Mr Anthony J Britt has joined the Board of the Company as a Non Executive Director w.e.f. 12 May 2008.

Born in Sydney in 1960, Mr Britt is currently the Chief Executive Officer, Decorative Paints Asia for AkzoNobel, prior to which he held various general management positions in both the Decorative Paints and Marine and Protective Coatings businesses with AkzoNobel.

Currently based in Singapore, Mr Britt has extensive international experience. He spent six years from 1998 in New Jersey as the Global Director Yacht Coatings with AkzoNobel. Whilst based in Brisbane, he was the General Manager, Marine and was the General Manager, Decorative Paints Central Europe, based in Amsterdam. During this period he held various directorship roles in Korea, Japan, Australia and Germany.

Mr Britt holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), Honors Degree from Sydney University and MBA from Macquarie University.

Mr Britt is an avid sports fan and enjoys playing tennis and golf.