# Liaoliang (Leon) Zhu

Executive Director

## Career chronology

- **Current role at cutoff; start date not established in the reviewed records: Global Lithium Resources** — Executive Director. [Management page](<https://globallithium.com.au/about/management/>) (Issuer management page, Liaoliang (Leon) Zhu entry)

- **Since 2009: Sincerity Group** — Founder and Chief Executive Officer. [Leon Zhu biography](<https://globallithium.com.au/team-members/liaoliang-leon-zhu/>) (Issuer biography, career paragraph)

- **Appointed 2025-02-13: Global Lithium Resources** — Executive Director. [Annual Report to shareholders](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03015879-6A1294010>) (2025 annual report, director appointment and corporate governance disclosure)

## Education and qualifications

### Education, building registration and governance membership [leon_zhu_education]

Current issuer disclosure at cutoff · issuer reported · medium materiality

Global Lithium states that Zhu holds a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology and a Diploma of Building and Construction, is a Registered Building Practitioner, and is an AICD member. The page does not name the education providers or qualification dates.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. Credentials and memberships are issuer-reported; independent verification was not established.

**Relevance:** Relevant to his disclosed property, construction, investment and board roles.

[Leon Zhu biography](<https://globallithium.com.au/team-members/liaoliang-leon-zhu/>) (Qualifications and memberships paragraph)

## Personal achievements

### Founded and expanded Sincerity Group [leon_zhu_sincerity_business_background]

Since 2009–cutoff · issuer reported · medium materiality

The issuer reports that Zhu founded Sincerity Group in 2009 and led its expansion into property development, construction and mining across Australia and Asia. This is an issuer biography claim; scale, financial results and personal contribution are not independently quantified.

**Attribution:** Individual involvement documented. The issuer expressly attributes founding and leadership to Zhu; independently measured business outcomes were not located.

**Relevance:** Relevant evidence of entrepreneurial, investment and cross-sector experience.

[Leon Zhu biography](<https://globallithium.com.au/team-members/liaoliang-leon-zhu/>) (Career and Sincerity Group paragraphs)

## Contributions and company outcomes

### Global Lithium Resources reported project and corporate progress [leon_zhu_company_delivery]

FY25–FY26 as stated in cited issuer disclosure · issuer reported · medium materiality

The company delivered a Definitive Feasibility Study for the Manna Lithium Project in December 2025. The study is a completed analytical milestone, not a built mine or realised investment return.

**Attribution:** Role overlaps event; causation unproven. The role may overlap the period, but the issuer report does not assign sole or causal credit to this executive.

**Relevance:** Provides evidence of the operating or project context the leadership team must continue to execute.

[Annual Report to shareholders](<https://asx.api.markitdigital.com/asx-research/1.0/file/2924-03015879-6A1294010>) (Annual report, Chair/CEO letter and Review of Operations)

## Governance and interests

### Takeovers Panel declined to hear board association allegation [leon_zhu_takeovers_panel]

January–February 2025 · disputed · high materiality

Global Lithium alleged an undisclosed association involving this person in the context of the 2025 board election. The Takeovers Panel declined to conduct proceedings because the application was out of time; on review, the Panel also declined to extend time and said the application did not present a compelling case beyond collective action, describing indicators as equivocal. The matter was not adjudicated as personal misconduct, and the reasons do not support treating the allegation as proven.

**Attribution:** Responsibility unresolved. The individual is identified in the regulator’s account of an allegation made by GL1. The Panels did not make a finding of misconduct; the matter ended on timeliness grounds and the review reasons address the merits only preliminarily.

**Relevance:** Material governance context for a director or senior executive at a company that experienced a board dispute.

[Global Lithium Resources Limited \[2025\] ATP 2](<https://takeovers.gov.au/reasons-decisions/2025-atp-2>) (paragraphs 1, 3–9 and conclusion); [Global Lithium Resources Limited 02R \[2025\] ATP 4](<https://takeovers.gov.au/reasons-decisions/2025-atp-4>) (paragraphs 1, 3–11 and 71–84)

## Suitability for the current role

### Relevance of current Executive Director role [leon_zhu_role_fit]

Current at 2026-10-09 · analyst inference · medium materiality

The issuer identifies Liaoliang (Leon) Zhu as Executive Director. This role is relevant to the company's current mining stage and needs; this is an analyst role-fit inference based on the disclosed title and company profile, not evidence of past personal performance. The reviewed sources do not establish a complete prior-employer chronology, independently verified credentials or full concurrent-interest list.

**Attribution:** Responsibility not applicable. This is a role-fit judgment, not an outcome or misconduct finding.

**Relevance:** Assesses alignment of disclosed responsibilities with current company needs.

[Management page](<https://globallithium.com.au/about/management/>) (Issuer management page, Liaoliang (Leon) Zhu entry)

## Evidence gaps

- A complete dated career chronology, verified education/professional membership and full concurrent-interest record were not established.

- Person-specific enforcement, litigation, safety, environmental, legal and governance searches across material former employers remain uncompleted; no clearance conclusion is implied.