30 April 2013
ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
Senetas Corporation announces appointment of Lieutenant General K.J Gillespie AC DSC CSM (retd) as a director.
The chairman and board of Senetas Corporation Limited (ASX: Senetas) are pleased to announce the appointment of Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie to the board of the company, effective today.
Ken Gillespie retired from the Army in June 2011 after a distinguished 43 year career. Ken had an outstanding career recognised by his appointment as Vice Chief of the Defence Force/Chief of Joint Operations and Chief of Army. He has had considerable overseas experience and developed a strong network of contacts in the defence, security and diplomatic fields.
He demonstrated very high order strategic planning, engagement and implementation skills and excelled in many demanding high-command appointments.
Ken was advanced to Companion in the Military Division of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2011 Honours List. He was previously advanced to Officer of the Order of Australia for his service as Commander Australian Contingent, Operation Slipper, having been a Member of the Order for his service as Commander ASTJIC. Significantly, he was also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his command and leadership in East Timor in 2000/2001 and the Conspicuous Service Medal for his work in Namibia in 1989/90.
As Lieutenant General, Ken was awarded the Legion of Merit (Commander) from the United States of America in 2009. In 2010, the Republic of Singapore awarded him the Meritorious Service Medal (Military - Pingat Jasa Gemilang).
Ken also brings to the Senetas board substantial commercial experience. He is currently the part-time Defence Adviser to the New South Wales Government; a Director of the boards of Australian Aerospace Limited, Indoor Skydive Australia Group (Chairman), the White Ribbon Australia (Chairman), and the Australian Drugs Foundation.
Ken also makes significant social contributions through his support of ex-service organisations; as an ambassador for national bowel and prostate cancer organisations and “Soldier On” - a charity supporting wounded soldiers.
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Mr Galbally confirmed that the board recognised the ASX’s Corporate Governance Council’s ‘Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations’ relating to board composition and the importance of independent directors, and advised that it will be further looking to increase the number of independent directors on the board.
About Senetas Corporation Limited
Senetas is an Australian listed public company (ASX: SEN), specialising in high-speed data network encryption, protecting data in motion whilst maximising network performance.
Senetas products are the world’s only triple-certified encryptors of their type (Common Criteria (Australia and international), FIPS (US) and CAPS (UK) for government and defence use) and protect much of the world’s most sensitive data.
Senetas secures: government information and secrets; defence and military information; commercially sensitive intellectual property, business and financial data; banking transactions; datacentre and Cloud computing traffic; high volume CCTV networks; and critical industrial and infrastructure control systems.
Senetas uniquely designs, develops and manufactures in Australia. Senetas encryptors have market-leading performance characteristics and are trusted to protect data in motion in more than 25 countries. These customers include highly sensitive organisations such as the US defence forces and Swiss banks.
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