ABOUT

Zig van der Sluys is a Melbourne-born entrepreneur with over three decades of experience building businesses across property development, hospitality, education technology, and artificial intelligence.

As the founder of the Candlefox Group— Australia's largest education marketplace — and co-founder of Ulleo.com, Zig established a track record for identifying market opportunities and building platforms that scale. Candlefox grew to become the country's definitive destination for course comparison and enrolment, serving millions of Australians navigating their education and career decisions.

His property portfolio spans luxury residences, heritage restorations, hospitality venues, and commercial developments across Melbourne's most sought-after suburbs.

Today, Zig is pioneering AI-first business operations through a proprietary, self-built 65-agent AI fleet management platform that powers the operational layer of every Vanda venture. It's not a tool he uses. It's how the business runs.

Hands-on, entrepreneurial, direct. Zig builds things that last — and compounds value through technology and human insight.

Kris Whiting is a creative technologist, strategic thinker, and qualified tradesman who turns bold ideas into working products across both digital and physical domains. With qualifications as a joiner, carpenter, and glazier — plus expertise in furniture building, landscaping, and painting — Kris brings a rare combination of hands-on craftsmanship and technology fluency.

As a key contributor across Vanda's portfolio — from Wild Echo to Fitzroy.com.au — Kris brings the discipline of shipping real products at pace, combined with the creative instinct to know what will resonate. He also runs krisofalltrades.com.au, an experienced handyman and craftsman service.

The role is simple: take the idea, architect the solution, execute until it's live.