Board of Directors     |      Senior Management

Board of Directors

James Mellon
- Non-Executive Chairman
 
Jamie Alexander Gibson
- Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
 
Stawell Mark Searle
- Independent Non-Executive Director
 
Jayne Allison Sutcliffe
- Non-Executive Director
 
Chan Wan Tsun Adrian Alan
- Independent Non-Executive Director
 
Ihsan Al Chalabi
- Independent Non-Executive Director
 

Chan Wan Tsun Adrian Alan
Independent Non-Executive Director


Chan Wan Tsun Adrian Alan, Australian, was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company since 21 April 2023.  Mr Chan was graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia with a bachelor degree in commerce in accounting and finance in April 2000. He has been a member of CPA Australia and the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants since June 2006 and November 2009 respectively.
 
Mr Chan has over 24 years of experience in accounting, financial management and corporate finance. He started his career with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and worked in the audit department of the firm from January 2000 to March 2000. Mr Chan then worked in various financial institutions and investment banks between April 2000 and November 2009, including DBS Vickers Securities, with his last position as an executive in the corporate finance department, from April 2000 to December 2001, DBS Asia Capital Limited, with his last position as assistant vice president in equity capital markets, wholesale banking-global financial markets from January 2002 to July 2005, and UOB Asia (Hong Kong) Limited, with his last position as associate director, from July 2005 to November 2009.

After leaving UOB Asia (Hong Kong) Limited in November 2009, Mr Chan switched his career from corporate finance to financial management. From November 2009 to June 2015, he was the chief financial officer of Enviro Energy International Holdings Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the “Stock Exchange”) (stock code: 1102), where he was responsible for overall financial management, internal control function and accounting function. From November 2011 to June 2021, Mr Chan served as an independent non-executive director of Grand Baoxin Auto Group Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 1293). Since July 2015, Mr Chan has served as the chief financial officer of Sun Ray Capital Investment Corporation, a private investment company based in Hong Kong; since July 2018, Mr Chan has served as the chief financial officer of LabyRx Immunologic Therapeutics Limited, a bio-medical company focused on developing a comprehensive platform for treating adenocarcinomas; since August 2018, Mr Chan has served as the chief financial officer of Lifespans Limited, a medical device start-up company; and since January 2021, Mr Chan has served as a regional director of The CFO (HK) Limited, a company providing part-time chief financial officers.
 
Mr Chan is an independent non-executive director of Cheerwin Group Limited (a company listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 6601)) and Best Linking Group Holdings Limited (a company listed on the GEM Board of the Stock Exchange (stock code: 8617)).

 

 

 

Senior Management


Paul Eric Jones
Investment Director


Paul Eric Jones, Canadian, has 30 years of experience in the energy industry and corporate finance. This has included various professional disciplines encompassing fund management, banking and business development. Before joining the Group in April 2011, Mr Jones was employed for six years with a Canadian private equity fund, where he was principally engaged in evaluating investment opportunities on behalf of the firm’s investors and managing a portfolio of public and private securities. Prior thereto, Mr Jones was a Director in the energy group at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) where he specialised in debt financing and providing advisory services to oil and gas producers. Previous to his banking career, Mr Jones was a financial analyst with TC Energy Corp. (a Canadian power generation and energy transmission company), where he was responsible for initiatives related to bond issuance, project finance, capital budgeting and investor relations. Mr Jones holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Business Administration (Finance), both from the University of Calgary.
  Professor Michael Grant Wyllie (alias: Mike Wyllie)
Chief Scientific Officer


Professor Michael Grant Wyllie (alias: Mike Wyllie), British, has particular responsibility for the process of securing approvals of the product, regulatory compliance and assisting the Chief Executive Officer in the commercial development of Fortacin™ of Plethora. Prof Wyllie is a co-founder of Plethora Solutions Holdings plc. He has over 30 years of experience in senior management level positions within the pharmaceutical industry, with Wyeth and Pfizer. He has considerable handson experience in all aspects of the drug discovery and development process, and has been involved with new project inception, drug discovery and safety testing, early and late stage clinical development, regulatory filing, and the successful commercialisation of products, including Cardura® (doxazosin), Enablex® (darifenacin) and Viagra® (sildenafil). Prof Wyllie sits on the Clinical Trial Design and Future Therapies in BPH Committees of the World Health Organisation International Consultations on Urological Disease and the International Advisory Panel to The University of Strathclyde. He is an assistant editor of the British Journal of Urology in the Sexual Medicine Section. He has over 200 publications and is the named inventor of over 80 patents.

 


Wong Yui Fui, Frankie
Chief Financial Officer


Wong Yui Fui, Frankie, Chinese, joined the Group in July 2000 and was promoted as Chief Financial Officer in 2011. Mr Wong is a Certified Public Accountant of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and a Fellow Member of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom. He has the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Accountancy from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prior joining the Company, he has gained extensive experience in auditing and accounting with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
  Lui Mei Yan Winnie
Company Secretary


Lui Mei Yan Winnie, Chinese, joined the Group in May 2021. Ms Lui is a Chartered Secretary, a Chartered Governance Professional, and a Fellow of both The Hong Kong Chartered Governance Institute and The Chartered Governance Institute in the United Kingdom. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. Ms Lui has extensive experience in the company secretarial field and corporate governance practices with listed companies. Ms Lui formerly acted as the company secretary of a number of listed companies on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.