Dick Lester, age 68
Non-executive director

Joined the Board in 1995. Dick is a graduate with Honours from Dookie Agricultural College, Victoria. He was Principal and Chief Executive Officer of Growth Equities Mutual Limited until he sold his interest in that organisation in 1994. He was an inaugural member of the Companies and Securities Advisory Committee established by the Federal Attorney General to advise the Australian Government on securities industries laws. Dick is actively involved in real estate investment and development in the Perth metropolitan area and regional Western Australia. He is a director of a number of unlisted companies and is Chairman of the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research Inc.