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Update on Board Composition

Director Departure15 August 2018AFIFinancials

15 August 2018



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Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited (the “Company”)

Update on Board Composition


Mr Terry Campbell, the Chairman of the Company has advised that he will not seek

re-election at the 2018 Annual General Meeting and will retire at the conclusion of the

meeting to be held on 9 October 2018.


Mr Campbell has been a Director since 1984, Deputy Chairman since October 2008

and Chairman since October 2013. The Board wishes to record its deep thanks to Mr

Campbell for his invaluable contribution to the Board deliberations over the last 34

years. His very broad industry experience at the highest levels of the Australian

corporate world has been of outstanding value to the Board, executives and

shareholders of Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited.


The Board has elected Mr John Paterson as the Chairman with effect from the

conclusion of the Annual General Meeting on 9 October 2018. Mr Paterson has been

a Director of the Company since 2005 and prior to that served as an Alternate Director

for Mr Campbell from April 1987 to June 2005. He is Chairman of Djerriwarrh

Investments Limited. He was formerly a Director of Goldman Sachs JBWere and is a

former member of the Board of Guardians of Australia's Future Fund.


Please direct any enquiries to:


Mark Freeman

Managing Director

(03) 9225 2122


Geoff Driver

General Manager

(03) 9225 2102

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