Mr Terry J O’Dwyer, B Com, Dip Adv Acc., FCA, FAICD

Mr O’Dwyer, a chartered accountant has been a Director of Metal Storm Limited since 1998. He is the Executive Chairman of Backwell Lombard Capital and a past chairman of BDO Kendalls, Chartered Accountants, where he was a partner for 27 years until his retirement in June 2005. Mr O’Dwyer served as Executive Chairman of the company for a short period in 2006. Prior to that he was a member of the Audit and Finance Committees of the Company. Mr O’Dwyer is a Director of Bendigo Bank Limited and was previously a Director and Chairman of Brumby’s Bakeries Holdings Limited, MFS Limited and Break Free Limited.

Mr O’Dwyer has been executive Chairman since 28 April 2006 and non-executive Chairman since 19 February 2007.  

Dr Peter Jonson
Non-Executive Director

Dr Peter Jonson was appointed a Director of Metal Storm Limited in February 2006. Peter  spends a considerable part of his time directly or indirectly helping scientists and technologists produce commercial outcomes from their research. He is Chairman of Bionomics Limited and a director of Village Roadshow Ltd and Pro Medicus Limited. He also serves as Chair of the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) Committee. During 2001 he was Chair of the Major National Research Facilities Committee and during 2002 he was Chair of the Biotechnology Centre of Excellence Panel of Experts. From 1992 to 2003 he was Chairman of the Melbourne Institute Advisory Board, and is now Chairman Emeritus.  He was founding Chair of the Australian Institute for Commercialisation from 2002 to 2007.

Peter has been Chairman of ANZ Funds Management, Group Managing Director of Norwich Union Financial Services Ltd and Head of Research at James Capel Australia Limited. Peter held a number of senior positions as an economist with the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1972 to 1988. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr. Nicholls was appointed a Director of Metal Storm in September 2006 pursuant to an agreement with Harmony Capital Partners Pte Limited, in connection with the Renounceable Rights Offer conducted in July 2006. 

He has extensive experience in the Australian and international business communities with start-up and established companies, having held senior management positions and directorships for several Australian and international companies in the manufacturing, distribution, trading and merchant banking industries. He is a director of Brandrill Limited and Nylex Limited, each of whom is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

He has extensive experience in multicultural environments as Chief Executive and as a Non Executive Director being continuously resident in Asia for 30 years prior to returning to Australia during the late 1990s. 

Mr Trevor Tappenden
Non-Executive Director

He was a former Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Melbourne and held several other senior roles within that Firm including a member of the National Board of Partners and National Director of Entrepreneurial Services.  Trevor is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.