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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bruce Spangler
INDEPENDENT CHAIRMAN
Bruce Spangler, a director appointed in February 2010, is a chartered accountant who moved from the role of senior partner and chair of a significant chartered accounting firm to undertaking non executive directorship roles. He has had experience in chairing local, national and international groups and has spent 35 years providing financial and commercial advice to and working with a large number of SMEs in many industries. Bruce is a member of the Audit Committee and a director of a number of companies managed by FABAL. Bruce was appointed Chairman of FABAL Group in 2017.
Amal Wahab
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Amal Wahab is an experienced investment banker specializing in investing in Private and unlisted Public companies. He was Deputy Chief Investment Officer and Head of Investments at the Oman Investment Fund, the Sovereign Wealth Fund of the Sultanate of Oman. In that role he was also on the Board of Directors and Board Sub Committees of Private and Public companies in Australia and overseas.
Jane Caire
NON-INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Jane Caire has more than 35 years of experience in multi-national financial services companies and corporate legal practice. She has been working in the Asia Pacific financial services sector since 1993, and brings a broad range of expertise in building and upgrading businesses, corporate development to support business growth, and strong corporate governance. Her most recent executive role was as Chief Administrative Officer and Regional Head of Strategy & Corporate Development for BNY Mellon Investment Management APAC.
Dimitrios Georgiadis
DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Dimitrios Georgiadis, a director from incorporation to 1990 and since 1995, and was an associate of Georgiadis Lawyers Pty Ltd with more than 40 years' experience in the fields of wine, commercial, securities and property law. Dim has been a member of the Law Society of South Australia since 1984, and a member of the Society's Commercial Law and Property Law Committees. He is a director of several wine, property and investment companies and eight public companies.
George Havakis
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
George Havakis joined the board of Marandoo Estate Limited (MEL) in September 2019 and following FABAL's successful acquisition of MEL, joined the new board of FABAL in June 2022. George's expertise is in the Geospatial Industry, working as consultant/advisor to government and business and acting on national and state boards. George also has significant experience in the development of standards in business processes and managing stakeholder committees.
Chris Flaherty
INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Chris Flaherty has served on the FABAL Wines Board since 2017 and has joined the FABAL Board following the successful acquisition of Marandoo Estate Limited (MEL) and National Vineyard Fund of Australia Limited (NVFAL) in June 2022. Chris has had a distinguished career in the liquor industry in senior leadership roles for both wine and spirits, including Treasury Wine Estates, Diageo and Oakridge Wines. Chris' expertise lies in understanding the consumer and growing sales and brands.
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