a director of a subsidiary of the Company. He graduated from the Law School of the University of Sydney, Australia, and was admitted as a solicitor and later as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia. He is currently a non-practising barrister. He has a broad range of corporate and business experience and has served as a director, and in some instances chairman of the board of directors, of a number of public companies listed in Australia, Hong Kong and elsewhere. He is also the chairman and a non-executive director of each of APAC Resources Limited and Dragon Mining Limited, and a non-executive director of each of SHK Hong Kong Industries Limited and Tian An Australia Limited. He is also the non-executive chairman and a non-executive director of Tanami Gold NL. Tian An Australia Limited and Tanami Gold NL are companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Mr Dew retired from the position of the chairman and a non-executive director of Allied Properties (H.K.) Limited (a company previously listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited until 26th November, 2020) in December 2020.