ALS LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2019

Nov 20, 2019

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asx/media release

21 November 2019

ALS appoints international based Non-Executive Director

ALS Limited (ASX: ALQ) announces the appointment of Leslie Desjardins as an independent Non-Executive Director effective immediately.

ALS Chairman Bruce Phillips welcomed Ms Desjardins, who is based in Austin Texas, to the ALS Limited Board, commenting that her extensive financial expertise and international experience in CFO and Non–Executive Director roles with large multinational businesses were complementary to the ALS Board.

“We are exceptionally pleased to have a person with Leslie’s international finance and business acumen, corporate governance and commercial experience join the Board. Leslie’s appointment reinforces the Board’s focus on the globalisation of its operating capabilities and its strategic international expansion plans.

Ms Desjardins is presently a Non–Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of Ansell Ltd (ASX: ANN) and the Terry Fox Foundation, a private Canadian cancer research foundation. She was formerly a Director and Audit Committee member for AptarGroup (NYSE: ATR).

During her executive career Ms Desjardins held the roles of Executive VP Finance and CFO with Amcor Ltd (ASX:AMC) and executive positions with General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM), including CFO GM Holden Australia and GM North America Controller.

Ms Desjardins professional background is detailed in the following attachment.

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Further information:

Bruce Phillips Chairman ALS Limited +61 (7) 3367 7900

About ALS Limited

ALS is a global Testing, Inspection & Certification business. The company's strategy is to broaden its exposure into new sectors and geographies where it can take a leadership position.

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Leslie Desjardins: Professional Background

Leslie Desjardins has a background as a CFO and senior financial and governance professional in a range of large multinational and global businesses.

She has extensive commercial and financial governance expertise with large multinational public companies in North America, Canada and Australia each with extensive global operations. Her areas of expertise include CFO level executive and financial strategic leadership, M&A, corporate finance and treasury, governance, financial and tax compliance and enterprise risk management.

Ms Desjardins is currently a Director, Audit Committee Chair, CSR/Risk Committee member with Ansell Limited and Director and Audit Committee Chair with Terry Fox Foundation, Canada. Previously, she served as a Board Director and Audit Committee member with AptarGroup.

During her executive career, Ms Desjardins served as Executive VP and CFO at Amcor Limited, a global leader in packaging of food, beverage, pharmaceutical and tobacco products. Prior to Amcor Ltd, Ms Desjardins served in financial and corporate strategic positions with General Motors Corporation, including Chief Financial Officer GM Holden Australia, Controller GM North America, Executive Director Manufacturing Finance and Director GM North America Strategy and Planning.

Ms Desjardins holds a Master of Science, Management with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan and a Bachelor of Industrial Administration, Finance with Kettering University.

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