Paul Benson
Paul Benson, Geology Manager, Hebei Hua Ao, is a graduate of Curtain University of Western Australia with over 30 years’ experience covering mining geology, mine management, corporate roles, project development, project evaluation and exploration management. His career has taken him across Australia and Asia to a diverse range of projects across precious, base and specialty metals, agriminerals and uranium. Prior to joining Griffin in 2016 Paul held a number of senior operational and consultancy roles including CEO of Aragon Resources.
Dominic Varley
Dominic Varley, Strategic Planning Manager, China Zinc Ltd, is a Mining Engineer holding a BEng from the University of New South Wales and Graduate Certificate in Mining Finance from Kaplan University. He has worked in China since 2018, focusing on Mine Planning, Mining Operations and Asset Valuation. Prior to joining China Zinc Ltd, he was a Senior Engineer for Shandong Gold, working on a range of international transactions, construction projects and mining operations for China’s largest gold producer. Prior to that he was a Senior Engineer at MEC Mining Consultants and Senior Engineer for Thiess Mining.
Wendy Zhang
Wendy Zhang, Chief Financial Officer, Hebei Hua Ao, holds a Master of Accounting degree from Macquarie University, is a member of the Certified Practising Accountants of Australia and is a qualified member of the Chinese Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She spent 4 years as Financial Controller for Golden Tiger Mining’s joint venture operations in China. Previously she was Chief Accountant for Shanghai Silk Group and subsequently Ann Taylor Shanghai.
Shirley Tsang
Shirley Tsang, British, is a Chartered Management Accountant (United Kingdom) and a CPA (Hong Kong & Australia). She holds a MBA (Finance) from the City University Business School, United Kingdom. She started her career as an auditor with Ernst & Whinney, and moved on to business advisory practice for international clients with Arthur Young. She had witnessed the global merger of Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young, forming Ernst & Young in 1990 and sale of business in 2002 and 2017 respectively, of the Tricor Group. She was head of the China and Hong Kong business advisory practice from 2003 to 2017 in the Tricor Group. She has considerable experience in corporate restructuring for international clients, and best practice in corporate governance. She is currently Managing Director of SEAJA Consultancy Limited.
Dal Brynelsen
Dal Brynelsen, Director of Hebei Hua-Ao, Canadian, is a graduate of the University of British Columbia in Urban Land Economics. Mr. Brynelsen has been involved in the resource industry for over 40 years. He has been responsible for the discovery, development and operation of several underground gold mines during his career.
John Steel
John Steel, Director of Hebei Hua Ao and Chief Operating Officer, Australian, is a graduate Mining Engineer from the Ballarat School of Mines and holds a Master of Business Administration from Deakin University. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. John has extensive global mining experience including over a decade of in site operational expertise with tier one companies in Australia, Canada (Xstrata Mining PLC) and the Middle East (Barrick Gold Corporation). John also has extensive supplier side experience holding country Managing Director positions in Norway (EPC Groupe) as well as General Manager positions with several explosive and technology service providers within Australia
