Company : Board of Directors
Julian Beale Julian Beale
BE (Syd), MBA (Harvard)
Non-Executive Chairman

Appointed as an independent non-executive Director in June 2003. Mr. Beale has extensive international business and capital markets experience and a background in private and public companies at both Board and management level. Mr. Beale held senior positions in a range of Australian companies including English Electric and Esso Australia (now Exxon) and was Managing Director of a resources group with interests in petroleum production, pipelines and minerals. He also established a plastics processing company in Melbourne and was a key participant in the successful transition of Moldflow, a developer of software for injection moulding machines, to the United States NASDAQ capital market. Mr. Beale was also a member of the Federal Parliament for 11 years from 1984 as the Member for Deakin and later Bruce. During this time he held many Shadow Ministerial portfolios.

Alex Waislitz Alex Waislitz
BEc (Mon), LLB (Mon)
Non-Executive Director

Non-executive Director since August 2003. Mr. Waislitz is Executive Chairman of the Thorney Investment Group. He has extensive business experience and is a director of various Pratt Group and Visy Board companies. Mr. Waislitz is a Director of McPhersons Limited and Collingwood Football Club.

Silvio Salom Silvio Salom
Non-Executive Director

Mr. Salom founded Adacel in 1987 and was Managing Director until June 2006. He has extensive experience in the strategic and operational management of hi-tech companies with particular expertise in information technology related to aerospace and defense, transport, telecommunications and multimedia industry sectors.

David Smith David Smith
BE (Electronics)
Non-Executive Director

Non-executive Director since July 2000 and prior to that date an executive Director from incorporation in October 1997. Mr. Smith was a senior executive of the company and has extensive experience in software development, project and operations management in the military, aviation and transport domains.

Kevin Courtney Kevin Courtney
FCA FAICD
Non-Executive Director

Independent non-executive Director since October 1998. Mr. Courtney is a chartered accountant and a former regional managing partner of Ernst & Young. He is a Director of MLC Nominees, National Markets Group Limited and National Australia Superannuation Pty Ltd, members of the National Australia Bank Group of companies. He is Chairman of Adacel's audit committee. Mr. Courtney has been a Commissioner of the City of Melbourne and a Director of Connect.com.au, the internet service provider sold to AAPT Telecommunications Ltd. He has been Chair of the audit committees of the Victorian Workcover Authority, the Sunraysia Rural Water Authority and the National Competition Council. Mr. Courtney is a Director of the DOXA Social Club assisting underprivileged youth.

  Peter Landos (Not Pictured)
BEco (ANU)
Alternate to Mr. Waislitz

Non-executive Director alternate to Mr. Waislitz since August 2003. Mr. Landos is an Investment Manager with the Thorney Investment Group. He joined Thorney in 2000 after five years at Macquarie Bank Limited. Mr. Landos is an alternate Director to Mr. Waislitz on the McPhersons Limited Board.

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