JAMES JACKSON B.Com (UQ), FAICD Independent director Age: 47 Shares held (directly and indirectly): 840,000 Board Committees Mr Jackson, in addition to being Chairman of the Board, is also Chairman of the Market Risk Committee and a member of the Nomination and Renumeration Committee. Skills and expertise relevant to the position of director Financial and strategic analysis, agribusiness and capital markets expertise and network, together with corporate governance. Experience Appointed a director in June 2004 and Chairman on 1 August 2008. Mr Jackson has 10 years experience in stockbroking and investment banking in New York, London and Australia, with SG Warburg & Co Inc, Potter Warburg and JB Were and Son. He completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School in 1995. He has detailed commercial and investment experience and held the position of non-executive director of North Pine Motors Pty Ltd (1994-1997). [As a professional investor, he has seed funded a successful digital technology company, developed property and also operates a beef cattle enterprise] He also is a member of the management committee of Richmond Landcare network organisation.
	JOHN BURMAN BE (Hons I) (UNSW), PhD (London), GAICD Independent director Age: 63 Shares held: 10,000 Board Committees Dr Burman is Chairman of the Board's Risk Committee and a member of both it's Nomination and Renumeration Committee and Market Risk Committee. Skills and expertise relevant to the position of director Scientific and technical, marketing, general management, risk management, compliance, previous director roles in the sugar industry. Experience Appointed a director in June 2005. Dr Burman, a chemical engineer, has held the positions of Chief Executive Officer of Sugar Australia Pty Ltd and Managing Director of NZ Sugar Company Limited. He was a director of subsidiaries of these two companies and of company superannuation funds in New Zealand. He has 36 years experience in the Australian and New Zealand raw and refined sugar industries, in general management, manufacturing, research and development and export marketing.
	ROSS BURNEY B.Econ Independent director Age: 39 Shares held: 15,000 Board Committees Mr Burney is a member of the Board's Audit Committee. Skills and expertise relevant to the position of director Accounting, investment management, corporate finance. Experience Appointed a director in February 2006. Mr Burney initially trained as an accountant with BDO in Sydney before joining Brierley Investments Limited in 1994. From 2000 to 2009, Mr Burney was an investment manager at Guinness Peat Group before joining Taverners Group as their Chief Investment Officer. He is also a director of Oncard International Limited.
	SUE PALMER B.Com(UQ), CA, FAICD Independent director Age: 53 Shares held: Nil Board Committees Ms Palmer is Chairman of the Board's Audit Committee and a member of it's Compliance Committee. Skills and expertise relevant to the position of director Accounting, financial management, IT, risk management and controls, audit committees. Experience Appointed a director in April 2008. Ms Palmer, a Chartered Accountant, is currently General Manager, Finance and Commercial for Thiess, having previously held a similar position at Leighton Contractors. She has 30 years experience in commercial, accounting and IT roles at organisations including CS Energy, Incitec and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ms Palmer also brings considerable experience as a company director having been a director of the Port of Brisbane Corporation for almost five years and previous experience including Deputy Chair of the Queensland Competition Authority and a director of the Royal Blind Foundation.
	JIM HESP FAICD Independent director Age: 70 Shares held (directly and indirectly): 344,202 Board Committees Mr Hesp is Chairman of the Board's Nomination and Renumeration Committee and is a member of it's Market Risk Committee. Skills and expertise relevant to the position of director Sugar cane growing, farm financial management, cane harvesting, irrigated cane growing, Sugar Industry bodies and boards, export sugar marketing and pricing. Experience Mr Hesp is a former Chairman and Director of The Mulgrave Central Mill Company Limited having been appointed Chairman of that Board from 2003 to 2008. He is currently a Director of Australian Sugar Milling Council and Sugar North Limited. He is also a Director of Sugar Terminals Limited. A grower for over 50 years, Mr Hesp owns substantial sugar cane growing interests in the Mulgrave and Burdekin regions. He has also been a long term participant in the cane harvesting sector having been prominent in the introduction of green cane harvesting to the Australian Sugar Industry.
	BRETT MOLLER BA (ANU), LLB (QUT), MAICD Independent director Age: 48 Shares Held: 71,151 Board Committees Mr Moller is a member of the Board's Audit Committee and Compliance Committee. Skills and expertise relevant to the position of director Legal, Corporate Governance, Audit Committees, Sugar Pricing and Marketing, Previous director roles. Experience Mr Moller previously served as a director and Deputy Chairman of The Mulgrave Central Mill Company Limited and was Chairman of it's Audit Committee at the time of that company's acquisition by The Maryborough Sugar Factory Limited in 2008. He was a member of the Mulgrave Board that made the decision to step outside the Queensland single desk arrangements in respect to raw sugar marketing in 2006 and establish it's own customer base. Mulgrave Mill has successfully marketed and sold its own sugar since that time. He is a partner in the Far North Queensland regional law firm Marino Moller Lawyers, having been admitted as a solicitor in 1991. Mr Moller holds interests in sugar cane farms in the Mulgrave Mill area south of Cairns and is Chairman of the Far North Queensland branch of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland.