The Board comprises individuals with an appropriate mix of skills and experience.

Executive Chairman
CRS Paragash, FCA (England & Wales)

CRS Paragash is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (England & Wales) and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Chartered Accountants. He has had a long association with the plantations industry and, in particular, the Palm Oil industry. His considerable experience in dealing with financial, operational and logistical issues while with the plantations division of Sime Darby Bhd (an international conglomerate) in Sabah and in other business ventures enables him to combine sound technical skills with a practical, hands on approach to general management. He has been a successful private equity investor involved in infrastructure and property for over 15 years.

Group Executive Director
Andrew Phang, FFin LLM (Melb) LLB (Syd)

Andrew Phang is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. A lawyer by training, he practised law in Australia and Malaysia before joining an investment bank in Malaysia. During the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, he was invited to become a member of the project team that established Danaharta, Malaysia’s national non-performing loans resolution agency, and was subsequently part of the senior management team at Danaharta. He currently sits in a non-executive capacity on the Board of the Credit Management and Counselling Agency, a subsidiary of Bank Negara Malaysia, the Central Bank of Malaysia.

Non-Executive Director
Paul Mason

Mr Mason is a chartered accountant with over 17 years experience with public and private companies. He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and holds a Bachelor of Engineering from Curtin University, Western Australia.

Non-Executive Director
Graham Key

Mr. Keys holds a Bachelor of Economics and is a Graduate Member of the Institute of Company Directors. A chartered accountant, Mr Keys was a partner of the international firm Ernst & Young for 15 years before leaving to become managing director of a publicly listed mining company. He is currently Executive Chairman of Norvest Corporate and Non-Executive Chairman of ASX listed Advanced Engine Components Ltd and Brand New Vintage Limited. In his 40 years of business life, Mr Keys has developed a wide range of professional, managerial, accounting, financial, corporate and commercial skills in a variety of industries.

The Board is supported by a qualified Company Secretary:

Company Secretary
Susan Hunter, BCom, ACA, FFSIA (Dip), MAICD (Dip), ACIS (Dip)

Susan Hunter is a Member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She has over 14 years experience in the corporate finance industry including senior management roles in a financial institution and major public accounting firms in both Perth and Sydney.

Ms Hunter is also a Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and Chartered Secretaries Australia. She is currently an Associate Director of consulting firm Norvest Corporate Pty Ltd as well as Company Secretary for three other Australian Stock Exchange listed companies, an AIM listed company and several unlisted companies.