Company Overview

Provision of professional technical services, primarily in the areas of testing, measurement and inspection supporting environmental monitoring, food and pharmaceutical quality assurance, mining and mineral exploration, commodity certification, equipment maintenance and asset care operations.

Directors and Management

Mr Bruce John Phillips

Non-Executive Director,Non-Executive Chairman 01/08/2015

Mr Phillips have more than 35 years of technical, financial and managerial experience in the energy sector. He was previously Chairman of Platinum Capital Limited (October 2009 - June 2015) and a Non-Executive Director of AGL Energy Limited (August 2007 - September 2016) and Sunshine Gas Limited. In January 2019 Bruce was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Karoon Energy Limited. He is a member of the People Committee.

BSc (Geology, Hons), PESA, ASEG Explorationist, Geophysicist Male

Dr John Francis Mulcahy

Non-Executive Director 01/02/2012

Dr Mulcahy is Chairman of Mirvac Group Limited (appointed November 2009 and Chair September 2013) and Orix Australia Corporation Limited, an unlisted public company (appointed March 2016), and Deputy Chairman of GWA Group Limited (appointed November 2010). He is also a current Non-Executive Director of various Zurich Australia Insurance subsidiaries. John was previously a director and Chairman of Coffey International Limited (September 2009 - January 2016). He is a former Guardian of the Future Fund of Australia and former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Suncorp-Metway Limited. Prior to Suncorp, John held a number of senior executive roles at the Commonwealth Bank and Lend Lease Corporation. He is a member of the People Committee and Risk Committee.

PhD(CivilEngg), BE(Civil Eng-Hons), FIEAust, MAICD Civil Engineer, Banker Male

Mr Charlie Sartain

Non-Executive Director 01/02/2015

Mr Sartain spent more than 30 years with MIM Holdings and then Xstrata plc after it acquired MIM. He led Xstrata's global copper business as Chief Executive of Xstrata Copper for nine years from 2004 and prior to that held senior executive positions with the company in Latin America and Australia. Charlie is currently a Non-Executive Director of OZ Minerals Limited, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland, and Chairman of the Board of Wesley Medical Research Ltd. His previous roles included Chairman of the International Copper Association, a Member of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Council on Australian Latin American Relations and a Director of Xstrata Schweiz Limited. He also served as a Non-Executive Director of Austin Engineering Limited, Goldcorp Inc., Newmont Corporation and as a two-term Member of the Senate of the University of Queensland. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering by the University of Queensland in 2019. He is Chairman of the Sustainability and Innovation Committee and Risk Committee.

BE (Hons - Mining), FAusIMM, FATSE Mining Engineer Male

Ms Tonianne Dwyer

Non-Executive Director 01/07/2021

Ms Dwyer has experience as a company director and executive working in finance, corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions across a variety of sectors and international markets. She is an internationally experienced independent company director, having had a 25-year executive career in investment banking during which she held roles with Hambros Bank Limited and Societe General in the UK and Europe. She is Deputy Chancellor of the Senate of the University of Queensland and is on the Board of the Sir John Monash Foundation and Chief Executive Women. She is Chair of the People Committee and a member of the Sustainability and Innovation Committee.

BJuris (Hons), LLB (Hons), GAICD,MWCD Lawyer Female

Ms Leslie A Desjardins

Non-Executive Director 21/11/2019

Ms Desjardins has a background as a CFO and senior financial and governance professional in a range of large multinational and global businesses. She has commercial and financial governance expertise with large multinational public companies in North America, Canada and Australia each with extensive global operations. Her areas of expertise include CFO level executive and financial strategic leadership, M&A, corporate finance and treasury, governance, financial and tax compliance and enterprise risk management. Ms Desjardins is currently a Director, Audit Committee Chair, CSR/Risk Committee member with Ansell Limited and Director and Audit Committee Chair with Terry Fox Foundation, Canada. Previously, she served as a Board Director and Audit Committee member with AptarGroup. During her executive career, Ms Desjardins served as Executive VP and CFO at Amcor Limited, a global leader in packaging of food, beverage, pharmaceutical and tobacco products. Prior to Amcor Ltd, Ms Desjardins served in financial and corporate strategic positions with General Motors Corporation, including Chief Financial Officer GM Holden Australia, Controller GM North America, Executive Director Manufacturing Finance and Director GM North America Strategy and Planning. Ms Desjardins holds a Master of Science, Business with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan and a Bachelor of Industrial Administration, Finance with Kettering University. She is the Chair of the Risk Committee.

B(IndusAdmin,Fin),MSc(Mgmt) Female

Mr Raj Naran

Chief Executive Officer,Managing Director 27/02/2017

Mr Naran founded e-Lab Analytical Inc which operated an environmental analytical testing business in Texas and Michigan until it was acquired by the Group in 2007. He was appointed to lead ALS USA Environmental business at that time and grew his role over the subsequent years to lead the global Life Sciences Division until his appointment to CEO in 2017. In December 2018 Raj was appointed as a Non-Executive Director to Redeye Apps Limited.

BSc(Major-Chem), BA(Major-Maths), MgmtTrain Male

Dr Siddhartha Kadia

Non-Executive Director 15/01/2019

Dr Kadia was formerly President and CEO of EAG Laboratories, a global scientific testing company headquartered in San Diego. He has also been a Director of USA-listed companies Newport Corporation (NSDQ: NEWP) and Volcano Corporation (NSDQ: VOLC). He is currently a Non-Executive Director of BioSkryb Inc, Nuvasive, Inc (appointed February 2021) and other US-based companies including Isoplexis, ATS (Applied Technical Services), Overseers. Prior to EAG, Siddhartha served as President of the Life Sciences Division at Life Technologies Corporation (NSDQ: LIFE), a publicly traded Life Sciences tools company. Siddhartha was also a management consultant at McKinsey & Company where his work focused on various life sciences and healthcare related engagements. Siddhartha has lived and worked in the US, Japan, China and India and has more than 20 years of international experience as a company director, executive and technical leader in the Life Sciences and TIC (testing, inspection and certification) sectors. He is a member of the Sustainability and Innovation Committee and the People Committee.

PhD(Biomedical Engg), MS(Biomedical Engg), BE(Ele Male

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