GHD names Van Tang as new Asia Pacific CEO
Van Tang has been appointed GHD’s new Chief Executive Officer for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, effective 1 December. In this role, she will lead the company's operations in Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, comprising more than 5600 people.
Van is an accomplished leader and civil engineer, with over 25 years of experience and a proven track record in strategic and transformational growth and performance. With experience in diverse markets, she has held a variety of roles at GHD, including her current role as Executive General Manager of New Zealand Asia Pacific. Other roles in her GHD career have included General Manager of the company’s South Australia and New Zealand regions, as well as leadership roles on major transport and defence projects.
Van says she “is privileged and honoured to serve our clients and people in this new capacity as the APAC CEO. I am inspired everyday by the culturally diverse, technically sophisticated and resilient people of GHD, and the skills and creativity we bring to our clients’ challenges.”
An advocate for diversity and inclusion in engineering and other technical professions, Van arrived in Australia in the early 1980s with her family as a refugee from Vietnam. She completed a combined civil engineering and arts degree at the University of Adelaide. She is also a proponent of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education.
Based in Adelaide, Van succeeds Ian Fraser who will take up a new role as GHD’s Chair in July 2025.
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GHD es una empresa líder de servicios profesionales que opera en los mercados mundiales de agua, energía y recursos, medio ambiente, infraestructura y edificaciones, y transporte. Comprometidos con la visión de lograr que el agua, la energía y las comunidades sean sostenibles para las futuras generaciones, GHD ofrece soluciones en asesoría, servicios digitales, de ingeniería, arquitectura, medio ambiente y para la construcción a clientes del sector público y privado. Fundada en 1928 y propiedad de sus trabajadores, GHD cuenta con una red de más de 11.000 profesionales conectados en más de 160 oficinas en cinco continentes.