STEPHEN ROGER
Mr Roger is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia having been admitted to the Institute in 1975, and practices in Sydney. Mr Roger is the founding Chairman of the Walker Wayland Australasian Limited., formed in 1990, serving as chairman from that time to May 1994. He was reappointed chairman in July 1998 for a 2 year period. Walker Wayland Australasian Limited has 9 offices throughout Australia and New Zealand. Mr Roger's expertise is wide ranging with experience in providing compliance, taxation and audit advice, and advice relating to quality standards, both nationally and internationally. He is heavily involved in providing advice for Australian Companies establishing operations overseas and overseas companies establishing business in Australia.

GORDON CHURCHILL DAVIES
Mr Davies is the retired General Manager of Property Operations of Foodstuffs (Auckland) Ltd, a successful supermarket retail and wholesale operator within its region. Mr Davies started with Foodstuffs in 1978 and was the General Manager Property Operations from 1985. He is a past director of The National Trading Company of New Zealand, the property development and owning subsidiary company of Foodstuffs (Auckland) Ltd which also owns the wholesale cash and carry operation ‘Gilmours’. As well as his extensive property experience, Mr Davies has also been trained in retail management and market research in the United Kingdom. He is a past-president of The Property & Land Economy Institute of New Zealand, a Fellow and Life member of the New Zealand Property Institute, and a Board member of the New Zealand Property Institute Registration Board. Mr Davies was also the Chairman of the Massey University Property Foundation.

JOHN LYNDON STONE
Mr Stone was appointed as a Director of USSL, and as Deputy Chairman, upon its incorporation. Prior to entering retail, Mr Stone had 12 years in the Finance industry with General Motors Acceptance Corporation and Ford Credit Australia Limited. Mr Stone has extensive retailing experience having owned and operated several Convenience/Supermarket outlets since 1983. He opened and operated a large fuel and food site and was a partner in a service/manufacturing business on the Gold Coast. He was a member of the Foodstore Strategic Marketing Group for a number of years and served as a Director on the Foodstore Retail Advisory Panel.

TONY WINTER

Mr Winter was appointed as a Director on 7 October 2006. Mr Winter holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree and has worked in the property development field for over 40 years. After working with a leading architectural and town planning firm, he then became a Research Director of a public company with responsibility for acquisitions. In 1968 he founded a nation-wide consulting practice which worked for the property development and investment industry. His practice undertook retail location studies and advised all levels of government on regional development and planning issues. In 1990 Mr Winter sold his practice and became Research and Development Manager for a master planned community developer. He is currently engaged in specialist consultancy regarding commercial centre development, project investment, planning policy and appraisal.

MILES HEDGE
Mr Hedge was appointed as a Director on 30 July 2007.  Mr Hedge holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Sydney University and is a Chartered Accountant with over 35 years’ commercial experience initially working in the profession (Sydney, London and Jakarta) and then moving into investment banking and on to various commercial roles, including seven years as managing director of the Australasian subsidiary of a Swiss listed corporation.  Mr Hedge is the current Vice-President of AUSTCARE and Director of Brooklyn Group (Australia) Pty Ltd and past Director of Ascom Nira Pty Ltd and Van Brugge House Pty Ltd.