Matthew Hogan, until February 2010, was the chief executive of United Minerals Corporation NL (UMC) which successfully discovered the Railway Iron Ore DSO deposit in the Central Pilbara. In February 2010, UMC was acquired by BHP Billiton Minerals for $204 Million. Mr Hogan was previously employed in the business services division of international accounting firm Ernst & Young.
Mr Hogan joined Venus Metals Corporation in 2010 and was managing director and company secretary until 2017 when he stepped down from the roles and became its non-executive chair, returning to the role of managing director in 2018.