Peter Kazacos B.E, B.Sc - Chairman

Experience and expertise

Mr Kazacos has over 30 years experience in the IT industry. He founded KAZ in 1988 and led the Company over its 17-year history. Mr. Kazacos was responsible for guiding KAZ from a small IT services company in NSW to one of Asia Pacific's leading IT services and business process outsourcing service providers. KAZ grew from 350 employees at its inception, through its listing on the ASX in 2000, to over 4000 employees, as a fully owned subsidiary of Telstra. Prior to establishing KAZ, he held a number of senior technical positions in the Australian IT industry with leading Australian organisations. Mr. Kazacos was the recipient of the inaugural, Australian Entrepreneur of the Year 2001 award in the Technology, Communications, E-Commerce and Biotechnology category. Mr. Kazacos was also inducted into the Hall of Fame for the 3rd Annual IT&T Awards in October 2004. This Award was in the category of "Champion of the vendor community". Most recently, Mr Kazacos was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the inaugural ARN IT Industry Awards Ceremony (September 2007). Mr Kazacos was also the recipient of the prestigious CSIRO Tony Benson Award for Individual Achievement in ICT at the 2008 iAwards. This award is presented in recognition of outstanding accomplishments of an individual in the Australian ICT industry. He holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science (Applied Mathematics and Computer Science) from the University of New South Wales.

Gregory James Roger MB BS, M Eng (Res) - Chief Executive Officer

Experience and expertise

Associate Professor Dr Roger, following his Medical Degree at Sydney University and Internship at Royal North Shore Hospital, undertook a Masters degree in Engineering at Sydney University in order to start solving Medical Device design problems. Dr Roger went on to acquire a history of medical device innovation including co-designing and developing both the RCI screw, now sold through Smith and Nephew and the highly successful Active Knee prosthesis. He subsequently innovated a novel surface polishing and cleaning technique, which has significantly improved the expected life of joint replacement world wide. The company he founded to produce Medical Devices, ASDM has also helped the designs and inventions of Australian surgeons and inventors to achieve commercialisation. In 2004 Dr Roger received a Clunies Ross Award and in 2005 he received the Warren Centre Hero of Innovation Award and was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Sydney. In 2006, Engineers Australia Sydney Division awarded Dr Roger Entrepreneur of the Year. In 2007 Dr Roger was awarded Sydney University Faculty of Engineering's Alumnus of the Year.

John O'Meara PCM - Non Executive Director

Experience and expertise

John O'Meara is an energetic business leader with over 25 years senior management experience in telecommunications and information technology industries in Australia, Asia Pacific and the United Kingdom. He is a seasoned strategy and project manager with expertise in strategic planning and the execution of large scale, complex and deadline dependent projects. He has held a series of senior leadership roles in Optus Pty Limited and was the Program Director responsible for GST compliance when first introduced in Australia. He was the Chief Operating Officer of XYZed Pty Limited, a start-up company created to establish, operate and wholesale national DSL services for corporate Australia. John was the champion of sustainable quality-of-service working practices when he was with British Telecom in Asia Pacific and he was responsible for gaining ISO9001 Total Quality Management accreditation. He also held senior management roles in Australia with AAPT Limited and Dalgety Farmers Limited. In the United Kingdom he held technical management roles with National Westminster Bank and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Peter Welsh - Non Executive Director

Experience and expertise

Peter Welsh has 43 years experience in the medical device and health care industry. The last 28 years directly involved with orthopaedics.  He was the first NSW distributor for Richards Medical Company, now part of the Smith and Nephew group, selling orthopaedic implants and arthroscopy products. Peter also set up Knee Developments Australia - KDA. This company was the manufacturer and worldwide distributor for ACL products. KDA became the market leader in ACL implants and instruments with sales in many countries around the world. It was sold to Dyonics, a subsidiary of Smith and Nephew.

Richard Ulrick BA, LLB, Dip Fin Mgt, FCIS, CPA.- Company Secretary

Experience and expertise

Richard Ulrick was appointed Company Secretary of the Company on 12 September 2007 and is engaged by way of a services agreement between the Company and Company Secretarial & Legal Services Pty Ltd which he established. Richard is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW and has more than 25 years' experience in company secretarial and general counsel roles.