Board of  Directors

Richard Green - Non-Executive Chairman

Richard Green was appointed Chairman of the Group on 27 August 2009. He has spent over 40 years in stock broking and corporate finance, specialising in small to medium enterprises handling listings, mergers and acquisitions.

During the past three years Mr Green has also served as Director of the following other listed companies:

• VentureAxess – Appointed 21 April 2008;
• Dromana Estates – Appointed 18 October 1999; Resigned 1 September 2008;
• Authorised Investment Fund – Appointed 11 March 1998; Resigned 2 September 2008; and
• Queensland Trustees & Investment Limited – Appointed 10 April 1996; Resigned 24 November 2010.

Elwood Ellison - Non-Executive Deputy Chairman

Elwood Ellison was appointed director on 14 June 2002 and brings over 30 years of experience in sales and marketing in high technology companies including Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, Gupta Technologies Inc. and Asymetrix.

At Ashton-Tate, Elwood was responsible for the sales strategies that resulted in revenue growing from less than US$20m to over US$300m in four years. At Microsoft Elwood pioneered the Government business division and is highly regarded throughout the USA for his ability to drive start-ups to NASDAQ.

Andrew Plympton - Non-Executive Director

Andrew Plympton was appointed director on 18 February 2010. An active entrepreneur with extensive experience in the financial services sectors, sports administration and listed companies, including CEO of two global insurance broking firms and successful long term President of the St Kilda Football Club. Currently Andrew is an Executive Member and Director of the Australian Olympic Committee, President of Yachting Australia Inc., and is a non-executive Chairman of 4 other Boards (3 ASX listed companies).

During the past three years Mr Plympton has also served as Director of the following other listed companies:

• Beyond Sportswear International Limited – Appointed March 2005;
• Ad Effective Limited (formally The Swish Group) – Appointed February 2010;
• Intermoco Limited – Appointed April 2010; Resigned April 2011; and
• Entellect – Appointed August 2010

Mark Fishwick - Non-Executive Director

Mark Fishwick was appointed director on 18 February 2010. An out‑of-home (OOH) media veteran with 30 years global experience founding many well known brand names including: Nettlefold/NLD/Boyd (now Eye Corp), Cody (now APNO) and Claude Group.

Currently Mark is the group managing director of Ambient Advertising, Chairman of Blue Media Group, Captive Vision Network and Plasma-OOH Indonesia.

Adrian Ballintine - Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Adrian Ballintine founded NewSat Limited, listing the Company on the ASX in 1999. He has over 30 years of global technology experience with extensive knowledge of the satellite industry.

Adrian has led NewSat’s transformation into Australia’s leading satellite company. In 2005, NewSat acquired the Australian Teleport assets from Dutch based Newskies Satellites in Perth and Adelaide and in February 2011, Adrian was instrumental in NewSat’s acquisition of seven orbital slots, which will serve as a platform for the Company’s Jabiru Satellite Program. NewSat’s Jabiru Satellite Program is the final stage of Adrian’s vision to transform NewSat from a Teleport operator into a global satellite company.

In March 2011, Adrian was announced Teleport Executive of the Year at the 2011 World Teleport Awards in Washington DC, USA. In September 2011, Adrian was also appointed to the Board of Directors for the World Teleport Association, joining an elite group of international Directors.

Prior to NewSat, Adrian was involved in driving a number of US based technology start-ups to NASDAQ including Gupta Technology, 3D Eye, Starwave and Asymetrix where he partnered with Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder.