Board and Management Team
Mr Luk Hiuming
Non-Executive Chairman
Appointed to the Board of Directors as a Non-Executive Director on 21 March 2014, Mr Luk Hiuming was further appointed as Non-Executive Chairman 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 and textile & clothing. Mr Luk is currently the Chairman of Australia Kengkong Investments Co Pty Ltd.
Mr Michael Fry
Company Secretary
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 an 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 Fry was an executive director of VDM from 3 June 2011 to 17 June 2025.
Mr Paul Hardie
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board of Directors on 15 Jul, 2023
Mr Hardie is a practising commercial lawyer and experienced General Counsel & Company Secretary with more than 20 years' legal, corporate advisory, and governance experience across a range of industry sectors including mining and resources, construction, manufacturing, and financial services. Mr Hardie also has extensive public company board experience in both non-executive and executive leadership roles, having been a chairman, director, non-executive director, legal counsel, company secretary and adviser to ASX listed companies.
Mr Hardie is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.
Miss Pinky Ying Tung Tang
Non-Executive Director
Appointed to the Board of Directors on 11 June 2025
CPA, MBA, JD
Miss Tang is a dual-qualified professional, being both a practising commercial lawyer and a qualified CPA, with extensive experience in corporate advisory. She has significant cross-border expertise across the Asia-Pacific region, particularly focused on mergers & acquisitions and capital-raising transactions. Miss Tang holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School.
She has advised both private and publicly listed companies on complex financial structures and corporate governance frameworks, supporting businesses through growth phases and strategic transactions. Miss Tang has also served as an M&A and start-up advisor, assisting early-stage ventures across consumer, fintech, and hospitality sectors in building robust financial strategies and securing investment