Class announces board changes

Software solutions provider, Class, has announced the appointment of three new board members. Kathryn Foster MAICD and Matthew Quinn have both been appointed as non-executive directors while Fred Marishel GAICD and Kevin Wyld, have retired from the board.

Foster has over 20 years’ experience in creating and running large internet based businesses across 232 geographies, including holding key global roles with Microsoft.

Quinn was preciously managing director of the property group Stockland for 12 years. He is now a non-executive director of building products company CSR and UrbanGrowth NSW and is chairman of environmental solutions company  Carbonxt Group and 3D body scanner company mPort.

Class has also announced the appointment of Kevin Bungard as an executive director. Bungard joined Class as chief operating officer in 2009 and in April 2014 was appointed chief executive officer.

Ardent Leisure Group has appointed Melanie Willis FAICD as an independent non-executive director of both Ardent Leisure Limited and Ardent Leisure Management.

Willis is currently a non-executive director of Mantra Group and Pepper Group, and until March 2015, was chief executive officer at NRMA Investments.

Willis has previously held non-executive director roles at accounting and consulting firm Crowe Horwath Australasia, aged-care facilities operator Aevum, Hydro Tasmania and Rhodium Asset Solutions. She has also held senior executive positions at Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust Australia.