Directors

Roger Flynn

B.Eng (HONS), MBA, FIE (Aust), FAICD

Executive Chairman; Chairman of nomination committee

Mr Flynn was appointed a director of the Company in October 2001 and became Chairman in November 2006. In April 2007 he was appointed Executive Chairman. Mr Flynn has had broad senior management experience in primarily metal based industries in the US, Australia and Asia and has worked for BHP and Alcoa.

He was General Manager of Pacific Dunlop’s Olex Australia cable division and Managing Director of Siddons Ramset Limited for 7 years until 1999. He is a former director of Hills Holdings Limited, Wattyl Limited and Longreach Group Ltd and has had 42 board years’ experience on 6 listed companies.

Barry Nazer

BBus, FCPA, FFin, ANZIIF (Fellow), FAICD

Independent non-executive director; Chairman of audit & risk committee; Member of nomination committee

Mr Nazer was appointed as a director of the Company on September 2003. He has been Chief Financial Officer of Wesbeam Holdings Limited, an unlisted public company which operates a laminated veneer lumber manufacturing facility since January 2003 and retired from this position on 31 August 2011. He is also a non-executive director of VDM Group Limited and MG Kailis Group.

He was Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of WESFI Limited, a major engineered wood products manufacturer and distributor, from August 1999 until its sale in 2001. He previously spent over ten years at the executive level of Bank of Western Australia Limited (BankWest), including almost 9 years as Chief Financial Officer.

John Nickson

B.Ec, CPA, FAICD

Independent non-executive director; Member of audit and risk committee; Chairman of remuneration committee

Mr Nickson was appointed a director of the Company in November 2007. He has over 43 years’ experience in the finance industry, including 35 years at Goldman Sachs JBWere ( formerly J B Were and Son) until retiring in 2004. He was a Director/Partner for over 20 years.

For 28 years Mr Nickson specialised in corporate advice and finance, working closely with a wide range of listed and to be listed corporations, both public and private, many in Western Australia. He is a director of a number of private companies and a committee member of a medical research institute.

Kenneth Perry

BSc (Hons), MBA, MAICD, FAIMM

Independent non-executive director; Member of audit and risk, remuneration and nomination committees

Mr Perry was appointed a director of the Company on 18 September 2009. He was Chief Executive Officer of VDM Group Limited, a publicly listed Australian engineering, construction and contracting business until March 2011.

Prior to this appointment in February 2010, Mr Perry was Managing Director of Brandrill Limited from 2002 to 2009 when the company merged with Ausdrill Limited. Mr Perry gained over 15 years experience in senior management roles with the Rio Tinto Group, including serving as President of its Taiwanese steel mill, and served as the Director General of the Department of Minerals and Energy (WA) between 1994 and 1997. He subsequently worked for Resource Finance Corporation, a private merchant and investment bank specialising in the natural resources sector. Mr Perry is also a member of various private boards.

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