VinaLand Limited has announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Ian Lydall as a new Independent Non-Executive Director, effective 25 October 2016. Ian Lydall's career has been in the UK (19 years), Oman (2 years), South Africa (3 years) and Vietnam/Indochina for 15 years. His in-depth accounting, audit and advisory experience has been in several different sectors, principally investment management and other financial services and FMCG. Ian was the territorial senior partner of PwC Indochina from 2001 to 2008 and CEO then Chairman of PwC Vietnam until his retirement from the firm in June 2015. Mr. Lydall will replace Mr. Nicholas Allen, who has resigned effective 25 October 2016 from the VNL Board in order to pursue new challenges. Mr. Allen was elected as a Non-executive Director in 2010 and was the Chairman of VNL's Audit Committee and Remuneration and Nomination Committee as well as a member of VNL's Valuation Committee.