investment statement for - Pumpkin Patch investor relations

senior managementMike ArandGeneral Manager – Business DevelopmentBMS (Intl)Mike joined Pumpkin Patch in 1999 as General Manager – Business Development. Mike was withCanterbury International Ltd before joining Pumpkin Patch with his last position beingInternational Manager responsible for global development of the Canterbury of New Zealandbrand. Mike speaks Japanese having been awarded Monbusho Research Scholarships to studyJapanese at Osaka University of Foreign Language and Japanese Business Studies at ChuoUniversity in Japan.Lyn BryantGeneral Manager – OperationsLyn joined Pumpkin Patch in 1994 as Customer Service Supervisor in 1994. She was appointedCustomer Service Manager in 1996, Distribution Centre Manager in 1999 and was appointed toher current position as General Manager-Operations in 2003. Before joining Pumpkin Patch Lynwas the Office Manager at an insurance brokerage where she was responsible for managingthe customer service, payroll and telemarketing teams. Before that she was with AMP for sevenyears, holding various customer service roles. Lyn is a member of the Institute of Logistics andTransport.Marilyn CrockerGeneral Manager – Human ResourcesBA, MBA, RGON, MIHRMNZMarilyn joined Pumpkin Patch in 2003 as Global Human Resources Manager responsible fordeveloping procedures for managing Pumpkin Patch's more than 1700 employees worldwide.Before joining Pumpkin Patch Marilyn spent over four years at Fletcher Building as the HumanResources Manager for Winstone Wallboards Limited and prior to that spent four years as NewZealand Human Resources Manager for Country Road (New Zealand) Ltd.She is a certificate member of the Institute of Human Resource Managers of New Zealand, andaccredited Zenger Miller Trainer, a registered Hay job evaluator and a registered Saville andHoldsworth Psychometric tester.17