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Board of Directors
General Peter Cosgrove • AC, MC Patricia Cross Garry Hounsell
General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC
Independent Non-Executive Director
Peter Cosgrove was appointed to the Board on 6 July 2005.
He is a Member of the Qantas Safety, Environment &
Security Committee.
General Cosgrove is a consultant to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and
is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He
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1999 until the force was withdrawn in February 2000, for which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 Légion d’honneur.
General Cosgrove was Australian of the Year in 2001.
Patricia Cross
Independent Non-Executive Director
Patricia Cross was appointed to the Board in January 2004.
She is a Member of the Qantas Audit Committee and 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 the 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-profi t 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 fi nance industry.
Garry Hounsell
Independent Non-Executive Director
Garry Hounsell was appointed to the Board in January 2005.
He is Chairman of the Qantas Audit Committee.
Mr Hounsell is currently a Director of Orica Limited and Nufarm
Limited. Mr Hounsell is also Chairman of emitch Limited and
an Executive of Investec Bank (Australia) Ltd.
He is also a Director of The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for
Medical Research and Public Health Ltd and the Methodist Ladies
College Ltd. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Australia, a Certifi ed Practising 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).
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