Educated up to double master’s degree (MBA & MSc), Graham is a consultative senior executive with 28 yrs experience in business leadership/delivery covering a variety of complex product & support service life cycles. He is an outcome focused, balanced & high achieving leader of single or multi-company/nation lines of business, JV, alliance and partnership agreements who has worked with industry & governments in UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, USA, Canada, Trinidad, Middle East, Australia etc. As such, Graham and his skills are highly adaptable to a variety of industries/situations. Key skills & experiences across a variety of industry sectors are: •Solid record in improving customer’s total cost of asset ownership and asset availability •Proven ability to develop progressive relationships within Government, Defence and Industry parties across different nationalities thus significantly improve Customer & Stakeholder relationships in highly technical & politically complex single/multi-company/multi-nation operating models i.e. JV’s, alliances & partnership’s across industry & government •Politically, strategically & commercially astute leader who has maximised & secured growth (order intake) whilst maintaining or increasing business, alliance or partnership efficiency & margin •Works well under pressure and highly adaptable to a variety of / changing circumstances •Solid record of leading & developing high performing geographically diverse teams to deliver outstanding & consistent outcomes safely •Proven ability to drive change across complex engineering processes and deliver significant productivity improvements to generate sustainable efficiencies •Track record in delivering transformational business strategies, innovations & improvements to drive step changes in performance i.e. accountability, efficiency, output quality, transparency & growth across technically complex, high value & diverse businesses / programs •Solid technical & operational experience

President @ Accountable to the CEO, and member of the executive leadership team, I am President of one of the Group's three Strategic Business Units (SBU's). My SBU is accountable for Shipyards, Systems and Sustainment businesses across Australia, Middle East, Europe and the America's. Basic responsibility for the SBU is to design, build, commission, deliver and sustain through life all naval, paramilitary and commercial vessels for our global customers. Underpinning the corporate vision, mission, values and strategy for growth, key leadership accountabilities included strategy, government relations, business winning, customer mgt., design, operations, sustainment (Availability, Repair, Upgrade, ILS, Configuration Mgt.,Training etc.), facilities mgt., contract mgt., program mgt., finance, SHE, quality, procurement, warehousing, HR etc. From December 2012 to Present (3 years 1 month) Perth, AustraliaDirector @ Director and Board member of Austal Service Darwin Pty Ltd. An Austal subsidiary that provides a full suite of 24/7 support service capabilities to the Maritime (Navy's, Customs / Border Protection and Commercial), Oil, Gas and Resource sectors across the regions of Northern Australia and Southern Asia. Agile capability offerings include: project management, engineering, hydraulics, fabrication, repair, maintenance, asset management etc. From November 2012 to Present (3 years 2 months) Perth, AustraliaBranch Manager, Distribution Program, Works and Integration @ Accountable for leading the safe, effective and efficient delivery of the Electricity Distribution Network annual works program of ~$670M (i.e. ~2.6M man-hours) through some 1,700 core and partner staff i.e. some 60 different delivery channels (partners, contractors etc.). Covering the entire electricity distribution network of some 261,000 sq km's, and with an asset management focus, work covered Network Asset Engineering led Reliability Improvement/ Inspection/Maintenance/Replacement, Regulatory Compliance, Capacity Expansion etc. Key accountabilities cover Delivery Strategy, Operational Asset Management, Technical Regulatory Compliance, Network Risk, Bushfire Mitigation, Program Mgt., Contract Mgt., Planning, Work Allocation, Reporting, Data Governance, Finance, HR, SHE, Quality etc. From August 2011 to November 2012 (1 year 4 months) Perth, AustraliaGeneral Manager, ANZAC Alliance (ANZAC Class Frigates) @ Accountable to the Board, I was General Manager of a complex Alliance of 3 parties (government & two industry partners), and an industry line of business that safely provided operational In Service Support (ISS) services (design, ILS, configuration management, system