Jon Morda – Non-Executive Director
Jon Morda has over 20 years of experience in the mining industry, having served as Chief Financial Officer for several mineral exploration and gold producing companies including and until he retired in June 2011, Alamos Gold Inc. As a senior executive, Mr. Morda is highly adept in all areas of strategic corporate planning, operations, budgeting, accounting and taxation functions. Mr. Morda has been a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario, Canada (Chartered Professional Accountants Ontario) since 1980. He currently is a director Kootenay Silver Inc. (TSX-V).
Dato’ Lim Khong Soon - Executive Chair
A Malaysian citizen, Dato’ Lim is the founder and chairman of Quantum. He has an extensive background spanning more than 20 years in the precious metals industry, particularly its downstream uses in in precision moulding, electronic components, scrap refining, jewellery and gold-plating industries.
Dato’ Lim has also played a pivotal role in co-developing a gold recovery system from electronic waste with Inochem in South Africa. This expertise has enabled him to form long standing dealings with Australian bullion bankers.
Under his leadership, Quantum has evolved into a leading precious metals business, specialising in providing advanced technology solutions for financial management and leveraging bullion products. Dato’ Lim was instrumental in developing an integrated system enabling precious metal suppliers to transact gold trading with banks and innovative services such as Gold Leverage and Gold Advance facilities in order to create not only a sustainable way for people to preserve and enhance their assets, but also contributing to the social economy.
Chang Loong Lee – Executive Director
With a background in capital markets, fintech, corporate advisory and blockchain-enabled businesses, Mr Lee has over 10 years of experience in the Australian business and financial landscape, assisting several international businesses to establish their Australian foundations .
As the co-founder and Managing Partner of Neo Legal, a law firm headquartered in Melbourne, specialising in blockchain consultancy, corporate law, commercial law and immigration, Mr Lee’s portfolio includes multiple high net worth clients and client family offices situated both locally and overseas.
Previously, Mr Lee co-founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer at STAX, a platform that facilitated Australia’s first IPO to take USDT cryptocurrency as investment subscription funds. Notably, STAX allowed both retail and wholesale investors to participate in capital raises, which uniquely accepted both fiat currency and cryptocurrency investments.
Michael Higginson - Non-Executive Director
Mr Higginson has a Bachelor of Business degree from Edith Cowan University, majoring in both Finance and Administration and has over the last 36 years been providing his services, as a professional director and company secretary, to a number of Australian and international listed public companies.
Mr Higginson was formerly an Executive Officer with the ASX and since his departure in 1987 has accumulated extensive knowledge and hands on practical experience in the operations and activities of mineral exploration, mining and mining project development companies, spanning a range of commodities.
Mr Higginson’s extensive experience in public company administration includes the ASX Listing Rules, the Corporations Act, capital raisings, public company listings, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting and due diligence.
