Qantas 2008 Annual Report Download - page 45

Download and view the complete annual report

Please find page 45 of the 2008 Qantas annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.

Page out of 156

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92
  • 93
  • 94
  • 95
  • 96
  • 97
  • 98
  • 99
  • 100
  • 101
  • 102
  • 103
  • 104
  • 105
  • 106
  • 107
  • 108
  • 109
  • 110
  • 111
  • 112
  • 113
  • 114
  • 115
  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125
  • 126
  • 127
  • 128
  • 129
  • 130
  • 131
  • 132
  • 133
  • 134
  • 135
  • 136
  • 137
  • 138
  • 139
  • 140
  • 141
  • 142
  • 143
  • 144
  • 145
  • 146
  • 147
  • 148
  • 149
  • 150
  • 151
  • 152
  • 153
  • 154
  • 155
  • 156

43 Qantas Annual Report 2008
Mike Codd, AC
Independent Non-Executive
Director
Mike Codd was appointed to the
Qantas Board in January 1992. In
October 2008, Mr Codd will retire
from the Board after more than
16 years of service.
He is Chairman of the Qantas Safety,
Environment & Security Committee
and a Member of the Qantas Audit
Committee.
Mr Codd is Chancellor of the
University of Wollongong. He is a
Director of the Wealth Management
Companies of the National Australia
Bank and Chairman of Ingeus
Limited.
He was Deputy Chairman of the
Australian Nuclear Science and
Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
and the Menzies Foundation.
Mr Codd was a Director of Telstra,
IBM Australia and CitiPower Ltd.
He was also a Member of the
Advisory Boards of Spencer Stuart
and Blake Dawson Waldron.
From 1981 to 1986, Mr Codd
held senior positions in the
Commonwealth Government, as
Secretary of the Department of
Employment and Industrial Relations,
Chairman of the Industries
Assistance Commission and
Secretary of the Department
of Community Services.
From 1986 to 1991, Mr Codd held
the position of Head of Department
of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
and Secretary to Cabinet.
Mr Codd holds a Bachelor of
Economics (Honours).
In 1991, Mr Codd was made a
Companion of the Order of Australia.
Age: 68
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 and a Director of Qantas
Superannuation Limited.
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: 61
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.
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.
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.
In 2003, Mrs Cross received
a Centenary Medal for service
to Australian society through
the finance industry.
Age: 49
For personal use only