Mitchells Appoints New CFO

The Mitchells Group on November 15 announced that Ho Yik Yang will join its management team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr Ho will start work in the newly created position almost immediately due to the growing needs of the group.

Executive Director, Mic Mittasch, said that the position had been created to ensure that as the company continues to grow Mitchells will have a strong financial team in place. “As we look for new opportunities we need to ensure we have the people and systems in place to identify and capture them successfully.” Mic said.

Mic also firmly believes that Ho Yik Yang’s wealth of financial experience from abroad coupled with his understanding of the Chinese financial system will add the greatest value to the team as it will assist in the integrating and fine tuning of current policies and procedures.

While most of Ho’s recent experience lies with QB where he was Assistant Vice President of Finance, he remembers his time as the Senior Financial Analyst for the Whirlpool Corporation as being the most influential. It was during this time he believes he learnt the most and it paved the way for many opportunities presented to him throughout his career.

Mr Ho’s extensive experience as a financial analyst and controller is impressive to say the least. However it is his experience in mergers and acquisitions which will be very beneficial in the future years for Mitchells as they continue to grow.

Mitchells is very pleased to have someone of Yik Yang’s calibre interested in working in developing parts of China, such as Hebei. Many people are distracted by the bright lights of Beijing and Shanghai, forgetting that China’s economy is driven by its industry and industrial areas. Mr Ho sites this as being one of the main reasons for joining the team at Mitchells. He believes there is real potential for growth not only for Mitchells Equipment, but for many of the related industries Mitchells works within.

The team at Mitchells hope that his time with the international bulk handling equipment manufacturer as CFO will be as richly rewarding and satisfying as he believes it will.