Mark Guy Dioguardi

Mark holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Electronic and Electrical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Melbourne Business School from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Mark has more than 29 years of experience in the telecommunications sector with a focus on technology, engineering, construction, and operations. He spent the first 11 years of his career at Telstra Corporation Limited (“Telstra”), Australia, the majority in the cellular wireless division, including a 1-year secondment to BTCellnet in the United Kingdom in 2000.

In 2002, Mark joined Maxis Berhad (“Maxis”) as General Manager of Radio Planning until 2005 when he returned to Australia to complete an MBA and run his own Information Communication Technology consultancy. In 2009, Mark expatriated a second time to Maxis as their Chief Technical Officer and in 2011, he took the role of joint Chief Operating Officer adding the portfolios of Information Technology, Enterprise Business, Consumer Broadband, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) as well as Human Resource.

In 2014, Mark joined iiNet Limited, an Australian Internet Service Provider as their Chief Technology Officer until January 2016. He was also a Board member of the Australian Communication Alliance as well as the Competitive Carriers’ Coalition and also sits on an Advisory Board for a private company, Skand.

In 2018, Mark joined Spirit Telecom Limited, an Australian Securities Exchange-listed provider of high-speed Internet solutions as Chief Operating Officer and in June 2019, he became an Executive Director of Spirit Telecom Limited.

He has no securities holdings in the Company and/or its subsidiaries. He also has no family relationship with any Director and/or major shareholder nor any conflict of interest with the Company.

He has not been convicted of any offence (other than traffic offences) within the past 5 years and has no public sanction and/or penalty imposed by the relevant regulatory bodies during the financial year.