our team
board of directors
John Farey
Non-Executive Chairman
John Farey has over 45 years experience in financial services including merchant and investment banking, having held directorships/ management positions in Australia, UK, South East and Far East Asia with major international banks and companies. Mr Farey was appointed as a Director on 11 July 2017.
Vincent Tan
Executive Director
Vincent Tan's date of appointment as Non-Executive Director was 3 February 2015. Mr Tan is a Chartered Accountant and has over the past 35 years worked in a range of industries, including insurance, securities trading, finance and property. Mr Tan has held senior management positions in a number of public and non-government organisations and has broad experience in corporate structuring.
Richard Yap
Non-Executive Director
Richard Yap has over 20 years experience in investment banking and corporate finance with qualifications of a Bachelor of economics and a Master of Business Administration from Monash University
Mona Esapournoori
Company Secretary
Mona Esapournoori holds a Bachelor of Law from University of Western Sydney. She is admitted as a solicitor with the Law Society of New South Wales
MANAGEMENT TEAM
Luisa Tan
CEO
Luisa Tan has 20 years of legal, corporate finance and investment banking formerly with Deacons (now Norton Rose Fulbright), J.P. Morgan, Caliburn Partnership (now Greenhill & Co) and Macquarie Bank.
Ms Tan holds a Bachelor of Commerce/Laws and a Masters of Laws from UNSW.
Francis Choy
CFO
Francis Choy has held a number of senior positions in senior financial management roles throughout Australia and South East Asia.
Dr. Venkata Kambala
Technical Director (Consultant)
Dr. Venkata has studied M.Sc. in Applied Geochemistry at Osmania University and received a Ph.D. (Chemistry) from JNTU/Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (Hyderabad). Venkata is an accomplished innovative and business management professional with over 18 years of experience in the areas of mining, oil and gas, agriculture, horticulture, livestock feed, pet litter and retail industries. He is an expert in clay based natural mineral adsorbents with a particular emphasis on their use in oil refineries (Aviation Turbine Fuel), crop protection chemicals (Agriculture and Horticulture), thixotropic applications (paints and coatings) etc. He is a seasoned player with excellent capabilities in dealing with both internal and external stakeholders and customers. He has very strong technical, commercial, logistics and management experience. He has built a strong customer base within Australia and overseas for Attapulgite based products manufactured and sold by Hudson group for a variety of applications.
consultants
Stratum Resources
Minerals Management services
Michael Leu
Geologist
Jacob Rebek
Geologist