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33
Margaret Jackson, AC, Chairman
Independent Non-Executive Director
Margaret Jackson was appointed to the Qantas Board in
July 1992 and as Chairman in August 2000. Ms Jackson
also Chairs the Qantas Remuneration and Nominations
Committees.
Ms Jackson is a Director of Australia and New Zealand
Banking Group Limited and Billabong International Limited.
She is a Member of the Business Council of Australia
Chairman’s Panel, a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Australia and a Member of the Foreign
Affairs Council. In addition, Ms Jackson is an Executive
Committee Member of the Australia Japan Business
Co-operation Committee and a Director of the Howard
Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine.
She is also an International Trustee of the Carnegie Mellon
University in South Australia.
Ms Jackson was a partner of KPMG Peat Marwick’s
Management Consulting Division until 30 June 1992
when she became a professional director.
Geoff Dixon
Chief Executive Officer
Geoff Dixon was appointed Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director of Qantas in March 2001. He was Chief
Executive Designate from November 2000, after serving as
Deputy Chief Executive Officer since November 1998. He
was appointed to the Qantas Board in August 2000.
Mr Dixon is a Member of the Qantas Safety, Environment
& Security Committee, Chairman of a number of controlled
entities of the Qantas Group and Chairman of the
Singapore-based company, OrangeStar Investment Holdings
Pte Ltd which owns the value-based carriers, Jetstar Asia
Airways Pte Ltd and Valuair Limited. He is also a Director
of Leighton Holdings Limited and Air Pacific Limited. He is
on the Governing Board of IATA and is a Member of the
International Marketing Institute of Australia. Mr Dixon is
also on the Board of the Business Council of Australia.
Peter Gregg
Chief Financial Officer
Peter Gregg was appointed Chief Financial Officer and
to the Qantas Board in September 2000.
Mr Gregg is a Director of a number of controlled entities
and associated companies of the Qantas Group, including
the Singapore-based company, OrangeStar Investment
Holdings Pte Ltd which owns the value-based carriers,
Jetstar Asia Airways Pte Ltd and Valuair Limited. He is also a
Director of Air Pacific Limited. He is a Fellow of the Finance
and Treasury Association and a Member of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors.
Paul Anderson
Independent Non-Executive Director
Paul Anderson was appointed to the Qantas Board
in September 2002. He is a Member of the Qantas
Remuneration Committee.
Mr Anderson is the Chief Executive and Chairman of
Duke Energy Corporation and is a Global Counsellor for
The Conference Board.
Mr Anderson was the Chief Executive of BHP Billiton
Limited and its predecessor, BHP, from 1998 to 2002.
Mike Codd, AC
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mike Codd was appointed to the Qantas Board in January
1992. 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
and a Director of the Wealth Management Companies of
the National Australia Group and INGEUS Ltd.
From 1981 to 1986, Mr Codd held senior positions in the
Australian Government. From 1986 to 1991, he was the
Head of Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and
Secretary to Cabinet.
General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC
Independent Non-Executive Director
General Peter Cosgrove was appointed to the Qantas
Board on 6 July 2005. He is a Member of the Qantas Safety,
Environment & Security Committee.
General Cosgrove served in the Australian Army from 1965
and was the Chief of the Australian Defence Force from
3 July 2002 until his retirement in July 2005.
General Cosgrove is a consultant to Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu and is a Member of the Australian Institute
of Company Directors.
Patricia Cross
Independent Non-Executive Director
Patricia Cross was appointed to the Qantas Board
on 1 January 2004. She is a Member of the Qantas
Remuneration Committee.
Mrs Cross is a Director of Wesfarmers Limited and the
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. She has been
appointed to the Board of National Australia Bank Limited
effective early December 2005. Mrs Cross is also a Fellow
of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Mrs Cross has worked the last nine years as a professional
non-executive company director. Prior to that, she worked
for 15 years with Chase Manhattan Corporation, Banque
Nationale de Paris and National Australia Bank Limited,
where her last position was General Manager, Wholesale
Banking and she was a Member of the Bank’s Executive
Committee.
Qantas Annual Report 2005
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