Meet the board
Hui Ye ( Non-Executive Chairman )
Mr Ye is the Chairman and President of Beijing Chunhui Yuan Group which is a large private company with extensive interests in real estate, hotels, natural resources, education and entertainment. Mr Ye was a graduate of Shenzen University in 1988. Through Notable Pioneer Limited he holds the largest shareholding in Helios Energy Limited (605,576,359 shares equating to a 23.26% shareholding in Helios Energy).
Mark Lochtenberg ( Non-Executive Director )
Mr Mark Lochtenberg graduated with a Bachelor of Law (Hons) degree from Liverpool University, U.K. and has been actively involved in the coal industry for more than 30 years. Mr Lochtenberg is the former Executive Chairman and founding Managing Director of ASX listed Baralaba Coal Company Limited (formerly Cockatoo Coal Limited).
He was a principal architect of Cockatoo’s inception and growth from an early stage grassroots explorer through to an emerging mainstream coal producer. Mr Lochtenberg was also formerly the co-head of Glencore International AG’s worldwide coal division, where he spent 13 years overseeing a range of trading activities including the identification, due diligence, negotiation, acquisition and aggregation of the coal project portfolio that would become Xstrata Coal.
Prior to this Mr Lochtenberg established a coal “swaps” market for Bain Refco, (Deutsche bank) after having served as a senior coal trader for Hansen Neuerburg AG and as coal marketing manager for Peko Wallsend Limited. Mr Lochtenberg has previously been a Director of ASX listed Pacific American Coal Limited and Cumnock Coal Limited and of privately held United Collieries Pty Limited.
Mr Lochtenberg is currently appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of Evolve Limited, ASX listed Terracom Limited (TER) and Equus Mining Limited (EQE) and is also Non-Executive Director for ASX listed Nickel Industries Limited (NIC).
John Kenny ( Non-Executive Director )
Mr Kenny is a lawyer by profession and holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia.
Mr Kenny co-founded Helios.
Henko Vos ( Company Secretary )
Mr Vos is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA), and the Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) with more than 20 years’ experience working within public practice, specifically within the area of corporate services and audit and assurance both in Australia and South Africa. He holds similar secretarial roles in various other listed public companies in both industrial and resource sectors. He is a Director at Nexia Perth, a mid-tier corporate advisory and accounting practice.