DANIEL S. MCKINNEY, President, Chief Executive Officer, Director:
Mr. McKinney, is based in Asia and grew up in Hong Kong. He founded Asia Properties in 1998 and is an entrepreneur and investment banker who has established numerous businesses over the last three decades. Mr. Mckinney has had extensive experience in mining ventures in both precious metals and gemstone mining. In the mid 80’s he led the financing and discovery of a significant gold deposit located in Chon Buri, Thailand. In 1986, he became a significant shareholder in a producing emerald mine located in Santa Terrazina, Brazil. Mr. Mckinney was a director of Savoy Resources Corp, a U.S. listed gold mining company from 2004-2006 and founded and served as director and CEO of Yinfu Gold, a U.S. listed gold mining company from 2007-2010. He has invested in numerous mining ventures and geological explorations ranging from Burma, Thailand, Columbia, Brazil, China, several African countries and Mongolia.
Gilbert Loke, Chief Financial Officer:
Gilbert was trained and qualified with Hacker Young, Chartered Accountants, a large accounting firm based in London, England between 1980 and 1988. He then moved to Hong Kong to join the firm of Tse & Loke, Chartered Accountants and Certified Public Accountants in public practices. Subsequently, he was promoted as a partner in 1995. During his years in public practice, he gained extensive experience in auditing, accounting and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance which has prompted him to specialize in risk management and internal controls serving small to medium-sized companies assisting them to design, develop and deploy various risk and business controls systems. His role covers various management and financial aspects including the preparation of financial statements, under USA reporting formats, for reporting to the Head Office, developing various internal controls and information systems, preparing and planning budgets and capital expansion budgets. He has traveled weekly between Hong Kong and China since 2004 and his exposures to China market and other China financial, tax, customs and excise as well as labor systems and regulations have provided him with extensive knowledge, experience and skills in dealing with various Chinese Governmental authorities.
