John Clough Appointed To Astrata's Board of Directors

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Costa Mesa, CA, June 5th 2008, Astrata Group (OTCBB:ATTG) announced today that John Clough has been appointed as an independent member of the Company’s Board of Directors. 

Mr. Clough is currently a Special Advisor to General Atlantic LLC, a leading global growth equity firm with approximately $17 billion under management, providing capital and strategic support for growth companies.   Before joining General Atlantic, Mr. Clough held a number of senior management positions with global companies in the IT industry. In the 90’s, he Co-Founded and was Managing Director of the CSSL Group in Asia, one of Asia’s largest mid-range software distributors and hardware resellers, with annual revenues in excess of US$180 million.  Mr. Clough was also a Director of Synon Asia Ltd., Kapiti Asia Ltd., and, Director and Chairman of Cargonet/Arena Ltd.  Prior to the formation of CSSL, Mr. Clough held the position of General Manager JBA in Asia, an Australian based worldwide mid-range software distributor.

Mr. Clough is currently on the Board of chinadotcom Corporation (NASDAQ: CHINA) where he is a member of the company's Audit Committee.  He is Chairman of the Executive Committee and Vice Chairman of CDC Software.  Mr. Clough is also a Director and member of the Audit Committee of Corgi International (NASDAQ: CRGI), and sits on the boards of a variety of private companies around the world. 

Anthony Harrison, Astrata’s Executive Chairman said, “Astrata is now entering an exciting new phase of growth and expansion. John Clough’s business acumen and experience will be invaluable to the company moving forward. His knowledge and understanding of acquisitions and growing technology-led companies fits very well with Astrata’s strategic goals and aspirations.”

Astrata’s Telematics products are much in demand for fleet management and vehicle real-time tracking for private enterprises and homeland security applications.  Astrata’s sophisticated security and communications systems give companies and governments an effective and proven means of protecting their resources.

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