Company Overview

Provision of data sourcing, data annotation, and model evaluation, to enable organisations to launch the artificial intelligence systems.

Directors and Management

Mr Mark Ronald Brayan

Chief Executive Officer,Managing Director 13/07/2015

Mr Brayan is responsible for the company's leadership, strategy and culture. He has over thirty years' experience in technology and services. Prior to joining Appen, Mark was CEO of MST Global. Before that, he was the CEO of Integrated Research Limited (ASX:IRI). Mark was also COO of the HR outsourcing company Talent2 (ASX:TWO) and CEO of Concept Systems (ASX:CSI) before its merger with Talent2.

MBA, BSurv (Hons) Male

Mr Richard John Freudenstein

Non-Executive Director,Chairman-elect 12/08/2021

Mr Freudenstein is an experienced director and Chairman of public companies and has experience in governance. Mr Freudenstein is a Director of Coles Group Limited, REA Group Ltd and Cricket Australia. Previously, he was Chairman of REA Group Ltd and a director of Ten Network Holdings Ltd, Foxtel and Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad. He has held the roles of Chief Executive Officer at Foxtel, News Digital Media and The Australian, and was Chief Operating Officer at British Sky Broadcasting. He is currently Deputy Chancellor of The University of Sydney and is a member of the Advisory Board of Afiniti, a US-based data and software company.

BEco, LLB (Hons) Male

Ms Robin Jane Low

Non-Executive Director 30/10/2014

Ms Low has finance, risk and business experience from her 28 year career at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she was a partner specialising in assurance and risk. Robin is a past Deputy Chairman of the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. She is Chair of Risk Management Committee.

BCom, CA,GAICD, FCA Female

Ms Deena Robyn Shiff

Non-Executive Director 15/05/2015

Ms Shiff has business career covering senior roles in corporate positions and the legal profession. She was the founding CEO of Telstra's corporate venture capital arm, Telstra Ventures, and Group Managing Director, Telstra Business. Previously, Deena was a partner in Mallesons Stephen Jaques. She is currently Chair of the Advisory Board for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decisions and Society, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Australian Centre for China in the World, Chair of the Australian Broadband Advisory Council, and a Director of Infrastructure Australia. She is Director of Citadel Group (18 September 2014-31 January 2018), Chair of Marley Spoon AG (5 June 2018-present), Pro Medicus (1 August 2020-present). She is Member of Risk Management Committee.

BSC (Eco-Hons), BA (Law-Hons), FAICD, MAICD Solicitor Female

Mr Christopher Charles Vonwiller

Non-Executive Chairman,Non-Executive Director 14/08/2009

Mr Vonwiller served for 20 years in senior executive positions with the Australian telecommunications carrier Telstra Corporation Limited, playing a role in the development and deployment of innovative internet services, multimedia, and pay television. Chris is a former Chairman of the Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering at The University of Sydney. He is Member of Risk Management Committee.

BSc (Hons), BE (Hons), MBA, FAATSE, FIE (Aust.) Male

Mr Stephen John Hasker

Non-Executive Director 07/04/2015

Mr Hasker is currently President and CEO of Thomson Reuters, based in Toronto, Canada. Most recently, Steve was a Senior Advisor to TPG Capital and CEO of Creative Artists Agency Global, based in Los Angeles, where he oversaw CAA's commercial activities. Previously, Steve was Global President and COO of Nielsen, based in New York, responsible for Nielsen's commercial and product activities across all of its media and consumer businesses. Prior to joining Nielsen in 2009, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company's Global Media, Entertainment and Information practice in New York. Before joining McKinsey, Steve spent five years in several financial roles in the U.S., Russia and Australia.

BCom, MBA, MIA, ACAA Male

Ms Vanessa Liu

Non-Executive Director 27/03/2020

Ms Liu has understanding of emerging technology trends and enterprise uptake of artificial intelligence, especially in the US market. She is the Vice President of SAP.iO. Before SAP, Vanessa was the Chief Operating Officer at Trigger Media Group. Previously, Vanessa was an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company's Media and Entertainment Practice, based in Amsterdam, London and New York. She was responsible for serving clients in a variety of media and tech sectors on issues of digital strategy, emerging market strategy, growth and innovation.

AB (Magna Cum Laude, Behavioral neuroscience),JD ( Female

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