Marlin Global Limited has appointed Andy Coupe as an independent director of the company effective from March 1, 2013. Currently, he is a consultant in investment banking at UBS New Zealand Limited where his role principally encompasses equity capital markets and takeover transactions which has involved numerous initial public offerings and secondary market transactions. He is also Deputy Chair of the New Zealand Takeovers Panel, a director of Farmright Limited and a member of the Institute of Finance Professionals New Zealand.

In accordance with the company's constitution, this appointment runs until the next annual shareholders' meeting when he must retire and seek election by shareholders.