Bill Lyne

Bill Lyne "has a wealth of experience in the role of Company Secretary of public companies ranging from stock exchange listed to 'not-for-profit' charities and 'no liability' mining companies.

"For the last five years he has operated his own business Australian Company Secretary Service providing specialist company secretarial and corporate compliance services to various clients in a wide range of industries. His current public company secretary appointments include ASX-listed Eastern Corporation Limited, Maxe-tec Australia Limited & SMC Gold Limited, disclosing entity Shortcuts Software Limited , pooled development fund Mercury PDF Limited , responsible entity Opus Capital Limited and UK-registered Indian Minerals Corporation PLC.

"Prior to becoming a contractor Bill was Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of First Australian Building Society for several years. He joined the society at the time of the public float, having previously spent many years in credit and lending positions in merchant banking in Sydney.

"Bill holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economics from the University of NSW, is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA). He is a member of CSA's Queensland State Council , is active in the "Public Company Secretaries' Discussion Group" and lectures for CSA and the 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, an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia and a Life Member and Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Banking + Finance where he was for some years on the Queensland State Executive Committee."


 * Director, First Australians Business