Ms Zhang holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication Signal Carrier Engineering from the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. She commenced her career as a communications engineer at the Guangzhou Telecommunications Bureau, before migrating to Australia in 1989. She has subsequently held senior procurement and supply chain leadership roles in Australia, including as Procurement Manager at Power Box Pty Ltd and as Procurement Director at Braemac Pty Ltd, where she was responsible for setting and implementing group-wide procurement strategy, supply chain and supplier relationship management, major commercial negotiations, and the control of procurement cost, quality and delivery risk.
Ms Zhang brings to the Board extensive experience in corporate governance, international procurement and supply chain management, together with a strong understanding of corporate compliance, board governance and risk control mechanisms developed in an Australian listed company environment. The Board considers that her professional strengths in corporate governance, commercial management and strategic oversight will be of particular value to MC Mining as it transitions Makhado Project into production and scales its commercial activities, including in optimising governance structures, improving procurement approval systems and strengthening operational cost control.