integration, in service engineering, upgrade, repair & operational maintenance) to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) flagship surface fleet of 8 ANZAC Class Frigates. Basic responsibility, whilst restructuring both businesses (relationships, governance, revenue, P+L, output etc.), was to stabilise, improve and reform to significantly, safely and sustainably reduce asset cost of ownership whilst optimise operational fleet availability, capability deployment and value from the Alliance for all parties. From January 2010 to August 2011 (1 year 8 months) Head of Support (Eurofighter Aircraft Multi Nation Partnership) @ Accountable to Vice President Support, my leadership role was to bid, win and safely deliver (incl. P&L) engineering led Through Life Support (TLS) for the 5 Nation (UK, Germany, Austria, Italy & Spain) Fleet of 200 + aircraft i.e. across the 5 main european air bases safely deliver an international asset management service - asset configuration, exchange, repair and upgrade. Basic responsibility, with a 50% cost reduction challenge, was to keep the increasing 5 Nation fleet flying i.e. double flying availability at half the cost. Overall, representing the 4 Industrial Partners (EADS-Spain, EADS-Germany, Alenia and BAE Systems), I was the Industry lead with the Customer (NATO/NETMA representing the 5 Nations) for current and future international availability based asset management including exchange, repair and upgrade From 2007 to 2010 (3 years) Head of General Systems (Tornado Aircraft Multi Nation Partnership) @ Accountable to Director Aircraft Availability, my leadership role across a large part of the Tornado Business was to safely deliver in partnership with the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) & industry across UK, Germany & Italy, innovative performance based asset management solutions to safely increase aircraft availability yet reduce cost by ca. 40%. With P&L responsibility for six value streams (~AUD$800M), key accountabilities included leadership of Tri-National teams, delivery of business winning strategies & innovative On / Off RAF Base operational availability solutions / contracts across 80 suppliers in UK, Germany & Italy, and implementing robust business management to deliver to cost, schedule & quality. From 2005 to 2007 (2 years) Head of Project Management and Deputy Platform Director (Aircraft Carrier Alliance) @ Accountable and deputy to Director Platform (Thales person), I was the senior BAE Systems person in the Thales part of the Alliance. My leadership role included embedding across a geographically complex Aircraft Carrier Alliance, key business governance and capabilities to deliver the Platform to cost, schedule and quality. Key accountability was to lead the timely and cost effective delivery of platform design (whole ship design, structure, platform systems, mechanical systems, outfit / furnishings, integration & ILS). This also included strategy development & implementation (facilities, resource, etc.), program management, planning, financials (incl. P&L), procurement, configuration / change / risk management etc. From 2003 to 2005 (2 years) Program Manager (Aircraft Carrier Alliance) @ From 2002 to 2003 (1 year) Senior Consultant / Program Manager (Joint Venture) @ From 2001 to 2002 (1 year) Full Time Student - Masters of Business (MBA) @ From 2000 to 2001 (1 year) Various Project Manager / Engineer and Operational Roles @ - Maritime Systems - Ship and Submarine (nuclear and diesel electric) Construction - Land Systems - Tracked and Towed Howitzer Construction From 1987 to 2000 (13 years)

Master of Science (MSC), Project Management (Distinction) - Degree Accredited by the Association of Project Management (APM) @ University of PortsmouthMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Strategy and Business Management @ University of StrathclydeDiploma in Management, - Business and Operations @ Chartered Institute of ManagementNational Vocational Qualification (NVQ) 5, - Business and Operations @ Chartered Institute of ManagementCertificate in Management, - Business and Operations @ Chartered Institute of ManagementNational Vocational Qualification (NVQ) 4, - Business and Operations @ Chartered Institute of ManagementMaster of Business Administration (MBA), MSc and MBA @ Various Secondary / Higher Education Graham Backhouse is skilled in: Contract Management, Business, Project Management, Supply Chain, Service Delivery, Stakeholder Management, Program Management, Defence, Strategy, Change Management, Shipbuilding, Construction Safety, Process Improvement, Manufacturing Operations Management, Aircraft Maintenance