PETER ARKELL
Managing Director Carrington Day
Peter first came to China in 1996 and has lived there since 2004.
He is a prominent member of the mining sector in China, being the Chairman of the Global Mining Association of China (GMAC), the international mining community’s peak representative body, and founding Chairman of the Oriental Mining Club. Peter is also a Member of the Melbourne Mining Club International Advisory Board.
He was appointed for 2019-2024 to the panel of mediators of the Shenzhen International Mediation and Arbitration Centre of China Mining.
He is an active member of the international business community in China, having been a Member of the Board of Directors of the AustCham Shanghai since 2008 and had been Chairman from 2012 to 2016 when he retired from the Board.
He was a non-executive board director of Lynch Group, an ASX listed agribusiness which is Australia’s largest integrated flower grower and wholesaler. It is the largest premium grower in China with four farms and export and wholesale operations in China.
Peter is also convenor and non-executive director of the GE Morrison Institute, an Australian not-for-profit company that taps into the wealth of knowledge of those with deep on the ground experience in China to better inform the discourse in the West of doing business in and with China.
JIM MARRON
Director, Industry & Business Analysis
Industry and business analyst in the mineral resource sector since 1980, on the ground in China since 2001, conducting studies into most aspects of the mineral and processing supply chain, involving a wide variety of metals, chemicals and agribusiness. Committed to helping people develop insights into their industry and market.
THOMAS ARKELL
Director, New Business
Commercial Resources Leader, Clean Energy Specialist, Global Market Expansion & Innovation, Leadership Development
Customer obsessed leader covering Australia / APAC, North & South American markets within the tech industry - Business Development and market growth function
Bachelor Commerce - Monash University & Ballarat University. 20 plus years of global experience within technical industries ranging from Tech to Resources.
C-level reporting lines, P&L responsibility by country and markets. Managing existing clients and building new relationship across each BU. Successfully built new customer base with Fortune 50’s to drive business strategy and company performance.
Proven end to end design of client engagement and commercial terms including RFI & RFQ terms. Consult with business and key stakeholders (Country managers) on regional framework
Managed region and country expansions within Strategy outlined from Founder & Board; Manage Key stakeholder activities within eight (8) countries - Asia & Europe.
Asia Board Management Member – Strategy & Strategic Development Function
Establish a new regional office in Mexico DF & Santiago, Chile. 100% resources & capital markets & resources focused, managing and delivery at C level.
Manage key relationships and negotiate commercial terms with key partners
Build effective with senior leaders within client base and key stakeholders
XIE WENLI
Finance Director, Carrington Day
Xie WenLi (Lily) has been the Finance Director of Carrington Day since its earliest days and is a senior member of the management team. Before joining Carrington Day she had been a business owner in her hometown of Xi’an. Her start-up logistics business became very successful and was serving the north-western provinces of China.
After relocating to Shanghai, Lily has brought that entrepreneurial experience to Carrington Day while appreciating the challenges of a foreign company in China. She has been an important link to some of Carrington Day’s more entrepreneurial Chinese clients that are operating outside of the hubs of the major cities in China.