---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001640334-23-001760"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRDR"
cik: "0001506929"
company_name: "VERDE RESOURCES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-10-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T05:28:23.375667+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verde Resources appoints Eric Bava as COO and Andre van Zyl as CTO effective October 1, 2023

## Summary
- Eric Bava (43) appointed COO; previously Co-Founder & COO of Plantwise and founded King Extracts.
- Andre van Zyl (61) appointed CTO; chemical engineer with expertise in bio-asphalt and carbon net-negative projects.
- Appointments effective October 1, 2023; press release issued on September 12, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001640334-23-001760
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRDR
- cik: 0001506929
- company_name: VERDE RESOURCES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-10-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506929/000164033423001760/0001640334-23-001760-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506929/000164033423001760/vrdr_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640334-23-001760
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640334-23-001760.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001640334-23-001760.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Andre van Zyl was appointed as Chief Technology Officer at VERDE RESOURCES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Technology Officer
  source text: Effective October 1, 2023, Eric Bava and Andre van Zyl will be appointed as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and Chief Technology Officer (“CTO”) of Verde Resources, Inc (the “Company”) respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506929/000164033423001760/0001640334-23-001760-index.htm
- Executive change
  Eric Bava was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at VERDE RESOURCES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Effective October 1, 2023, Eric Bava and Andre van Zyl will be appointed as Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) and Chief Technology Officer (“CTO”) of Verde Resources, Inc (the “Company”) respectively.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506929/000164033423001760/0001640334-23-001760-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.