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WISETECH GLOBAL LIMITED Board/Management Information 2018

Aug 21, 2018

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ASX Announcement: 2018/35

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22 August 2018

WiseTech Global appoints independent Chair, Andrew Harrison

WiseTech Global, today announced the appointment of Andrew Harrison as independent NonExecutive Chair. Andrew will take over the reins from long-term Non-Executive Chair, Charles Gibbon, who will remain on the Board as a Non-Executive Director.

Andrew has developed a deep understanding of WiseTech Global operations and strategy having joined the Board in 2015 as a Non-Executive Director and having served as Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee since then. He brings significant financial expertise, from executive roles with Seven Group, Landis+Gyr and Hanson Australia, and more recent ASX-listed experience across directorships with Bapcor, Estia Health, Xenith IP and IVE Group. Andrew holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney.

WiseTech Global Founder CEO and Executive Director, Richard White, said “On behalf of the Board, I welcome Andrew’s appointment as our independent Chair, his governance expertise, international experience and deep interest in innovation and global technology is of great value to the Board.”

“We also extend our thanks to Charles for his unwavering dedication and significant contribution to WiseTech over the past 12 years, adeptly leading the Board through WiseTech’s exponential operational growth and our IPO and listing in 2016. We are pleased that he will continue to contribute as a Non-Executive Director.”

As part of assuming his Chair responsibilities, Andrew is reviewing his existing Board portfolio and intends to significantly reduce these commitments in the coming months.

Since 2017, we have been working on Board evolution to meet the needs of the expanded WiseTech Global group. Early in 2018, we completed the appointment, of Non-Executive Director, Teresa Engelhard, who brings significant international technology sector and ASX-listed company expertise. We are also progressing well in our recruitment process for additional independent directors, with appointments expected in FY19. The changes announced today are a further step in our Board evolution.

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About Andrew Harrison

Andrew joined the WiseTech Global Board in 2015, bringing expertise as an experienced company director and corporate adviser. He is currently a non-executive director of ASX-listed companies Bapcor Limited, Estia Health Limited, Xenith IP Limited and IVE Group Limited and a non-executive director of Moorebank Intermodal Company Ltd.

Andrew has held executive roles and non-executive directorships with public and private companies, including as CFO of Seven Group Holdings, group finance director of Landis+Gyr, and CFO and a director of Alesco Limited. He was previously a senior manager at Ernst & Young (Sydney and London) and Gresham Partners Limited, and an Associate at Chase Manhattan Bank (New York).

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Economics from The University of Sydney and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is a Chartered Accountant.

WiseTech Global Limited ABN 41 065 894 724 Unit 3a, 72 O’Riordan Street Alexandria NSW 2015

About WiseTech Global

WiseTech Global is a leading developer and provider of software solutions to the logistics execution industry globally. Our customers include ~8,000 of the world’s logistics companies across 130 countries, including 34 of the top 50 global third party logistics providers and 24 of the 25 largest global freight forwarders worldwide[[1]] . Our flagship product, CargoWise One, forms an integral link in the global supply chain and executes over 54 billion data transactions annually. At WiseTech, we are relentless about innovation, adding more than 3,000 product enhancements to our global platform in the past five years while bringing meaningful continual improvement to the world’s supply chains. Our breakthrough software solutions are renowned for their powerful productivity, extensive functionality, comprehensive integration, deep compliance capabilities, and truly global reach.

For more information about WiseTech Global or CargoWise One, please visit wisetechglobal.com

Contact information

INVESTOR RELATIONS

Gail Williamson - Chief Growth Officer + 61 2 8001 2200 [email protected]

MEDIA

Piers Shervington + 61 2 8001 2200 [email protected]

[1] Armstrong & Associates: Top 50 Global Third Party Logistics Providers List, ranked by 2017 logistics gross revenue/turnover. Armstrong & Associates: Top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List, ranked by 2017 logistics gross revenue/turnover and freight forwarding volumes.

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