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About GEO Property Group - Board of Directors

Richard Anderson, OAM, BCom, FCA, FCPA Independent Chairman - Non-Executive Director
Prior to the Company's acquisition of Villa World Limited, Richard was a non-executive director of Villa World Limited from September 2002. He is Chairman of Data #3 Limited and a member of the board of Namoi Cotton Co-operative Limited and Lindsay Australia Limited. He is also President of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association of Queensland, a member of the Council of the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation and Patron of the Brisbane Polo Club. Richard is a Chartered Accountant. He was formerly a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers and was the firms' Managing Partner in Queensland and a member of the firms' National Committee. He is a Past President of CPA Australia (Queensland Division) and has served on the boards of several other community and charitable organisations.

Guy Farrands, Grad Dip Man, FAPI Managing Director and CEO
Guy Farrands is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Group and has had 24 years experience in direct and listed property markets. He was previously CEO and Head of Corporate Development for Valad Property Group and Division Director of the real estate division of Macquarie Bank’s Investment Banking Group, where he gained extensive experience in developing new property investment products, mergers and acquisitions and equity capital raisings. Prior to this he was Associate Director and joint head of property for Heine Management Limited (since acquired by ING) where he was responsible for property acquisition, development and leasing programmes for three listed property trusts.

John Potter Independent Non-Executive Director
John has undertaken real estate activities on the Gold Coast for over twenty five years and has extensive experience in all aspects of real estate development and investment. John was the founder of Citie Centre Limited which merged with Villa World Limited in 2000. Prior to the Company's acquisition of Villa World Limited , John was a non-executive director of Villa World Limited from November 2003 and prior to that was Villa World Limited's Chief Executive Officer and executive director for 3 years.

Anthony William Bawden, BCom Independent Non-Executive Director
Tony has had over forty five years experience in property development and the finance industry and previously over twenty years of involvement with this Group. He was appointed a director of Villa World Limited on 29 January 1986 and served as director of MFS Diversified Limited when it merged with Villa World Limited. He retired in October 2007 and rejoined the GEO Property Group boards on 6 November 2008.

Troy Harry, BBus Non-executive Director
Troy Harry has been involved in stockbroking and investment management for 16 years, spending over five years at ABN AMRO Morgans in Brisbane, before establishing his own business, Trojan Investment Management Pty Ltd, in 2003. He has experience in financial analysis, modelling and structuring, and in advising and managing investment companies. Troy is currently the Managing Director of Trojan Equity Limited, an investment company listed on ASX that is a substantial shareholder of GEO. Trojan Equity?s focus is on investment in undervalued asset situations in the Australian stockmarket, and Troy is solely responsible for managing the company?s investment portfolio.

Robert Bosiljevac, LLB, Dip Bldg Executive Director, General Counsel and Company Secretary
Rob joined Short Punch and Greatorix Solicitors in 1991, where he focussed on property and commercial law, developing extensive knowledge and experience in contract law, commercial property transactions, commercial and retail Leasing, cottage and project conveyancing, institutional lending and business sales and purchases. He was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in February 1997. In 1999, he joined leading boutique property development practice, Hickey Lawyers, as a member of their Property/Commercial Law division. During his tenure, Rob was able to hone his skills and experience in the property and development industry and has acted for many prominent local, national and international developers in a wide and diverse range of challenging developments and legal transactions along the eastern seaboard of Australia. He joined GEO Property Group in 2007.

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