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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
Directors' report
30 June 2016
(continued)
Information on directors (continued)
Keith Spence - Independent Non-executive Director
Qualifications
BSc (Geophysics) (Hons)
Tenure
Board member since December 2014.
Special responsibilities Mr Spence is Chair of the Sustainability & Risk Committee and a member of the
Remuneration Committee, Audit Committee and Nomination Committee.
Other directorships
Mr Spence is currently the non-executive Chairman of Geodynamics Limited and Base
Resources Limited and a non-executive director of Oil Search Limited and Murray &
Roberts Holdings Limited. Mr Spence was also previously a director of Clough Limited.
Neil Warburton - Non-executive Director from 12 October 2015
Qualifications
Assoc. MinEng WASM, MAusIMM, FAICD
Tenure
Board member since his appointment on 12 October 2015.
Special responsibilities Mr Warburton is a member of the Remuneration Committee, Audit Committee, Nomination
Committee and Sustainability & Risk Committee.
Other directorships
Mr Warburton is currently a non-executive director of Australian Mines Limited and
Namibian Copper Limited. He was previously a non-executive director of Sirius Resources
NL and Peninsular Energy Limited and non-executive chairman of Red Mountain Mining
Ltd.
Company secretary
Ms Joanne McDonald was appointed to the position of Company Secretary on 5 October 2015. Ms McDonald is a
qualified Chartered Secretary with over 12 years' experience working for listed companies in Australia and the UK. Ms
McDonald was previously Assistant Company Secretary with Paladin Energy Ltd and, during her eight years at Paladin,
she also held the role of Company Secretary of Summit Resources Ltd. Ms McDonald is a Fellow of the Governance
Institute Australia.
Mr Tony Walsh was Company Secretary until his resignation on 9 October 2015. Mr Walsh, who was also employed as
the Company’s General Manager, Corporate, had over 25 years’ experience in dealing with listed companies, ASX,
ASIC and corporate transactions. Mr Walsh was a member of the West Australian State Council of the Governance
Institute Australia and also a Fellow of the Governance Institute Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in
Australia.
Meetings of directors
The numbers of meetings of the Company's board of Directors and of each Board Committee held during the year
ended 30 June 2016, and the numbers of meetings attended by each Director were:
Meetings of committees
Full meetings of
directors
Remuneration
Committee Audit Committee
Nomination
Committee
Sustainability
and Risk
Committee
A B A B A B
A
B
A B
Peter Bilbe
12
12
5
5
6
6
3
3
5
5
Peter Bradford
12
12
**
**
**
**
3
3
5
5
Peter Buck
12
12
5
5
6
6
3
3
5
5
Geoffrey Clifford 12
12
5
5
6
6
3
3
5
5
Keith Spence
12
12
5
5
6
6
3
3
5
5
Neil Warburton
1
8
8
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Mark Bennett
2
5
7
1
1
1
2
-
-
-
1
A = Number of meetings attended
B = Number of meetings held during the time the Director held office or was a member of the committee during the year
** = Not a member of the relevant committee
1. Appointed a Non-executive director on 12 October 2015
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