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Twin Creeks Golf & Country Club • Sydney, New South Wales

Brookwater Golf Club • Brookwater, Queensland

Kooindah Waters Golf Resort • Central Coast, New South Wales

Pacific Dunes Golf Club • Port Stephens, New South Wales

Pacific Harbour Golf & Country Club • Bribie Island, Queensland

Settlers Run Golf & Country Club • Melbourne, Victoria

Links Hope Island • Hope Island, Queensland

The Cut Golf Course • Port Bouvard, Western Australia

Riverside Oaks • Sydney, New South Wales

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EXECUTIVE TEAM

	Ryan Walls Senior Vice President & Managing Director Ryan Walls is a 20 year member of the PGA of America who began his career with Troon Golf in 1996. Ryan has held a range of roles throughout his time with Troon with most of his time managing corporate programs and overseeing numerous facilities as Vice President, Operations. He moved to Australia in 2005 and was promoted to Senior Vice President overseeing the company's Australia Pacific Division from the corporate office in Brisbane. After two years, Ryan relocated back to the USA in 2007 to oversee Troon's key equity assets, operational compliance and retail, as well as a portfolio of properties. He has returned to Australia to now oversee the Australia, Asia and Pacific region which currently has 14 facilities in its portfolio.

	Marcus Fishenden Director of Operations - Asia Marcus has 17 years experience in the golf industry and has worked in both China and Japan. In addition to extensive concept creation and development experience, Marcus' strong analytical skills were instrumental in identifying revenue and expense opportunities during the turn around of operations Troon's Japan properties, including Phoenix Seagaia. He was also a member of Troon Golf team performing over 250 golf course due diligence projects throughout Japan and Asia on behalf of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Ripplewood Holdings, Lehman Brothers, the Soros Fund and others. Marcus has day to day operational responsibility for our projects in Asia. Marcus speaks, reads and writes fluent Japanese, and has spoken skills in Mandarin. Marcus holds a BA in Asian Studies from the University of British Columbia.

	David Lunardelli Director of Agronomy David Lunardelli has over 20 years experience in golf course construction and maintenance. He has held senior positions at some of Australia's leading golf courses, the most recent being as Superintendent at Brookwater Golf Club, Queensland's No. 1 course. David's experience also extends to course construction and development. David has Post Graduate qualifications in Crop Science from Sydney University and has now assumed the role of Director of Agronomy for Troon Golf Australia, Asia and Pacific.

	Nick Stewart Director of Sales & Marketing Nick Stewart joined Troon Golf in 2002 and currently oversees all sales & marketing activity in the Australia, Asia and Pacific region. Prior to joining Troon he worked for a number of leading Sports Management companies in London, Chicago, Toronto and Sydney. During his tenure at Troon Golf he has also undertaken assignments in The Azores, Qatar, New Zealand, Fiji and South Korea. Nick graduated with a Bachelor of Business and has post graduate qualifications in Marketing.

	Richard Murphy Corporate Controller Richard Murphy has worked in the hospitality industry for 20 years. He studied a Bachelor of Business at UQ, majoring in Hospitality Management. Thereafter, Richard undertook extensive travel throughout Australia and the UK working with the Sheraton and Crest hotel groups. Financial management has become his focus in the last 10 years, successfully completing a Master of Accounting and attaining CPA status in 1999. Richard worked as a Group Financial Controller for a public companyfor several years before working in remote Australia as a consultant to community based boards in natural resource management. Richard re-joined the Hospitality and Leisure industry by commencing with Troon in February 2008.

	Samantha McHardy Jones Administration Manager Samantha McHardy Jones has been in the golf industry for 6 years working her way up from a pro shop position through corporate golf and then to membership and marketing. Samantha’s industry knowledge is well rounded and her previous experience with overseeing the privatisation of two high end Golf Clubs through equity sales, gives her a unique understanding of golf’s business strategies. With a Diploma of Business Management and a Bachelor of Film and Television Production, she brings an array of talents to Troon whilst organising and running the day to day operations of the Australia, Asia and Pacific division.

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