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GetSwift Limited (ASX: GSW), a leading provider of SaaS logistics technology, unveiled the formation of a new advisory board and the appointment of former Vermont Governor Howard Dean and General (Ret.) Mark Bowman as co-chairs.

The new advisory board, which will proactively help management in finding out and cultivating new public and private sector business verticals, comes as the Company secured an important equity facility totaling up to US$45 million from a private alternative investment group based in the United States.

We are preposterously fortunate to have found such impressive leaders to share their international experience and can-do approach with our team, stated CEO Bane Hunter. Governor Dean is known far and broad as a thought leader, coalition builder, and problem solver at the highest levels of government and business. General Bowman built his career leading Army initiatives in digital transformation all the way to the staff of the Joint Chiefs. We look forward to their ideas and vision as we assist our clients grows their business with superior delivery management and digital logistics systems.

Governor Dean is an eminent former governor and presidential candidate who is known for his bipartisan democracy-building initiatives across the globe. General Bowman is an enhanced Army general with a career centered on digital technology advancements in the command, control, communications and computers arenas, which includes the emergence of cyber as a growing element of the global economy and global security.

Governor Dean is a former Democratic National Committee Chairman, presidential candidate, six-term governor and physician, and recently works as an independent consultant targeting on policy, health care, early childhood development, alternative energy, and the expansion of grassroots politics across the world. He is a frequent on-air commentator with CNN and MSNBC and is a strategic consultant for the international law firm Dentons, whose footprint spans six continents. Governor Dean is also the founder of Democracy for America and a board member of the National Democratic Institute, a non-partisan, non-profit institution supporting democracy in nations around the globe.

GetSwift is tackling one of the universal needs for organizations of all sizes across the globe: tracking the delivery of goods and services, and communicating important data to those in need, stated Governor Dean. Im delighted to join with General Bowman in advising Bane and his leadership team as they proceed to guide GetSwift along this interesting journey.

Governor Dean has extensive experience in Southeastern Europe, which includes Ukraine, Moldova, and the Balkans, and brings to bear an extensive expertise of Iraqi and Iranian affairs and has spent time in China and Myanmar. He has been active in fighting against human trafficking in Asia and in the United States. He lectures often in Europe and is presently teaching a course on the Politics of American Foreign Policy at the Jackson Institute at Yale University.

Respected on both sides of the political aisle, Governor Dean was chairman of the National Governors' Association, the Democratic Governors' Association, and the New England Governors' Conference while he served as Governor of Vermont. He left office in Vermont to run for president in 2003 where he implemented innovative fundraising strategies, including use of the Internet. Governor Dean graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in political science in 1971 and received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City in 1978.

Using extraordinary leadership and team-building skills, Lieutenant General Bowman refused to just manage the status quo. Instead, he started the introduction of new technologies and drove positive change during his nearly 38-year Army career, culminating with important positions including CIO/J6, US Central Command, Director of Architecture Networks Operations and Space, Department of the Army, and finally as CIO/J6, Joint Chiefs of Staff. In these positions, he was the driving force behind the moves to Thin/Zero Client, Enterprise Email, Reliable Secure Mobile VoIP Phones, Push-to-Talk Satellite Phones, Effective End-Point Management, and many other efforts. Bowmans efforts saved millions and increased security while offering better service and increased capabilities to the user.

The convergence of logistics and enabling software brings both challenges and opportunities for governments and businesses throughout the world, stated General Bowman. I look forward to bringing my personal perspectives and experience to GetSwift as well as my support for the executive team at this exciting time.

Since retiring from the Army, General Bowman serves on several boards and as a consultant. On the boards, he helps companies develop, meet, and exceed their goals. General Bowman also serves for the US Army as a Highly Qualified Expert Senior Mentor (HQE-SM) focused on Communications and Cyber. Finally, he is an eloquent speaker who presents often on the subjects of Leadership, IT Innovation, IT Security, and Cyber.

General Bowman has a Bachelors Degree in History from Norwich University, VT, where he received his commission. He holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Shippensburg University, PA.

This announcement was approved, and authorised for release by, the GetSwift Board of Directors.

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