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7 General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC
Independent Non-Executive Director
Peter Cosgrove was appointed to the Qantas
Board in July 2005.
He is a Member of the Qantas Safety,
Environment & Security Committee.
General Cosgrove is Vice-Chairman of
the Australian Rugby Union and a Director
of Cardno Limited. He is a consultant to
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and is a Member
of the Australian Institute of Company
Directors. General Cosgrove is also Chairman
of the South Australian Defence Industry
Advisory Board and a Member of the
Australian War Memorial Council.
General Cosgrove served in the Australian
Army from 1965 and was the Chief of the
Australian Defence Force from July 2002
until his retirement in July 2005.
He was in command of the international
forces in East Timor from 1999 until the force
was withdrawn in February 2000, for which
General Cosgrove was appointed a
Companion of the Military Division of the
Order of Australia.
He was awarded the Military Cross for his
service in Vietnam early in his career and has
received several foreign awards including
the Companion of the New Zealand Order
of Merit (CNZM), Commander of the United
States Legion of Merit, the Republic of
Singapore’s Distinguished Service Order
and France’s Legion D’Honneur.
General Cosgrove was Australian of the
Year in 2001.
Age: 60
8 Patricia Cross
Independent Non-Executive Director
Patricia Cross was appointed to the Qantas
Board in January 2004.
She is a Member of the Qantas Audit
Committee and the Qantas Remuneration
Committee.
Mrs Cross is a Director of Wesfarmers Limited,
National Australia Bank Limited and the
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
She is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute
of Company Directors, a Fellow of the
Australian Institute of Management and
a Fellow of the Finance and Treasury
Association.
Mrs Cross was previously Chairman of Qantas
Superannuation Limited and Deputy
Chairman of Victoria’s Transport Accident
Commission. She was a Director of AMP
Limited and Suncorp-Metway Limited.
Mrs Cross was a Member of the Financial
Sector Advisory Council, the Companies and
Securities Advisory Committee, the Merrill
Lynch Australasia Advisory Board and an
Advisory Member of the Deloitte Touche
Board of Partners. She has also served on
a variety of not for profit boards.
Prior to becoming a professional company
director in 1996, Mrs Cross held various
senior executive positions with Chase
Manhattan Bank, Banque Nationale de Paris
and National Australia Bank in New York,
Europe and Australia.
Mrs Cross holds a Bachelor of Science
(Honours), from Georgetown University.
In 2003, Mrs Cross received a Centenary
Medal for service to Australian society
through the finance industry.
Age: 48
9 Garry Hounsell
Independent Non-Executive Director
Garry Hounsell was appointed to the Qantas
Board in January 2005.
He is Chairman of the Qantas Audit
Committee and was appointed as a Member
of the Qantas Nominations Committee on
18 July 2007.
Mr Hounsell is currently a Director of Orica
Limited and Nufarm Limited. Mr Hounsell
is also Deputy Chairman of Mitchell
Communication Group Limited and a
consultant to Investec Bank (Australia) Ltd.
He is a Director of The Macfarlane Burnet
Institute for Medical Research and Public
Health Ltd. He is also Fellow of The Institute of
Chartered Accountants in Australia, a Certified
Practicing Accountant and a Fellow of the
Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mr Hounsell is a former Senior Partner of
Ernst & Young and Chief Executive Officer
and Country Managing Partner of
Arthur Andersen.
He holds a Bachelor of Business
(Accounting).
Age: 52
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