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1. 1. www.zdnet.com.au

   www.zdnet.com.au/news/business - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/25/2008   Last Visited: 8/25/2008

   Web property specialist REA Group today said the search to replace its outgoing CEO Simon Baker was in its final stages.
   
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   Baker was recently asked to leave the company by its board, only six months after the company's board expressed pleasure at Baker's decision to stay in the role.
   
   Chmeil, who has served as REA Group's chief financial officer for the past three years, is standing in until a new CEO is found.The board asked Baker to leave, Chmeil said, adding it was unusual for a CEO to stay with the same company for seven years.Baker's original appointment to the position was in 2001.
   
   "The board thought it would be good to put in someone with fresh ideas with different skills to take the business to the next level," Chmeil said."[Simon] did a tremendous job and was well respected amongst staff," he said.

2. 2. www.zdnet.com.au

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   Published on: 8/4/2008   Last Visited: 8/4/2008

   REA Group chief executive officer Simon Baker has unexpectedly departed from the company just five months after he was reappointed as its leader.
   
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   The company, which operates the realestate.com.au family of websites, announced the move late tonight, saying Baker had left, "effective immediately".
   
   Baker originally took the role in August 2001.The company's statement today didn't explain the sudden move, saying only that its board wanted to thank Baker for his efforts and that it felt it was time for "new leadership to take the business to the next level".
   
   It was a different story just five months ago in early March, when REA chairman Richard Freudenstein, announcing Baker's reappointment as CEO and managing director, said the board was "extremely pleased that Simon has agreed to extend his commitment to the company".

3. 3. www.bsi.com.au

   www.bsi.com.au/infogroup.asp?v - [Cached]

   Published on: 11/23/2007   Last Visited: 11/23/2007

   Masterclass with Simon Baker, CEO of realestate.com.au