Mr Stephen Cooper (Chairman)

Stephen Cooper joined Avexa as a Non-Executive Director on 18 November 2005. Mr Cooper is a director of Grant Samuel, a leading independent Australasian investment house, where he works with small and large companies to further their development, across a range of industry sectors. Prior to that, he was Senior Manager for KPMG Peat Marwick, Melbourne, in the area of strategic planning and business development.

Mr Cooper holds an Honours Degree in Commerce from the University of Cape Town and is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Aust) and Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).

Mr Cooper was appointed Chairman on 25 March 2008 upon the retirement of Dr Hugh Niall.