Board and Management Team
Mr Luk Hiuming
Non-Executive Chairman
Appointed to the Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director on 21st March 2014, Mr Luk Hiuming was further appointed as Non-Executive Chairman following a Board meeting held on 29 January 2015. Member of the Audit & Risk Committee.
Mr Luk has abundant experience in an extensive range of business sectors, including manufacturing mining, natural resources, new energy, oil and gas, steel, pharamaceutical, real estates, textile & clothing. Mr Luk is currently Chairman of Australia Kengkong Investments Co Pty Ltd.
Dr Dongyi Hua
Executive Director Mining
Appointed to the Board of Management on 28 August 2013, Dr. Dongyi Hua, PhD was appointed Managing Director and Interim CEO of VDM Group Limited and took up the position on 9 September 2013. Following the 29 November 2013 Annual General Meeting Dr Hua took up the position of Executive Chairman & CEO until 29 January 2015 when he returned to his initial position of Managing Director and CEO and 29 January 2016 appointed as Executive Director Mining. Member of the Audit & Risk Committee.
During the past 20 years Dr. Hua has held executive management positions on international projects in Asia, Middle East and Africa. He has experience in project management (FIDIC), contract management, cost and risk management. Dr Hua holds a Doctorate of Engineering from the China University of Geosciences.
Mr Michael Fry
Non-Executive Director & Company Secretary
Appointed 3 June 2011
Chairperson of the Audit & Risk Committee
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Mr Fry is an experienced company manager across a broad range of industry sectors. Mr Fry has a strong background in accounting and corporate advice having worked with KPMG (Perth), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Melbourne) and boutique corporate advisory practice Troika Securities Ltd (Perth). For much of the past decade, Mr Fry was the Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director at Swick Mining Services Limited, a publicly listed drilling services provider contracting to the mining industry in Australia and North America.
Mr Fry is a Non-executive Director, Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Cougar Metals NL, an ASX-listed gold exploration and drilling-services company operating in Brazil. He is also Company Secretary of Globe Metals & Mining Limited an ASX-listed company with exploration projects in Africa.
Mr Huadong Guo
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board of Management on 22 February, 2021, Mr Guo is a highly successful businessman who has owned and operated businesses in several east Africa countries including Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Congo, Angola and South Sudan over the past 40 years across a range of industries including construction, mining, forestry and electronics.
In 2010 Mr Guo was awarded the Republic Cross by the Congo President in recognition of his services to Congo business. Mr Guo holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the College of Electronic and Information, Tongji University of China.