Yaokun Gao
Managing Director Coeclerici Far East
Yaokun Gao was born in December 1971.
He got a Bachelor in Economics and a Master in Jurisdiction at the University of International Business and Economics.
From 1993 to 1998 he worked in Beijing as Sales Manager Coke Dept. of Minmetals China National Minerals Co. Ltd.
In 1998 he moved to Rio de Janeiro where he was employed as Manager Minerals with Minmetals China Metais e Minerais Ltda until 2001.
From 2001 to 2004 he worked - back in Beijing - as Manager Coal Dept. of Minmetals China National Minerals Co., Ltd.
From 2004 to 2005 he was employed with CVRD Rio Doce Asia Ltd. Shanghai office as General Manager Coal and Coke.
In 2005 he was appointed by CVRD as Director BOD, Director Strategic & Planning Committee at Longyu Energy Resources Ltd. at Yongcheng and Vice Chairman BOD, Director Commercial Committee of Yanzhou International Coke Chemical Ltd.
He joined the Coeclerici Group for the first time in November 2005 as Chief Representative Officer in Shanghai (from 2005 to 2006) and Beijing (from 2007 to 2009) and as Executive Vice President in Singapore (from 2009 to 2010).
From 2010 to 2015, he worked as the Chief Representative of Suek AG China and established, in 2014, Suek Shanghai Trading Co., Ltd as General Manager, managing the company and one branch in Beijing and one branch in Harbin, China.
In October 2015 he is back again in Coeclerici Group with the position of Head of Asia for the Trading Division, with direct responsibility of the entire APAC Trading Division and in January 2019 he has been appointed as Managing Director of the Trading Company of the Group Coeclerici Far East based in Singapore.