Ava Risk Group Limited (“AVA” or “the Company”) refers to its announcement dated 28 April 2026 in
relation to the proposed appointment of Rear Admiral Terence “Terry” McKnight, US Navy (Retired), as a
Non-Executive Director of the Company and is pleased to confirm Rear Admiral Terence McKnight has
been appointed as a non-executive director of the Company, effective today.

As previously advised, Rear Admiral McKnight is the nominated board representative of Hale Capital
Partners, a strategic investor in AVA. His appointment reflects the continued alignment between AVA and
Hale Capital Partners as the Company executes its growth strategy, particularly in the United States.

Rear Admiral McKnight brings more than 40 years of distinguished leadership experience across the U.S.
Navy and the defence industry. He most recently served as Senior Vice President, Customer & Government
Relations at CAES by Honeywell, where he played a key role in driving growth across major U.S.
Department of Defense programs and strengthening relationships with government stakeholders and prime
contractors.

During his military career, Rear Admiral McKnight held a number of senior command roles, including
Commander of Expeditionary Strike Group Two and the inaugural Commander of Combined Task Force
151, leading multinational counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.

AVA welcomes Rear Admiral McKnight’s appointment.

This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Ava Risk Group Limited.

ENDS

For further information, please contact:
Investor Enquiries
Alexandra Abeyratne
Sodali & Co
alexandra.abeyratne@sodali.com
+61 438 380 057

About Ava Risk Group
Ava Risk Group is a global leader in providing technologies and services to protect critical and high value assets and
infrastructure. It operates three business segments – Detect, Access and Illuminate. The Detect segment manufactures
and markets ‘smart’ fibre optic sensing systems for security and condition monitoring for a range of applications
including perimeters, pipelines, conveyors, power cables and data networks. Access is a specialist in the development,
manufacture and supply of high security biometric readers, security access control and electronic locking products.
Illuminate specialises in the development and manufacture of illuminators, ANPR cameras and perimeter detectors. Ava
Risk Group products and services are trusted by some of the most security conscious commercial, industrial, military and
government clients in the world. www.theavagroup.com