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	Mr Barry Walker Mr Barry Walker OAM was elected to the board of Graziers’ Investment Company Limited in November 2004 and elected as Chairman in March 2006. He is Chairman of GIC Holdings Pty Ltd and Andar Holdings Limited. Mr Walker was also Chairman of The Woolmark Company Pty Ltd until its sale on 5 October 2007. Mr Walker is a director of the wool broking business Australian Wool Network Pty Ltd. He is a partner in a family grazier business running 15,000 merinos. He was a director of the Australian Wool Testing Authority until 2001, a board member of the Australian Wool Research and Promotion Organisation and a director of The Woolmark Company Pty Ltd from 1995 to 1998. Mr Walker is a former Wool Council of Australia member representative and has held positions on the NSW Farmers Wool Committee and as a General Councillor. He has held numerous agricultural, community and local government positions including Past President of the Australian Superfine Wool Growers' Association and Executive Committee member. On 8 June 2009 Mr Walker was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his service to the wool industry as a producer, and to the community of the Yass district.
	Mr John Patten Mr John Patten is a director of GIC Holdings Pty Ltd, Andar Holdings Limited and a number of privately owned trading companies. He was a director of several public companies and government commercial entities. Mr Patten is a former Partner of Price Waterhouse and Managing Director of Independent Holdings Limited. Mr Patten was formerly a director of The Woolmark Company Pty Ltd.
	Mr Philip Attard Mr Philip Attard is a Sydney-based businessman who also owns and operates a superfine and ultrafine merino enterprise, Gostwyck, in the New England tablelands. Mr Attard has spent 34 years building successful and profitable businesses in the Information Technology world holding senior executive roles in sales, marketing, strategic planning and general management. He has worked with European, American and Australian companies in Australia and Asia. Mr Attard is now focusing his attention on the family businesses and has spent much of the past 5 years successfully developing grazing systems, pastures and merino quality. He is a director of GIC Holdings Pty Ltd, Andar Holdings Limited and Chairman of the Sheep Genetics Advisory Council and was formerly a director of The Woolmark Company Pty Ltd.
	Ms Robbie Sefton Ms Robbie Sefton is a New South Wales woolgrower and communications expert. Ms Sefton and her husband, Alistair Yencken, own and operate wool, meat and grains properties. She is also the founder and principal of a national public relations and marketing consultancy, Sefton & Associates, based in Tamworth and an Advisory Group Member of Observant Pty Ltd and an Advisory Member at USQ (University of Southern Queensland - Public Relations Discipline). Ms Sefton was the 2002 RIRDC NSW Rural Woman of the Year, is a graduate of the prestigious Australian Rural Leadership program and the AICD Company Director's Course. She currently sits on the NSW Australia Day Council, is a Board member of the National Australia Day Council. Robbie's past board and advisory council appointments have included being a member of the Regional Women's Advisory Council (which reported directly to the Deputy Prime Minister). Ms Sefton was a director of the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation Board. She was also a former Board Member of Australian Wool Services Limited (now known as Graziers' Investment Company Limited) and The Woolmark Company Pty Limited until she retired at the company's Annual General Meeting in November 2007.

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