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Directors:
Mr. Bruce Watson
Mr. George S. Tahija
Mr. John C. Carlile
Mr. Robert Willcocks
Mr. Bruce Watson
Mr. Bruce Watson was appointed Chairman of the Board on 23 June, 2005.
Mr. Watson brings extensive corporate and commercial experience to Austindo which the Board considers to be invaluable as the Company advances major debt and equity funding arrangements associated with the development of the Cibaliung Gold Project in Indonesia.
Mr. Watson is the Managing Director of Cubic Corporate Advisory Pty Limited and was previously Head, Corporate Advisory & Equities at Westpac Institutional Bank and prior to that a founding director of Grant Samuel & Associates Pty Limited.
Austindo welcomes Mr. Watson's experience and commercial insight derived from his diverse and comprehensive background across the Australian banking and investment community and his high level of technical capability within the core areas of legal and financial structuring.
Mr. Watson was also formerly a director of Austindo from 1998 until April 2001 and accordingly has an understanding of the Company and the history of its involvement in Indonesia.
Mr. George S. Tahija
Mr. George Tahija is the President Director of the Austindo Group of Indonesia and is also a Commissioner of Freeport Indonesia. His qualifications include a BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Trisakti University, Jakarta, Indonesia and an MBA from the University of Virginia, USA. He has extensive involvement in the principal activities of the Austindo Group which include financial services, agribusiness and exploration and mining.
Mr. Tahija was appointed as a Director of the Company on 3 March 1998.
Mr. John C. Carlile
Mr. Carlile is a geologist with a BSc. (Hons) degree in Geology from the University of Reading and a MSc. in Mineral Exploration from the Royal School of Mines, London. Mr. Carlile is a Fellow of The Aus.I.M.M. and CPGeo. and a Fellow of Geo.Soc.Lond. He has over 20 years experience in the mining industry, primarily in gold exploration and has previously held senior positions in the Asian region with major mining companies including BHP and Newcrest Mining Limited.
Mr. Carlile was appointed as a director of the Company on 3 March, 1998 and was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Company until 17 November 2002. From 18 November 2002 Mr. Carlile has continued on the Board as a Non-Executive Director and is also a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Carlile was re-appointed as Managing Director on 14 January 2008.
Mr. Robert Willcocks
Mr. Willcocks is a former senior partner with Mallesons Stephen Jaques, the major Australian law firm and is now a corporate adviser. Mr Willcocks has represented clients in the energy and mining sectors for more than 30 years. He is currently a non-executive director of CBH Resources Limited (listed on the ASX) and of APAC Resources Limited, a Hong Kong listed company (an investor in the resources industry).
Mr Willcocks has had an extensive business career having been at various times a director of BanPu Australia Pty Ltd, Oakbridge Pty Ltd Emperor Mines Limited, Energy World Corporation Limited, eStar Online Trading Limited, RIMCapital Limited (Chairman) and Bond University Limited.
Mr Willcocks was appointed by the Australian Government to be a member of the Australian International Legal Advisory Committee for the term of its program in the 1990s. He is a former member of the Australia-Vietnam Business Council.
Mr. Willcocks was appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 14 July 2008.
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