(Non-executive Independent Chair; member of Audit, Compliance and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration and Nominations Committee) BSc, GAICD

Mr Watson became Chair of Pinnacle in 2016.

During his executive career, Mr Watson worked in investment banking, accumulating over 30 years of experience within various global equity markets. During this period, he was responsible for starting and leading a number of securities businesses both in Europe and Asia, advising many companies on capital structuring, initial public offerings, takeovers and mergers and investment relations strategies. Mr Watson held positions as Managing Director at Barclays de Zoete Wedd Limited, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and as Head of Securities Europe for Macquarie Capital (Europe) Ltd.

Subsequent to this, he has been an independent director of various public companies, both in Australia and North America. In addition to Pinnacle, currently Mr Watson is also an independent director of Airboss of America, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and an independent non-executive director of Australis Oil and Gas, listed on the ASX.

(Founder & Managing Director) CFA, B Com, MFM, Dip FinSer (FP), FCPA, FAICD

Mr Macoun was appointed Managing Director of the Company on 17 August 2016 and an Executive Director on 25 August 2016, having been the Managing Director and Chair of PIML since 2006. Mr Macoun’s career to date has included more than 30 years as the CEO and chief investment officer of investment management firms, including the establishment of Australia's first "multi-boutique" funds management firm (Perennial Investment Partners – founding Managing Director from 1998), building a major new investment corporation (Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) - inaugural Chief Executive from 1988), and the management of a major Australian bank's investment operation (Westpac Investment Management; Managing Director from 1993).

Mr Macoun’s early experience, in more than 10 years at Queensland Treasury, included extensive involvement with many major Australian and International financial market participants, and the Queensland Government’s commercial participation in many major industrial development projects during the late 1970s and the 1980s. He was a First Assistant Under Treasurer when he moved to build and lead QIC.

Mr Macoun is also a director of the following Pinnacle Affiliates: Aikya, Antipodes, Coolabah, Firetrail Hyperion, Langdon, Life Cycle, Metrics, Palisade, Plato, Resolution Capital and Solaris.

(Non-executive Independent Director, Chair of Remuneration and Nominations Committee and member of the Audit, Compliance and Risk Management Committee) B Comm, Grad Dip App Fin, MBA

Ms Beale began her working career in the finance industry where she was employed by Merrill Lynch for over a decade. She then moved to Ernst & Young where she specialised in risk management, governance and public and government relations. Ms Beale also served and continues to serve on a number of government, public, private and not-for-profit boards. Her broad experience includes the areas of finance, corporate governance, risk management, government and public relations.

Ms Beale is also the Chair of the Melbourne Convention Bureau and a director of Visit Victoria.

(Executive Director) MSc, B Arts (Hons), Grad Dip App Fin

Mr Chambers was appointed Executive Director of the Company on 1 September 2016 and is Head of Institutional and International Distribution. He has been a senior executive with PIML since he commenced with the firm in March 2008.

Mr Chambers has extensive multi-channel (retail, wholesale and institutional) and multi-jurisdictional distribution experience and is currently responsible for leading the firm’s institutional and international distribution divisions. Prior to joining Pinnacle, Mr Chambers worked for Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s largest, multi-affiliate investment management firms.

Mr Chambers is also a director of the following Pinnacle Affiliates: Five V, Life Cycle, Metrics, Plato and Riparian.

(Non-executive Independent Director, member of Audit, Compliance and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration and Nominations Committee) BA (Hons) LLB (Hons)

Christa specialises in employment and workplace law, with a practice that spans both the public and private sectors. She has 20 years' experience in advising and representing clients on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, including discrimination law, industrial disputation, enterprise bargaining, day to day employment law advisory, managing psychosocial welfare and organisational change, workplace investigations and alternative dispute resolution.

Christa is a trusted advisor to many government agencies and works with clients across a range of industries, including banking and financial services, health and aged care, maritime and logistics, technology and the amusement industry.