Van Tang appointed to GHD leadership role

Van Tang has been appointed GHD’s new chief executive officer for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, effective December 1, 2025. In this role, she will lead the company’s operations in Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, overseeing more than 5,600 staff members. 

Tang is a civil engineer with over 25 years of experience in leadership roles, transformational growth and performance. 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. 

“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,” Tang says. 

An advocate for diversity and inclusion in engineering and other technical professions, Tang 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.

Based in Adelaide, Tang succeeds Ian Fraser, who will take up a new role as GHD’s chair in July 2025.