The board of directors of Top Education Group Ltd. announced that with effect from 15 February 2023, Mr. Jonathan Richard O'Dea will be appointed as an independent non-executive Director, chairperson and member of the Board's nomination committee and member of the Board's audit committee. Mr. O'Dea, aged 56, has held a number of senior leadership roles across private and public sectors in Australia. Since 2007, Mr. O'Dea has been a member of the New South Wales ("NSW") Parliament serving local constituents and contributing to policy and reform initiatives.

While acting as a local Member of Parliament, Mr. O'Dea has also served as speaker of the NSW Parliament since 2019. Prior to joining the NSW Parliament, he was the general manager of Crown Insurance between 2004 and 2006, and took up various roles at Royal & SunAlliance Insurance between 1994 to 2003. Mr. O'Dea currently chairs the NSW Legislative Assembly and co-chairs the NSW Parliament Presiding Officer and Executive Group, which oversees the NSW parliamentary precinct.

Further, he has since 2019 been a representative at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, which is an international community of 180 legislatures working together to deepen the Commonwealth's commitment to the highest standards of democratic governance and parliamentary practice. Mr. O'Dea obtained a Bachelor of Arts and Laws from the University of Sydney in 1989, a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice from the NSW College of Law in 1990, a Master of Law from the University of Sydney in 1994 and a Master of Business Administration from Deakin University in Australia in 2002. In 2009, he was awarded an Advanced Diploma with Order of Merit from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.