Nico Steel Holdings names Gao Ang as executive director

He brings with him a wealth of experience in the minerals market which is useful for the company's proposed venturing upstream into the minerals and resources business.

Nico Steel Holdings announced the appointment of Gao Ang as executive director.

Mr Gao, 44, was responsible to head the feasibility study for the Company to venture upstream into the mineral and resources business.

He has more than 20 years' investment and trading experience, including a decade with Wall Street firms. He was formerly the director and chief operating officer of CITIC Carbon Assets Management Co. Ltd, which was engaged in principal investment, financial product development and carbon consulting, and held the position from 2010 to 2013. He has also since 2010 been a member of the Rogers Global Resources Equity Index Committee, and was involved in the development of the Index comprising resources-related companies with Mr Jim Rogers, according to a Nico Steel Holdings report.

Mr Gao started his career as a senior research analyst in JP Morgan in 1999 and was a senior member of the institutional investor (II) ranked credit research team which covered a variety of industry sectors, including retail, manufacturing and natural resources. He left JP Morgan in 2004, and thereafter, worked in various asset management firms and hedge funds in the capacities of research analyst, trader, assistant portfolio manager and managing member. He focused primarily on emerging and frontier markets investment and trading opportunities, including oil and gas, natural resources, technology, media and telecommunications, as well as infrastructure.