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Organisation Structure | Board of Directors | Senior Management

Lim Kim Hai
Executive Chairman

Mr. Lim started his career as a Defence Engineer specializing in underwater warfare. After 10 years he left to start his own business. Currently he has a portfolio of investment and business interests in diverse sectors and countries. He is also the Chairman of a biomedical company in Singapore, Lynk Biotechnologies Pte Ltd as well as Chairman of WooWorld Pte Ltd, a supplier of mobile games and content to telecommunication companies in Japan and South East Asia.

Mr. Lim obtained his Masters in Electronics Engineering from the prestigious ‘Grande Ecoles’ engineering colleges in France where he was sent on a French Government scholarship. He later returned to France to complete a Masters of Public Administration at the elite Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris on a Singapore Government scholarship. Mr Lim has also a Masters of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore.

Mr Lim was one of the founding shareholder and director of Rex and was appointed as Executive Chairman in June 2003.

   

The Hon. John Sharp
Deputy Chairman & Independent Director

The Honourable John Sharp, originally from a farming and business background, is an aviator having been a licensed pilot of both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft. Mr. Sharp was a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth Parliament for 14 years (1984 - 1998). Mr. Sharp retired from the House of Representatives in 1998 and established his own high level aviation and transport consulting company, Thenford Consulting. Mr. Sharp is a former Chairman of the Aviation Safety Foundation of Australia, a director of Australian Aerospace, a wholly- owned subsidiary of European Aeronautics Defence and Space (EADS) representing Airbus (the aircraft manufacturer of ATR, CASA, Eurocopter and Astrium satellites) and a director of Skytraders, an air freight and aerial work operation providing services for Australia's Antarctic Division. He is Chairman of Parsons Brinkerhoff Advisory Board. This is an engineering and design company operating throughout Australia. He is also Chairman of Power and Data Corporation Pty Limited and Chairman of Pel-Air Aviation Pty Limited. Mr. Sharp is a Trustee and Board Member of John McKeown House, Honorary Federal Treasurer, National Party of Australia and recently retired Chairman of Winifred West Schools Foundation. He is a member of the University of Wollongong Vice Chancellor's Advisory Board. Mr. Sharp's extensive experience of aviation, regional air services and as the former Federal Minister for Transport and Regional Development in the Federal Government, adds significantly to the expertise and standing of the Board.

Mr. Sharp was appointed to the board of Rex on 14 April 2005.
   

James Davis
Managing Director

Mr. Davis is a qualified Aeronautical Engineer and worked for four years with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority before obtaining his Air Transport Pilot Licence. Since then he has flown professionally with airlines in Australia and overseas for some 25 years. Upon joining Hazelton Airlines in 1999, he was appointed Flight Operations and Standards Manager and Deputy Chief Pilot for the airline. In 2001, Mr. Davis was promoted to Chief Pilot of Hazelton, and held that position when Hazelton was merged into and began trading as part of Rex in 2002. Mr. Davis became Executive General Manager Operations in 2003, and subsequently Managing Director Operations. Mr. Davis became Chief of Staff in the Chairman's Office in 2007 and was appointed Managing Director in May 2008. Mr. Davis is Chairman of the Australian Airline Pilot Academy Pty Ltd. He also sits on the Aviation Safety Forum, an advisory body to the CEO of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

Mr. Davis was appointed to the board of Rex on 26 August 2004.

   
David Miller
Chief Executive Officer, Air Link Pty Ltd

David Miller commenced flying commercially in 1985 and bought a 50% share of Air Link which was at that time a one aircraft charter business. Between 1985 and 1991 David purchased all the shares of Air Link and commenced RPT services through out Western N.S.W.

Air Link had commercial ties with Hazelton Airlines right through until the Ansett collapse in 2001. David has served as a director of the Regional Aviation Association of Australia since 1992 along with industry leaders Max Hazelton and Don Kendell and held the position of chairman for four years. David is currently vice-chairman of this important industry body.
Air Link continues under David’s management to serve the smaller more remote centres in Western N.S.W.

Mr. Miller was appointed as Executive Director on 26 February 2007.

   

Lee Thian Soo
Non-Executive Director

Mr. Lee has extensive international business experience and currently is the Chairman and owner of several businesses with subsidiaries in South East Asia. These include an aviation components and service company, specialising in military aircraft, as well as a medical equipment supply company, involved in the distribution and marketing of medical equipment and drugs. He is also on the board of a biomedical company and a mobile/internet gaming company.

Mr. Lee was appointed to the board of Rex on 27 June 2003.

   
   

Russell Hodge
Independent Director

Mr. Hodge practiced as a solicitor from 1973 to 1997 and specialised in aviation and commercial law. He retired as senior partner of Owen Hodge & Son Solicitors in 1992. Mr. Hodge, a former CEO of Pel-Air, was an executive director of Pel-Air from November 1994 to March 2008. He currently is a non-executive director of Pel-Air. He was previously a director of the Regional Aviation Association of Australia (RAAA). He has over 30 years experience in aviation regulation, compliance, aircraft financing and the commercial operations of aircraft and airlines.

Mr. Hodge was appointed to the board of Rex on 9 September 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

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