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The Board of ASX Limited (ASX) announces the appointment of Ms Melinda Conrad as a non- executive director effective from 1 August 2016.
Ms Conrad will stand for election at ASX’s Annual General Meeting on 28 September 2016. Her appointment continues ASX’s Board renewal program.
ASX Chairman, Mr Rick Holliday-Smith, welcomed the appointment: “I am delighted that Melinda has agreed to join the ASX Board. She brings skills and insights as an executive and director from a range of industries, including the retail sector, financial services and healthcare. Her business strategy and marketing expertise will be particularly valuable to the ASX Board as we deepen our stakeholder engagement and develop future opportunities.”
Ms Conrad is currently a non-executive director of OzForex Group Limited and the Reject Shop Limited, and has previously been on the boards of David Jones Limited and APN News & Media Limited. Ms Conrad is also a director of the Centre of Independent Studies and the George Institute for Global Health. She has been a strategy and marketing advisor, an executive with Colgate- Palmolive, and founded and managed a retail business. Ms Conrad is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
