Board of Directors
Geoffrey Kells
Chairman of OI China, Director of OI Hong Kong
Geoffrey Kells spent his executive business career with CSR Company Ltd., one of Australia’s largest companies, and served as its Managing Director and CEO for four years. When Geoff left CSR in 1997, the company employed over 25,000 people across a range of industries, including construction materials, building products, timber products, sugar, and aluminum.
Over the past 20 years, Geoff has served on the board of various companies in the building materials and construction materials industries in Europe, Asia, and North America. More recently, Geoff has served as a director or chairman for a number of Australian organizations, including private companies, private equity companies, property development companies, and partnerships as well as many not-for-profit and philanthropic organizations. He also consults for both public and private companies. Geoff sits on the board of Opportunity International Australia, in which capacity he visited microfinance projects in Russia. Geoff has also served on advisory boards to the Australian Government and on the Business Council of Australia.
Geoff made his first trip to China in 1974 to attend the first China Australia Business Exhibition where he presented a paper on aspects of the management of transporting bulk products. Since then, he has visited China on a regular basis.
Geoff currently lives in Sydney, Australia and was recently appointed Chairman of both the Opportunity International Anhui branch and the Opportunity International Jiangxi branch.
Geoffrey Kells 杰福瑞 凯尔斯
国际机遇中国董事长、国际机遇香港董事
Geoffrey Kells 先生拥有商业学士及经济学硕士学位，他在澳大利亚CSR有限公司担任高层管理人员。CSR有限公司是澳大利亚最大的公司之一，雇用了超过25，000名员工，其 行业领域涉及建筑材料及产品，木材制品，糖及铝业。他在1992年被任命为该公司的执行董事及首席执行官。过去20年中，他在欧 洲，亚洲和北美洲的建筑/施工材料行业的很多公司担任董事职务。他在1974年第一次踏 足中国，参加了第一届中国-澳大利亚商业展，并就大宗产品货运管理问题提交了一份论文。从那以后，他就经常往返中国。他曾是澳大 利亚政府咨询委员会和澳大利亚商业委员会成员。他1997年离开该公司，此后在很多澳大利亚及国际组织担任非执行董事。
在过去8年中，他担任了一 系列澳大利亚组织的董事或董事长的职务，这些组织包括，私人公司，私人资产公司，财产开发公司，以及众多非营利和慈善机构的合伙人。他也为公共及私人公司 提供咨询。他是国际机遇澳大利亚的董事，曾参观过俄罗斯的小额信贷项目。
他现居澳大利亚悉尼，最近被任命为国际机遇安徽及江西的董事长。
