Ann: Bio-Gene Appoints Mr. Doug Rathbone as Advisor, page-2

Mr. Douglas John Rathbone, also known as Doug, AM, FATSE, FI ChemE, ARMIT B Comm, TTC, MAICD, serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Nufarm SAS. Mr. Rathbone served as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Nufarm Limited from October 1999 to February 04, 2015. Mr. Rathbone served as the Managing Director of Nufarm Australia Limited since 1982. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Nufarm NZ Limited. He was with Nufarm for over 35 years. He is an Industrialist with vast experience in Chemicals and Agrochemicals Industry/ International Business. He has expertise in specific functional areas and has chemical engineering and commerce background. Mr. Rathbone serves as the Chairman of Rathbone Wine Group. He serves as a Director of Cotton Seed Distributors and AgBiTech. He serves as a Member of the Rabo Bank Advisory Board. He has the Board experienced management and corporate governance skills together with a passion to grow the business having successfully transformed Nufarm to become one of the world's leading crop protection and seed companies with an extensive global footprint. He has been a Non-Executive Director at CANN Group Limited since March 16, 2015. He has been Non Executive Director of Leaf Resources Ltd. since November 01, 2016. Mr. Rathbone served as an Executive Director of Nufarm Limited from 1987 to February 04, 2015. He served as a Director of Nufarm Finance (NZ) Limited until February 4, 2015 and served as Director of Nufarm NZ Limited since 1987. He served as a Director of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) since September 26, 2007. Mr. Rathbone served as a Non-independent Non-Executive Director at Excel Crop Care Ltd., from March 31, 2004 to October 23, 2008. He has won a number of distinguished awards. These include a Centenary Medal in 2003 for outstanding service to science and technology and the Rabobank Agribusiness Leader of the Year in 1999. He has also been listed several times in Engineers Australia top 100 most influential engineers and was awarded the Institute Engineers Australia "Sheddon Pacific" medal for excellence in engineering. He holds B.Com., (Melb.), ARMIT (Chem. Eng.) and Dip. E.D.

Impressive career..