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Board of Directors

Justin B. Braitling                                Chairman
Experience and expertise
Justin Braitling has over 20 years experience in investing in Australian and international companies.  He was an Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager at Bankers Trust for 12 years from January 1991 to June 2002. He was a key member of the investment team at Bankers Trust that was consistently ranked in the top quartile of managers by InTech.  In August 2003 Justin Braitling was engaged by the investment management company, Wilson Asset Management (International) Pty Limited, to manage larger company investments. 
 
Justin Braitling has been a Director of the Company since October 2003 of which he became Chairman in February 2007.

Other current directorships
Justin Braitling is the sole Director of the investment management company, Watermark Funds Management Pty Ltd.



Geoffrey Wilson                                   Non-Executive Director
Experience and expertise
Geoffrey Wilson has had 30 years experience in the Australian and international securities industry. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Graduate Management Qualification.  He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors and a Senior Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

Geoffrey Wilson has been a Director of the Company since October 2003 and was Chairman from this time until February 2007.

Other current directorships
Geoffrey Wilson is the Chairman of WAM Capital Limited (appointed March 1999), Wilson Investment Fund Limited (appointed June 2003), WAM Active Limited (appointed July 2007), the Australian Stockbrokers Foundation Limited and Ascham Foundation. He is a Director of Clime Capital Limited (appointed November 2003), Cadence Capital Limited (appointed February 2005), Vietnam Fund Limited (appointed October 2007) and Incubator Capital Limited (appointed February 2000).  He is also a director of the investment management companies, Wilson Asset Management (International) Pty Ltd, Boutique Asset Management Pty Ltd, MAM Pty Ltd and a Director of the Sporting Chance Cancer Foundation, Australian Fund Managers Foundation and the Odyssey House McGrath Foundation.

 
John Abernethy                                    Non-Executive Director
Experience and expertise
John Abernethy has over 27 years experience in funds management and corporate advisory. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (BCom/LLB) from the University of New South Wales. He spent ten years at NRMA Investments as Head of Equities managing portfolios of approximately $2 billion.  In 1994 he joined Poynton Corporate Limited as an Executive Director before forming Clime Investment Management Limited (formerly known as Loftus Capital Partners Limited) in 1996.

John Abernethy has been a Director of the Company since November 2003.

Other current directorships
John Abernethy is a Chairman of Clime Investment Management Limited (formerly known as Loftus Capital Partners Limited).  He is a Director of Jasco Holdings Limited, Wilson Investment Fund Limited (appointed May 2002) and is a Director of WAM Active Limited (appointed November 2007).

 

Julian Gosse                                       Non-Executive Director
Experience and expertise
Julian Gosse has extensive experience in banking and broking both in Australia and overseas having worked in London for Rowe and Pitman, in the United States for Janney Montgomery and Scott and in Canada for Wood Gundy.  He has been involved in the establishment, operation and ownership of several small businesses.

Julian Gosse has been a Director of the Company since October 2003.

Other current directorships
Julian Gosse is a Director of ITL Limited (appointed September 2003) of which he became Chairman in January 2005.  He is also a Director of Wilson Investment Fund Limited (appointed June 2003) and Clime Capital Limited (appointed November 2003) and Iron Road Limited (appointed Chairman from April 2009).

  

Peter Roberts                                    Company  Secretary
Experience and expertise
Peter has over 17 years experience in the fields of chartered accountancy and specialised back office services to the funds management community. Peter is a Director of White Outsourcing Pty Ltd and Company Secretary of Ironbark Capital Ltd, Whitefield Ltd and Century Australia Ltd. Peter holds a Bachelor of Business and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.