Our Board & Senior Management
Board & Senior Management
Mr Keong Chan
Executive Chairman
Mr Chan has been a director and/or company secretary of a number of ASX listed companies including Pointerra Limited (formerly Soil Sub Technologies Limited), Activistic Limited (formerly Acuvax Limited), Fraser Range Metals Group Ltd (formerly AAQ Holdings Limited), Riva Resources Limited (formerly Dragon Energy Ltd), IShine International Resources Limited and is a founder of ITM Corporation Limited.
Mr. Chan holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and a Master of International Customs Law and Administration from the University of Canberra.
Mr Jiahua Zhou
Managing Director and CEO
Mr Jiahua Zhou established Aumake Australia in 2010 after 10 years working in the Australian tourism industry coordinating business and government delegations from China. He has extensive retail management experience working with duty free stores in Sydney Australia.
Mr Zhou holds a Bachelor of Management from Yanen University, Fujian China and Master of International Business from University of Western Sydney.
Mr Gang Xu
Executive Director – Strategy and Business Development
Mr Xu has more than 20 years’ senior management experience serving Australian public and ASX listed companies as both Managing Director and in Non-Executive Director capacities, with companies including KTL Technologies Limited, UraniumSA Ltd and Riva Resources Limited.
Mr Xu’s professional career began within Chinese government agencies as a geologist and expanded to senior business roles in China, Australian and Korea as department manager, chief country representative and Managing Director.
Mr Xu served as the Finance and Marketing Manager for Sino Gold Limited and was Marketing Manager for LG Household Chemicals Beijing, marketing fast moving consumer goods in China.
Mr Xu completed his Masters of Business Administration at Boise State University in the US. He holds a Master of Science – Engineering from China National Nuclear Corporation and Bachelor of Science from Nanjing University in the People’s Republic of China.
Mr Xu is a member of AusIMM.
Ms Lingye Zheng
Non-Executive Director
Ms Zheng has studied and worked in Spain, Germany and Austria over the past 20 years.
In 2007, Ms Zheng came to Australia and together with her husband Mr Jiahua Zhou founded AuMake in 2010. Ms Zheng is responsible for purchasing across all the Aumake’s stores.
Mr Quentin Flannery
Non-Executive Director
Mr Flannery works in investment management for the Flannery family portfolio across the technology, energy and resources sectors. Prior to this role he spent several years working for a Chinese owned coal mining company as the Thermal Coal Marketing Manager responsible for the thermal coal sales portfolio in Asia.
Mr Flannery holds a Bachelor of International Business with a minor in Mandarin from Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Peter Zhao
Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary
Mr Zhao is an Australian CPA with over 10 years’ experience in Corporate Governance and Risk Advisory services. Prior to joining AuMake, Peter was a manager of RSM’s Perth Assurance and Advisory Services Division and the Head of the RSM China Practice Group in Western Australia.
He has extensive experience across all Australian reporting requirements including AIFRS Accounting, auditing and tax legislation, Corporations Act, ASIC and ASX requirements.
Mr Zhao holds a Bachelor of Accounting and Finance from Edith Cowan University.
