Melbourne (AU)/ Brussels (BE)/ Red Bank (NJ, US) Ansell Limited (ASX:ANN), a global leader in protective solutions, wishes to advise that Mr Glenn Barnes has been appointed to the new position of Deputy Chairman of Ansell Limited effective immediately.

Mr Barnes has been a non-executive Director of the Company since September 2005. He is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Nomination, Remuneration and Evaluation Committee and the Business Process Transformation Committee.

Mr Barnes has over twenty years of governance experience in banking and financial services, business information, consumer goods and the not-for-profit sector. He was involved in the packaged goods, banking and financial services sectors for over 30 years, as an executive, business leader and Director in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, United States of America, Republic of Ireland, Japan and China.

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