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  PETER ASHLEY MARKS
Chairman of Watermark Global plc

Mr Marks has over 20 years’ experience in corporate finance, capital raisings, venture capital management and securities regulation. For the last 15 years he has specialised in capital raisings (for listed and unlisted companies), underwritings and IPO’s. He has served as an Executive at Lazard Brothers and Co., Ltd in London, as an Associate Director of McIntosh Securities Ltd (now a part of Merrill Lynch Australia) and as Director of Corporate Finance at Barings Securities (Australia) and Burdett Buckeridge & Young (BBY) in the Melbourne office. He has served as the Head of the Companies Division at the Australian Stock Exchange (Melbourne Branch) and Director of Equity Capital Markets Group at KPMG Corporate Finance (Australia). Since early 2001, he has held the position of Executive Director of Peregrine Corporate Ltd, a Melbourne based boutique investment house and major shareholder in MicroFuze International plc.

Mr Marks is responsible, as Chairman, for the overall governance of Watermark Global plc and contributes significantly to the identification and evaluation of new technology opportunities. Mr Marks ensures full and timely reporting of company affairs, and through the Company Secretary, the compliance of Watermark Global plc to requirements in all jurisdictions.
  HARTLEY DIKGALE
Non-executive Director

Mr Hartley Dikgale LL.M as a non-executive director of the Company, and was appointed to the Board on 18th August 2011.

Mr Dikgale (51) is a South African lawyer and is currently General Counsel of Rand Uranium (Pty) Ltd. to whom he advises on corporate development, project permitting and management of water resources, including the challenges of Acid Mine Drainage (AMD). Mr Dikgale sits on their Audit and Risk, as well as Investment Committees.

After lecturing in law at Vista University in Pretoria, Mr Dikgale joined Old Mutual as legal adviser and then moved in 1997 to the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa as Senior Manager in their Legal Affairs Department for 4 years. In 2001, Mr Dikgale moved to Rand Water Board as Manager of their Legal Department before joining Pamodzi Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd. as an Executive Director. Mr Dikgale joined his current firm, Rand Uranium, in April 2010 and has 18 years of experience in corporate life, with particular emphasis on negotiations, development of business opportunities, and managing both government and regulatory bodies. He is a member of the Black Lawyers’ Association and the Black Management Forum.

Mr Dikgale is or has been a director of the following companies in the last five years: Pamodzi Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd., Pamodzi Resources (Pty) Ltd., Inyosi Coal (Pty) Ltd., Cross Border Road Transport Agency, Pamodzi Coal (Pty) Ltd.
  BERTIE STEYTLER
Chief Operating Officer

Mr Steytler is a qualified Engineer in South Africa and holds a B Com degree in Quantitative Management and Business Economics. Mr Steytler has in excess of twenty years experience in the field of Water and Utility management . He has held a number of positions at Sasol and, for the past 5 years, he has acted as an independent consultant to a number of large water and chemical process plant operations.
 
 
 
COMMITTEES
Audit Committee

Peter Marks, Chairman, Watermark Global plc
Adam Gunn, Non-Executive Director, Watermark Global plc
Remuneration Committee

Peter Marks, Chairman, Watermark Global plc
Adam Gunn, Non-Executive Director, Watermark Global plc
Nomination Committee

Peter Marks, Chairman, Watermark Global plc
 
 
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