James Mellon (alias: Jim Mellon)
Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board

James Mellon (alias: Jim Mellon), British, was appointed as an Executive Director of the Company in July 1991, and was re-designated as a Non-Executive Director in May 2002, and is currently Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. He holds a Master’s degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University and, since graduating in 1978, his entire career has been spent in asset management. Mr Mellon worked for GT Management Plc from 1978 to 1984. In July 1984, he joined the Thornton Group where he was Managing Director of the Asian operation. From 1988 to 1990, he was an executive director of Tyndall Holdings Plc responsible for business expansion and corporate development. In 1990, Mr Mellon co-founded and became Chief Executive of the Company. In 1994, he became Chairman of the Company. Mr Mellon has over 20 years’ investment experience in Asia. He specialises in the development and restructuring of international investment vehicles, and travels extensively across the region on company visits and fact-finding missions. He is also director of certain subsidiaries of the Company. Mr Mellon is also: (i) the non-executive director of Agronomics Limited (having stepped down as the chairman of its board on 31 May 2019 and remaining as a non-executive director), a non-executive director of Condor Gold plc and the executive chairman of the board of Manx Financial Group plc, all of which are listed on the London Stock Exchange AIM (“AIM”); (ii) a non-executive director of Bradda Head Holdings Limited (which was de-listed from AIM on 6 October 2017 and readmitted to trading as of 19 July 2021); and (iii) the non-executive chairman of the board of Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Company plc (which was de-listed from AIM on 31 May 2011). He was formerly: (i) the non-executive chairman of the board of FastForward Innovations Limited (an AIM-listed company); (ii) the non-executive chairman of the board of Rivington Street Holdings Limited (which was delisted from ICAP Securities and Derivatives Exchange (ISDX) in the United Kingdom on 3 April 2014 and was dissolved on 20 October 2017); (iii) the non-executive chairman of the board of SalvaRx Group Plc (which was de-listed from AIM on 9 January 2020), which, following a group re-structuring in March 2017, disposed of all its investments and business interests to its subsidiary, namely SalvaRx Limited; (iv) the executive chairman of the board of Speymill plc (which was de-listed from AIM on 2 February 2015 and was dissolved on 20 October 2017); (v) a non-executive director of West African Minerals Corporation (then an AIM-listed company, and now listed on the London Stock Exchange Standard as Okyo Pharma Limited), resigned on 13 November 2017; and (vi) a non-executive director of Portage Biotech Inc (which is dually listed on the Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board of NASDAQ of the United States and the Canadian Securities Exchange), resigned on 14 August 2020. Mr Mellon re-joined the board of Portage Biotech Inc on 15 February 2022.