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BPH GLOBAL LTD Board/Management Information 2021

Feb 14, 2021

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STEMCELL UNITED LIMITED

ACN 009 104 330

Level 12, 680 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

15 February 2021

Company Announcements Platform Australian Securities Exchange

Environmental entrepreneur David Plattner appointed as strategic advisor

  • Mr Plattner has a longstanding career in sustainable investments and community development

  • He has been responsible for a number of large scale projects that have provided conservation of threatened lands and mass job creation for local communities

  • As strategic advisor Mr Plattner will assist SCU in a number of sustainable development initiatives

  • SCU to benefit from Mr Plattner’s extensive experience and international network

Stemcell United Limited (ASX:SCU) (“Company”) is pleased to advise that it has appointed leading environmentally focused entrepreneur Mr David Plattner as a strategic advisor to assist the Company in its sustainable development initiatives.

Mr Plattner has had a longstanding career spanning nearly 30 years. His focus on sustainable developments began in 1989, when he became a co-founder of the Social Venture Network and Businesses for Social Responsibility, an organisation comprised of thousands of business leaders aiming to create a more just and sustainable world through their member enterprises.

During his career, Mr Plattner has been investing in and leading the financing efforts to create successful campaigns that have raised over US$2Bn for commercial real estate and cause related entertainment projects and the support of a carbon economy.

In 2004, Mr Plattner founded and served as CEO of RainTrust, a private sector financing organisation formed to assist large-scale agri-industrial programs in South and Central, Africa and Asia. During his tenure, he secured 8m hectares of land in Brazil and progressing proprietary conservation agreements and created a social farming initiative in Indonesia, which generated over 240,000 jobs. He has also developed successful projects in Mexico, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

In 2017, he received an endorsement and mandate from the African Union and United Nations to develop commercially orientated livelihood projects that fostered innovation and new technology across 35 African countries. This was the largest public private partnership on the continent and Mr Plattner was credited in bringing together over 100 contributing corporate and NGO partners that have assist in generating billion dollar investments into the sub Saharan region in Africa.

Commentaries:

Managing Director and CEO Mr Philip Gu said:

“We are very pleased to welcome David as a strategic adviser. Management are confident that his extensive experience in sustainable development initiatives will help SCU progress a number of near term growth drivers that will unlock value for our shareholders and the communities we operate in.

David has been involved with some of the world’s largest public private partnerships and led major developments in an array of countries that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of jobs and economic freedom. We look forward to leveraging his established network and expertise to unlock sustainable agricultural and aquaculture focused opportunities for the Company.”

Strategic Advisor Mr David Plattner said:

“I am very excited about SCU's innovative and sustainable products and is confident on the market demand for the products, which in addition to fulfilling local food security, will also assist in meeting carbon reduction targets and becoming a model in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.”

This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Stemcell United Limited.

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