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Mr Wilks became Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer of Sonic Healthcare in 1993. He has a background in chartered accounting and investment banking and was previously a partner in a private investment bank. Mr Wilks has held directorships in a number of public companies and is currently a Nonexecutive Director of Silex Systems Limited (since 1988), a listed company divested by Sonic in 1996.

Dr Goldschmidt is the CEO and Managing Director of Sonic Healthcare. He is a medical doctor who then undertook specialist pathology training in Sydney, before gaining his qualification as a specialist pathologist in 1986. Dr Goldschmidt became CEO of Sonic in 1993 and has led Sonic's global expansion by committing the Company to a model of Medical Leadership, which incorporates operational and cultural attributes. He is a member of Sonic's Risk Management Committee and holds memberships with range of industry, medical and laboratory associations.

Prof Compton has senior executive experience in healthcare services. His previous experience includes Chief Executive Officer of each of St Luke's Care, Immune Systems Therapeutics Limited and the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. He was also Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the formerly ASX-listed companies SciGen Limited and Alpha Healthcare Limited. Prof. Compton has also held a number of non-executive director roles, including for formerly ASX-listed Independent Practitioner Network Limited, Chairman of the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, nonexecutive Director of Macquarie University Hospital and Chairman and Chancellor of St John Ambulance Australia (having served as a volunteer for more than 45 years). In recognition of his work in the healthcare sector and his service to the community, he was awarded the Centenary Medal of the Commonwealth of Australia, appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as a Knight in the Order of St John in 2004 and as Bailiff Grand Cross in 2017.

Mr Mitchell is a non-executive Director of QBiotics (from November 2017), an unlisted public company, and a Member of the Australian Board of Taxation. He has also previously performed roles with a number of industry and government committees, including Chairman of the Group of 100 (Australia's peak body for senior finance executives), and Chairman, Standing Committee (Accounting and Auditing), for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). He is a member of the Risk Management committee.

Mr Panaccio is a Chartered Accountant with executive management experience in business and healthcare services. He is also a non-executive Director of Unison Housing Limited, Invictus Biopharma Limited and NeuralDx Limited. Mr Panaccio was the Chief Executive Officer and executive Director of Melbourne Pathology (acquired by Sonic in 1999) for 10 years to 2001, the Chief Executive Officer of Monash IVF until 2009 and the executive Chairman of Health Networks Australia until 2017. He is a member of the Risk Management committee.

Professor Crowe has more than 30 years of experience as a clinical researcher. She was an part of Burnet's development as a HIV research organisation and held many leadership roles including Program Director, Healthy Ageing and Head of the Centre for Virology. She retired as Principal Specialist in Infectious Diseases at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne in 2019 after 35 years of service. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2011 in recognition of her services to medical research in HIV/AIDS medicine and infectious diseases as an academic, clinician and researcher, and to professional associations.

Prof Bennett has over 40 years of healthcare industry experience across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Her roles have involved providing clinical care, strategic planning, and senior operational management. She has an active commitment to and involvement in medical professional issues, social policy and medical research. She is an experienced non-executive director in publicly listed, private and social enterprises. She is currently a non-executive director of ASX-listed Regis Healthcare (since March 2018), and an outgoing non-executive director of Telstra Health Pty Ltd. In December 2021, Professor Bennett retired from The University of Notre Dame Australia where she was Deputy Vice Chancellor, Enterprise & Partnerships (in 2020 and 2021) and Dean, School of Medicine, Sydney for over ten years. Her professional experience has included being Group Executive and Chief Medical Officer for MBF and the Bupa Health and Care services, CEO and later Chair of Research Australia, Managing Director of Total Health Enterprise Ltd, Partner in Health and Life Sciences for KPMG Australia, CEO of Westmead Hospital and Community Health Services, General Manager for the Royal Hospital for Women and Head of Planning in NSW Health.

Ms Spargo has gained business experience as both a legal advisor, having worked in private practice and government, and as a director. Ms Spargo has been a director of both listed and unlisted companies over the last 20 years and her current directorships include the ASX-listed companies CIMIC Group Limited (from September 2017), Adairs Limited (from May 2015) and Sigma Healthcare Limited (from December 2015). She is also a non-executive Director of CoInvest Limited, the Future Fuels Cooperative Research Centre, and Geelong Football Club Limited. Ms Spargo was previously a non-executive Director of Fletcher Building Limited (March 2012 to September 2017), UGL Limited (October 2010 to January 2017) and Xenith IP Group Limited (from April 2017 until 15 August 2019).

Dr Giles after initially practicing as a medical doctor, Dr Giles moved to commercial pursuits which combined science, medicine and health. Dr Giles is currently Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of OncoRes Medical (since 2017), which specialises in biomedical innovation. Dr Giles is also a Venture Partner at Brandon Capital Partners (since 2012), a venture capital firm dedicated to developing and supporting Australian life sciences businesses. She was previously an Investment Manager with Stone Ridge Ventures, a fund manager specialising in seed-to-early-stage technology investment. Dr Giles has start-up experience in medical apps, diagnostics and fitness devices and has served on the boards of private healthcare-related technology companies. She is a member of the Curtin University Commercialisation Advisory Board.

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