WAM Capital

Experience and Expertise
Geoffrey Wilson has had 31 years experience in the Australian and international securities industry.  He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree and A Graduate Management Qualification.  He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Securities Institute of Australia.

Geoffrey Wilson has been Chairman of the Company since March 1999.

Other current directorships
Geoffrey Wilson is currently Chairman of WAM Research Limited, WAM Active Limited, Australian Stockbrokers Foundation and Ascham Foundation Limited.  He is a Director of Australian Leaders Fund Limited, Clime Capital Limited, Cadence Capital Limited, Vietnam Fund Limited, Incubator Capital Limited, The Sporting Chance Cancer Foundation, Australian Fund Managers Foundation and Odyssey House McGrath Foundation.  He is also a Director of investment management companies Wilson Asset Management (International) Pty Limited, MAM Pty Limited and Boutique Asset Management Pty Limited.

Experience and Expertise
Matthew Kidman worked as a finance reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald between 1994 and 1998.  In 1997 he was appointed Investment Editor of that newspaper and was charged with the responsibility of company coverage for the newspaper.  He has degrees in Economics and Law and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance.  For the last 12 years, he was a Portfolio Manager at Wilson Asset Management (International) Pty Limited.

Matthew Kidman has been a Director of the Company since March 1999.

Other current directorships
Matthew Kidman is a Director of WAM Research Limited, WAM Active Limited and Incubator Capital Limited.  He is also a Director of the investment management companies, MAM Pty Limited and Boutique Asset Management Pty Limited.

Experience and Expertise
James Chirnside has been exclusively focused in emerging markets and absolute return investment management for twenty-one years in Melbourne, London, Hong Kong and Sydney.  James is Managing Director of Asia Pacific Asset Management, a specialist emerging market investment firm based in Sydney.  James previously worked for Challenger Financial Group in Sydney.  Prior to this he was Senior Fund Manager for emerging market hedge funds in Hong Kong and London for Regent Fund Management.  He was Country Head for India, Indonesia and Australia during this time.  From 1989 to 1992, James worked for County NatWest in London as Head of Proprietary Trading for Asia and specifically focused on country funds and equity derivatives arbitrage strategies.

James Chirnside has been a Director of the Company since February 2003.

Other current directorships
James Chirnside is a director of Cadence Capital Limited.

Experience and Expertise
Paul Jensen has over 25 years of international experience in the funds management and institutional banking sectors.  He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration in accounting and commerical law from Victoria University, Wellington, NZ and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Paul Jensen has been a Director of the Company since June 2004.

Other current directorships
Paul Jensen is a Director of Clime Investment Management Limited.

Experience and Expertise
Kate has worked in the funds management industry the past 6 years with the Wilson Asset Management Group initially as a Financial Accountant, CFO and more recently as CEO.  Kate is also the Company Secretary of WAM Capital, WAM Active and WAM Research.  Prior to this she worked in London and Dublin for over 6 years as an Accountant for a finance outsourcing company and a private investment company.  She is a CPA, holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Southern Queensland and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.  Kate is currently completing Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance with CSA.

Kate was appointed Company Secretary on 30 October 2008.