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Leadership   

Executive Chairman 
Mark Falzon 
Australian

Mark Falzon has over 25 years industry experience and has detailed knowledge and practical experience in most sectors of the entertainment industry, commercial, retail and hospitality sectors. He has won international awards as a film and television producer and has experience as both a photographer and photojournalist. He was, from 1998 - 2001 General Manager of the Blue Rock Group, one of Sydney’s largest event management and catering companies. Since 2001, he has been Managing Director of the Ark Group which includes five divisions including financial planning and wealth creation strategies, mortgage and finance solutions, property research and acquisition, results focussed marketing solutions, and property education and procurement services for individuals. In the last seven years, Mark has overseen the growth of three companies listed on BRW's Fast 100. Mark has held various positions on public boards including Chairman and President.


Managing Director 
Lyndon Driscoll 
Australian 
(Fiji Resident)
BSc (Hons) (London), Dip. Teach., Grad Dip. Applied Finance & Investment, F.FIN.

With over 35 years of contact with Fiji including experience of living and working in Fiji and having Fijian as a language, Lyndon’s knowledge of the country, his contacts and associations have been invaluable in the development of this project. Commencing his professional career as a mathematics teacher and tertiary lecturer in Fiji, Lyndon also has over 20 years of successful careers in business areas of finance, Real estate development and the computer and information technology Industries. His experience includes General Manager of Pacific Green Industries Limited which is a manufacturing and export company in Fiji, and a lecturer at a tertiary level in Fiji for 3 years. Lyndon also provides consultancy services specializing in business strategy and relationships and finance and economic modeling.


Executive Director 
Patrick Donlan
Australian

With over 26 years in the steel and construction industry in Australia, Pat brings a wealth of experience to the company. Pat spent 10 years with BHP in the steel distribution industry in sales and was NSW State Operations Manager. His own group, The Ripa Group of Companies is involved in consultancy to the steel industry, heavy engineering and structural fabrication and erection within the commercial and industrial section in Australia, provision and manufacturing of drilling, mining and tunnelling industries. His international investment group operates out of Hong Kong with interests in USA, UK, Australia and now Fiji. Mr Donlan has a Diploma in Business Management, is an accredited trainer and is qualified in Metal Trades.


Director
Barma Nand
Fiji Citizen

Director of Lands and Surveyor General of Fiji, Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources, Registered Land Surveyor, Member of the Fiji Institute of Surveyors, Member of the Institution of Surveyors of Australia, Chairman of the Surveyors Registration Board of Fiji, National Focal Point for Fiji - UNESCAP - Member of the Inter-governmental Consultative Committee on Mapping, GIS and Remote Sensing for the Asia and Pacific Region, Member of the Land Conservation Board and Member of the Government Accommodation Committee. Barma Nand brings a wealth of land survey and development expertise and experience to the company. He is a registered land surveyor with over 35 years experience in surveying and land management issues. He was responsible for the introduction of G.P.S. for control surveying in Fiji and has served as divisional surveyor in all four divisions. He has also supervised major state land developments in Fiji.


Director
Maurice Goldberg
Australian
B.Arch., DFP,CFP,L.R.E.A.

Maurice Goldberg is the Executive Chairman of the Ark Group. In just over a decade, Maurice has built the Ark Group into one of the fastest growing wealth and prosperity businesses in Australia. Maurice is an opinion leader who is regularly quoted by financial broadsheets and business media because of his innovative and non-traditional approach to creating wealth for both individuals and businesses. He has a Bachelor of Architecture, Diploma of Financial Planning, is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Licensed Real Estate Agent with more than 17 years experience in the financial services sector. Maurice’s knowledge of the building industry, architecture and economics ensure that Ark Group is at the cutting edge of investment and real-estate research and strategy - supporting financial planners, accountants and other investment professionals across Australia to go beyond what they think possible.


Director
Jim McKnoulty
Australian
BSc (Surveying) QUT, 1980, Licensed Surveyor, Queensland

Jim McKnoulty is Chairman of Pike Mirls McKnoulty – (PMM Group) employing over 150 staff operating from offices in Brisbane, on the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and in Papua New Guinea. The Group practice as Town Planners, Land Surveyors and Aerial Mapping Consultants with a specialist division focusing on Urban Design for master planned residential communities. Jim is Vice-President of Greening Australia in Queensland and has worked to establish links between the development industry and the environment movement to create positive partnerships working to restore natural environments surrounding Urban Development projects. Jim is Chairman of the Business and Marketing Portfolio and is Chairman of the committee responsible for building a new vegetation management centre which will be the headquarters for Greening Australia's operations in Queensland.

Jim has a passion for sustainable development to guarantee the future of the Queensland Development Industry and has had a long involvement as a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee of the School of Planning, Landscape Architecture & Surveying at QUT. He was recently appointed Adjunct Professor to the School of Design and Built Environment at QUT to provide a leadership role in Research and Development projects on 3D Visualisation and Sustainable Development Practices.


Accountant and Administration Executive/Company Secretary
Thomasina Ah Ben
Chief Financial Officer/Company Secretary

Thomasina Ah Ben holds a BSc (Commercial Mathematics) from Queensland University of Technology and a BA (Accounting) from the University of the South Pacific. She is a Member of the Fiji Institute of Accountants. She had held senior positions with Fiji Television Limited, AdTime Ltd and KPMG where she was Assistant Manager in the Business Advisory Division for a period of four years. She has vast experience in the application of International Accounting Principles and Fiji's tax practices. Thomasina was appointed Company Secretary to the company on 27th February 2006.

 
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