Our Management
To support our mission to create long-term value for business shareholders and stakeholders, it is our aim to appoint the best-in-class engineers, geologists, procurement and construction contractors and management team to ensure highest performance and best-optimised efficiency throughout all phases of our operations. Our business success is underpinned by our objective to be a responsible, regulatory-compliant and productive public listed mining entity.
SSC Diamond continues to uphold our social and environmental responsibilities by operating in a safest and environmentally-sustainable manner to produce natural diamonds, and in doing so respecting our natural habitat and benefiting local communities.
The Management Team
Robin Lee EMBA, MBIM
CEO & Director
Over 30 years of M&A advisory and financing experience in Hong Kong, China and South Africa
Founded SSC Mandarin Group in 1998 in South Africa
Chairman & CEO of SSC Mandarin Financial Services Limited, Hong Kong
Chairman of Taizhou Gold Mining Limited, China in 2008-2017
Director of Grand TG Gold Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong-listed company, in 2008-2010
Director of Apex Minerals NL, in 2008-2009, Chairman of CAPM African Precious Metals Pty Limited, South Africa in 2010-2011
General manager and director of Nedcor bank, South Africa in Hong Kong in 1989-1997
Active in restructuring and corporate financing projects relating to gold and other minerals mining industries in China, Australia and South Africa with an aggregated value of US$1.8 billion
Henry Pon
Director
Registered Auditor in public practice as a Chartered Accountant since 1962
Extensive experience in finance, tax auditing accounting and management, audited accounts of high-profile public companies
Chairman of the Board of directors, member of the Audit & Risk Management Committee, and Remuneration Committee and Chairman of the Nomination Committee of South Ocean Holdings Limited, a listed company on Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Director of SSC Joyspring Mining Pty Limited
Qualified full B-BBEE status according to the High Court order of 18th June 2008
Qualified Chartered Accountant (SA)
Holder of BCom, (Rand) CTA, UNISA, South Africa
Alex Wong MBA
Director
Over 40 years of experience in banking and financial services industries in Hong Kong and Canada
Former veteran banker with the HSBC Group
Extensive experience covering retail and commercial banking, accounting and management information system, asset and liability management, securities, merger and acquisition of mining entities, IPO and strategic planning
Holder of Master of Business Administration degree
Petrus Johannes Keeve
Chief Finance Officer
Financial director of Anglo SA Consolidated Diamonds (Pty) Limited and was elected on the Executive Committee of the “South Africa Diamond Producers Organization (SADPO)” since 2002
Member of S.A. Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1982; member of Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors and registered Auditors since 1983
External examiner to the Department of Accountancy and Auditing at Potchefstroom University in 1995-1998
Offered Professorship at the University of Potchefstroom-Faculty of Accountancy and Auditing since 1988
John Chan MBA
Board Advisor
Over 40 years of experience in banking and financial services industries in Hong Kong and Canada
Alternate director of Mandarin Business Consultants Limited which was engaged in diamond mine acquisitions and development since 2014
Former seasoned banker working with several Chinese and renowned banks in Hong Kong and Canada
Extensive experience covering retails and private banking, bank administration, international trade finance, project management and human resources management
Holder of Master of Business Administration degree
Brandon Ho
Board Advisor
CPA in Hong Kong and United States
Director of Mandarin Business Consultants Limited
Former director of the Executive Committee of SSC Mandarin Financial Services Limited
Served in senior financial role in two Hong Kong-listed companies for more than 10 years
Participated in numerous restructuring and corporate financing transactions with total value of more than US$850 million
Pieter van Aswegen
BSc, EDP, FSAIMM, FAUSIMM, CP(Met)S
Board Advisor
Over 40 years of experience in the mining industry in South Africa and internationally
Specialised in the development of Mineral Process recovery circuits with special reference to the treatment of refractory sulfide ore bodies for the recovery of gold, copper and nickel from such ore bodies
Experienced in working with International Engineering Companies in the commissioning and design of such treatment plants worldwide
Holder of BSc, CP (Met), Fellow of South African Institute of Metallurgy (SAIMM), Fellow of Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM)
Gert Boshoff MMC
VP Mine Operations
Over 40 years of experience as mine manager/mine surveyor/mine overseer on various fissure and pipe like kimberlite mines in the Northern Cape and Free State
Senior Mine Manger in SSC Joyspring since 2010 and as one of the founder management members
Extensive experience in the mining of the Angolan and Vaal River alluvial deposits, and diamond recovery plants, geology and engineering
Involved in the listing of the Rex Mining Corporation (Pty) Ltd on the Toronto Stock Exchange of Canada
Qualified as mine manager through the School of Mines of South Africa in 1985, specialising in diamond mining
Holder of Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency (MMC)