Company: COOT
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001641172-25-000118
Chunk: 17

Company: Australian Oilseeds Holdings Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 17
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uing Directors

| Name          |     | Age |     | Director   
 Since      |     | Class/Term      
 Expiration      |
| Kapil Singh   |     |  49 |     | March 2024 |     | Class II/ 2026  |
| Gowri Shankar |     |  45 |     | March 2024 |     | Class II/ 2026  |
| Gary Seaton   |     |  70 |     | March 2024 |     | Class III/ 2027 |

Kapil Singh, Director (Independent), Compensation Committee Chair —Mr. Singh is a founder and Director of Kapital Global LLC FZ and KGV Global FZE, which both
provide strategic investments and advisory services. Mr. Singh worked with Citigroup Credit Services India Limited, Standard Chartered
and NYSE listed HDFC Bank (HDB: NYSE). Mr. Singh has extensive knowledge and networking in the small and micro-cap space in
developed, emerging and frontier markets, and he also has experience in cross-border transactions across sectors including agriculture
and commodity businesses. Mr. Singh holds a post-graduate degree (2012) in International Business from Indian Institute of
Foreign Trade New Delhi Campus. We believe Mr. Singh is qualified to continue to serve as a director given the depth of his experience
with emerging markets and U.S. publicly listed companies.

Gowri Shankar, Director (Independent), Audit Committee Chair—Mr. Shankar has served as Director of Lotus Hydro Power PLC since July 2016, and Director of
Hatton plantations PLC since May 2019. He is a member of Audit Committee, Third Party Related Transaction Committee, Remuneration Committee
of Lotus Hydro Power PLC and Hatton Plantations PLC, which are public companies listed on Colombo Stock Exchange. He is also the Group
Director — Investments & Strategy for G&G Group of Companies, Singapore. Mr. Shankar worked in private banks
for more than 10 years, and has handled portfolio management services for HNI’s & Corporates. Mr. Shankar graduated from
NIT Jalandhar with a Bachelor of Technology (Machine Designing & Automation Engineering) in 2001, and National Institute
of Technology Warangal with an MBA (Marketing & System) in 2003. We believe Mr. Shankar is well-qualified to continue to serve as
a member of our Board of Directors due to his extensive experience