Company Profile - The Board

The Manaccom board consists of Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director Mr Mike Veverka, Non-Executive Chairman Mr David Barwick and Executive Deputy Chairman Mr Ian Mackay. Mr Bill Lyne is the Company Secretary. This economical board reduces the cash strain on the growing company and ensures decisions are made quickly and commercially.

The Manaccom Board: Mr Ian Mackay (left), Mr David Barwick (center), and Mr Mike Veverka (right).

David Barwick
(Chairman)

David Barwick is an accountant by profession with over 36 years experience in the management and administration of publicly listed companies both in Australia and North America. During this period David has held the position of Chairman, Managing Director or President of over 26 public companies covering a broad range of activities. He is also Chairman of Metallica Minerals Limited (ASX) and Chairman,President &CEO of Macarthur Minerals Limited (TSX-V)

Ian Mackay
(Executive Deputy Chairman)

Ian Mackay left public accounting practice in 1976 to pioneer the use of computers by the profession. In 1986 he established Manaccom to provide software for the booming PC market. Since that time he has established strong relationships with large international software vendors such as Trend Micro as well as large retail outlets such as Harvey Norman, The Coles Group, Dick Smith and JB Hi-Fi.

Ian is a past National President of AIMIA (Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association), was a board member of QANTM (Government funded Co-operative Multimedia Centre) and chaired the Queensland Government IIB (Information Industries Board) panel to review the computer games industry in Queensland.

Ian is also the Treasurer of Variety Queensland - the children's charity.

Mike Veverka
(Founder, CEO and Executive Director)

Mike Veverka has been Chief Executive Officer and a director of Manaccom Corporation Limited since the restructuring of the Company in September 1999. Mike was instrumental in the development of the e-commerce software that is the foundation to the various Manaccom operations. He was the original founder of Benon Technologies in 1995 when development of the software began. Mike also established a leading Internet Service Provider in Queensland which operated successfully for 3 years before being sold.

Mike is regarded as a pioneer in the Australian Internet Industry with many successful Internet endeavours to his name. Mike graduated with an honours degree in engineering in 1987.

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Bill Lyne
(Company Secretary)

Bill Lyne is the principal of Australian Company Secretary Service providing specialist company secretarial, corporate compliance and governance services to stock exchange listed and other public company clients in a wide range of industries.

Prior to establishing his business some 10 years ago, Bill was Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of a listed building society for several years, having previously spent many years in credit and lending positions in merchant banking.

Bill holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economics from the University of NSW, is a Chartered Accountant and is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (UK) and Chartered Secretaries Australia. He is active in CSA's "Public Company Secretaries' Discussion Group" and has lectured at CSA and Institute of Chartered Accountants' courses in company secretarial practice.

His other professional association memberships include being a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Life Member and Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

Bill has developed a website www.companysecretary.com.au which provides background and assistance material for company secretaries, based on his practical experiences and knowledge gained over many years.