Jade Gas Holdings confirmed that Dr Ian Wang has been appointed as Non-Executive Director, effective 1 July 2023. Dr Wang has over 30 years' experience in the oil and gas industry with substantial experience working with unconventional gas assets and Coal Bed Methane projects. He previously held roles including CEO at NuEnergy Limited, an Australian listed company (and currently serves as a non-executive director of the board), General Manager of Greka Limited, a privately held oil and gas conglomerate with investments in China and India with a key CBM project located in the Qinshui coal basin in China.

He was General Manager of Clarke Energy China, Regional Manager for In-Situ and as Operations Manager for Huawell CBM Zhengzhou, as well as senior exploration roles at Sino Gas & Energy Limited (an ASX listed company focused on the exploration and development of gas assets in China) and Molopo Energy (an ASX listed company with oil and gas upstream interests in China, North America, and Africa). Dr Wang holds a Master of Science and PhD from Imperial College, both in rock mechanics and structural geology and was an Associate Professor at the Chinese Academy of Science in Beijing.