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IMMUTEP LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2010
Apr 27, 2010
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Board/Management Information
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ASX/Media Release 28 April 2010
PRIMA BIOMED APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD
Australian health care company Prima BioMed Ltd (ASX: PRR) (Prima) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Albert Yue-Ling Wong to the Company’s Board as a Non-executive Director.
Mr Wong is a corporate adviser and investment banker with more than 28 years experience in the finance industry and brings a strong depth of corporate expertise and investment market experience to the Board of Prima.
He has previously established a number of companies and held Board positions with a range of companies across different sectors. He was formerly a stockbroker for 21 years, having been admitted as a Member of the Australian Stock Exchange in 1988, and was a principal of stockbroker Intersuisse Limited together with Andrew Forrest. In 1995, he established and listed the Barton Capital group of companies, including eStar Online, on the ASX.
Mr Wong was also a founding Director of both Pluton Resources Limited and Gujarat NRE Resources NL. Currently he is a Non-executive Chairman of Doughboy Enterprises Limited and St Istvan Gold Limited and a Non-executive director of Lahoca Resources Limited.
He is widely involved in a number of philanthropic activities. These include; current directorships of UNSW Foundation Limited, which is the principal fund raising arm of The University of New South Wales, and Ian Thorpe’s Fountain for Youth Foundation. He is also a committee member of the Messel Endowment Capital Campaign, and is an Honorary Life Governor of the Science Foundation for Physics at the University of Sydney.
Mr Wong is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and is a Practitioner Member (Master Stockbroking) of the Stockbrokers Association of Australia, as well as a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Prima Biomed chief executive Martin Rogers said: “We are delighted to welcome Albert to the Board and look forward to working with him as Prima progresses its commercialisation plans for its cancer treatment indications. The Board is very confident that his strong corporate background and experience will complement the skill sets of our existing directors to the positive benefit of the Company and our shareholders.”
ENDS
Prima BioMed Ltd , Suite 1, 1233 High St, Armadale, VIC 3143 Ph: +61 (0) 3 9824 5254 Fax: +61 (0) 3 9822 7735 www.primabiomed.com.au ABN: 90 009 237 889
For further information please contact:
Mr Martin Rogers James Moses Chief Executive Officer Investor and Media Relations Prima BioMed Mandate Corporate Ph: 0428 268 357 Ph: 0420 991 574 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
Website: www.primabiomed.com.au
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Prima BioMed Ltd , Suite 1, 1233 High St, Armadale, VIC 3143 Ph: +61 (0) 3 9824 5254 Fax: +61 (0) 3 9822 7735 www.primabiomed.com.au ABN: 90 009 237 889