Richard Lee is Deputy Chairman of Ridley Corporation Limited and a Director of Newcrest Mining Limited and Oil Search Limited. He is a Fellow and Chairman of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He also holds degrees in chemical engineering and economics and is a Rhodes Scholar. Richard is a former Chief Executive of the NM Rothchild Australia Group and a former Director of NM Rothchild and Sons Limited in London, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Fiona is an independent non‑executive director of Metcash Limited and TAL Insurance. Fiona is a former member of the Qantas executive committee with responsibilities for information technology and related areas for Qantas worldwide and was subsequently Chief Information Officer of Telstra. She has advised Medibank Private and Link Market Services on IT strategy. Fiona is a member of the Information Technology Faculty Advisory Board of Monash University, a Councillor of Knox Grammar School and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She holds a BA (Hons), Graduate Diploma in Information Management, an MBA and is a Fellow of Monash University.

Ian is a non-executive director of Hills Industries Limited, former chairman of Promentum Limited and former board member of the National Australia Day Council. Ian is currently on the board of The Australian Rugby League Commission and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Ian is also a former chief executive officer of George Patterson Bates and a graduate of the advanced management program of the Harvard Business School.

Peter Mattick co-founded Salmat Limited in 1979 and served as its Joint Chief Executive Officer and Joint Managing Director until his retirement from executive duties with Salmat Limited in October 2009. Since that time, Mr Mattick has remained as a Non-executive director of the company. Mr Mattick has served as Chairman and Director of the Australian Direct Marketing Association and is a Member of the National Aboriginal Sports Corporation. He is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Governor of the Advisory Council for the Institute of Neuromuscular Research and a board member of The Shepherd Centre. Mr Mattick was educated at the University of New South Wales where he gained a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

Philip Salter co-founded Salmat Limited in 1979 and served as its Joint Chief Executive Officer and Joint Managing Director until his retirement from executive duties with Salmat Limited in October 2009. Since that time, Mr Salter has remained as a Non-executive director of the company. Philip entered the real estate business in 1977. In 1979, Philip and Peter Mattick formed Salmat, developing the business into one of Australasia’s leading customer communications company. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

John Thorn has been a non-executive director of Salmat Limited since September 2003. John has 38 years professional experience with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), with over 20 years as a partner responsible for significant international and Australian clients. John was the Australian National Managing Partner of PwC and a member of the Global Audit Management Group until 2003. John is also currently a non-executive director of National Australia Bank Limited (since October 2003), Caltex Australia Limited (since June 2004) and Amcor Limited (since December 2004).

Grant Harrod is the Chief Executive Officer of Salmat, assuming this role in April 2009. Prior to this, Grant spent 13 years with Corporate Express Australia Limited – a leading office supplies distributor – where he served as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for six years. Grant’s previous roles at Corporate Express included General Manager of Sales and Marketing and General Manager of Operations. Grant has a Masters of Business Administration from Macquarie Graduate School of Management.

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