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ORCODA LIMITED — Board/Management Information 2016
Apr 3, 2016
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Board/Management Information
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SmartTrans appoints new Chairman the Hon. Mark Vaile AO
SmartTrans Holdings Limited ASX: SMA
An Australian based Technology Solutions Company
Corporate Structure:
Shares on issue: 2215 M Unlisted Options: 166 M Market Cap: $AUD 97M 52 week high: 7.1 cents 52 week low: 1.7 cents
4 April 2016: SmartTrans Holdings Limited (ASX: SMA) (SmartTrans or Company) is pleased to announce the appointment of the Hon. Mark Vaile AO as the Company’s Non-Executive Chairman replacing Dr Geoff Raby who has elected to step down from that role.
Mr Vaile, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and former leader of the National Party, brings a wealth of experience in the global commerce environment having held several key ministerial positions during his political career, including that of Trade Minister involved in negotiating the US-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the then proposed Australia-China FTA, along with similar agreements between Australia and its trading partners Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia.
SmartTrans is about to enter a new and exciting phase of its development as it expands further into e-commerce billing solutions and looks to explore new markets in South East Asia and Mr Vaile’s extensive experience in this arena combined with his exceptional ability as a leader is expected to assist SmartTrans as it seeks to take its business to the next level.
Directors:
Mr Mark Vaile AO Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Bryan Carr CEO & Managing Director
Mr Andrew Forsyth Non-Executive Director
Mr Yui (Ian) Tang Non-Executive Director
Mr Greg Simpson Non-Executive Director
Mr Ian Hawkins Executive Director
Melbourne Office: Level 1, 10 Queens Road Melbourne VIC 3004 Australia
Beijing Office: Room 101 Building 22 Courtyard 4 Gong Ti Bei Lu Chaoyang District Beijing 100027 PR China
Phone (Aus): +61 (03) 9866 7333
Phone (China): +86 (10) 6500 0910 Website: www.smarttransholdings.com.au Twitter: www.twitter.com/SmartTrans_SMA Youtube: https://youtu.be/-1t_yJe1DBA
The Board of SmartTrans takes this opportunity to thank Dr Raby for his outstanding governance and oversight in the role as Chairman since 2012. During his tenure the company’s market capitalisation has increased some eight fold and the company has seen impressive growth in sales and revenue, the expansion of its billing services to eight provinces in China, and a broadening of its range of product offerings, including subscription billing generating recurring revenue. The Australian business has also acquired a range of new customers and its technology has been expanded into the China market.
SmartTrans’ new Chairman, Mr Vaile has forged a successful career in the private sector since retiring from political life and sits on the boards of a number of high-profile public companies, including Virgin Australia Holdings, Whitehaven Coal and Servcorp.
The incoming Non-Executive Chairman of SmartTrans, the Hon. Mark Vaile stated: “I am very excited to be taking up this role and look forward to working with the Board and management team of SmartTrans to take the Company to the next stages of maturity and development.”
“I also take this opportunity to acknowledge Dr Geoff Raby for his hard work and dedication in building SmartTrans into the successful operation that it is today, with an established business division in Australia and now a dynamic and growing business in China.”
Dr Raby added “I have been honoured to serve as SmartTrans’ Chairman and I am grateful to my fellow board members for the tremendous effort that they have put into the Company. I wish to thank them, the Company’s tireless CEO, Bryan Carr and his staff. I am confident of the future of SmartTrans and wish the Company every success.”
Dr Raby, who was formerly Australia’s Ambassador to China, has stepped down from the position of Non-Executive Chairman of SmartTrans due to the growing demands of his own business and other board positions.
Dr Raby’s resignation as a director took effect from close of business on 1 April 2016 and Mr Vaile’s appointment is effective from 4 April 2016.
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For further information please contact:
About SmartTrans
(https://youtu.be/-1t_yJe1DBA)
Bryan Carr Managing Director AUST: +61 412 111 968 CHINA: +86 138 1188 8401
Media inquiries to: Ben Jarvis, Six Degrees Investor Relations: +61 413 150 448
SmartTrans Holdings Limited (ASX: SMA) is a leading Australian technology and software provider that has developed a mobile and online billing and payment platform for the China market. The company has agreements in place with China Mobile, China Unicom, China Telecom, UnionPay and Alipay. With the growing use of the smartphone as a billing device in China, the company is experiencing significant uptake of its technology in that market. SmartTrans has also developed cutting-edge proprietary logistics software which is used by some of Australia’s leading blue-chip organisations who have long term contracts in place with the company. SmartTrans is assessing growth opportunities for its logistic offering in China to complement its mobile and online payments platform.
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