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DIRECTORS OF AIL FUNDS The Board of Directors comprises individuals that are highly respected in the Australian financial services and almond industries.
Michael has been the Chairman of AIL since March 2004. Michael was previously the Co-Chairman and Co-Founder of the Hindal Group of Companies which were established in 1996. They developed into a significant merger and acquisition practice, identifying investment opportunities, providing corporate advice and undertaking capital raising for clients. The Hindal Group was acquired by Credit Suisse in May 2008 and Michael has taken up an Executive Director position. Michael was formerly Chief Executive and Director of the Pratt Group. In this capacity he was involved in the Pratt Group’s rapid expansion in Australia and overseas. Prior to joining the Pratt Group, Michael was a Director of Hill Samuel Australia Ltd (the predecessor to Macquarie
Bank). Michael is an experienced corporate advisor and business consultant acting across a wide range of industries, predominantly to large private clients. Michael is also involved in numerous corporate Boards,community and charitable activities.
Wayne has been an Executive Director of AIL since its inception in 2003. Prior to entering the almond industry, he was General Manager of Victoria, Permanent Trustee Company Limited. During his time there from 1987 to 1999, Wayne was responsible for a variety of investment services and financial products. Since then, Wayne has had extensive experience and success in the design and marketing of almond orchard investment projects. Almond Orchards Australia Limited appointed Wayne as Chief Executive Officer in 1999 where he successfully marketed a 200-hectare project in 2000 at Robinvale, Victoria. In the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 years, Wayne successfully oversaw the establishment of over 1300 hectares of Almond Orchard Projects for AIL near Swan Hill, Victoria.
Graham is widely recognised as one of Australia’s leading almond horticulture experts, with 25 years’ experience in the Australian and international almond industry. He has demonstrated success in horticultural management and consulting roles. Graham oversees all operational issues associated with the Projects. Graham was General Manager Orchard Operations from July 1995 to October 2000 for the publicly listed Select Harvests Limited, which owned or managed approximately 1,200 hectares of almond trees at that time. This role provided Graham with extensive experience in large-scale almond development, production and processing functions. Excellent results in terms of orchard profitability and higher yields were achieved during his management. In 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Graham managed the environmental approvals, land acquisitions, soil surveying, land development works, irrigation infrastructure installation and tree planting for the AIL Projects near Swan Hill, Victoria. Graham has been an Executive Director of AIL since its inception in 2003. Graham’s participation as an Executive Director will ensure that investors will have access to sophisticated growing and processing technologies.
Keith has been actively involved in property funds management for the past 20 years, as a former Director of Endeavour Securities (Aust) Limited, Rural & Agricultural Management Limited (the Management Company for the $180m Rural Property Trust), Brick Securities Property Services Pty Ltd and in his former role at KPMG Management Consulting. At Rural & Agricultural Management, he was responsible for pioneering many property related management strategies of the early 1990s. Whilst at Brick Securities Property Services he was actively involved in the management of some $1 billion of funds in the property sector. During his time as a Management consultant with KPMG, he specialised in business planning, profit maximisation, financial management and marketing strategy assignments. Keith is currently a director and consultant to several unlisted public companies, including funds management companies, Greater Visions Asset Management Limited, Auswide Management Limited and Timbertop Securities Limited. In addition to these roles, Keith is also a member and Chairperson of several compliance committees. Keith holds a Master of Business Administration (finance/planning major), a Graduate Diploma in Town Planning, a Bachelor of Surveying, an Estate Agents Licence and is actively involved in the financial services sector. Keith was appointed Non-Executive Director of AIL in March 2004. |
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Michael Naphtali
Wayne Overall
Graham Johns
Keith Woodhead