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Board of Directors
James Packer Dr John Schubert James Strong • AO
James Packer
Independent Non-Executive Director
James Packer was appointed to the Board in March 2004.
Mr Packer has been Executive Chairman of Publishing and
Broadcasting Limited since May 1998 and prior to that he was
the Chief Executive Officer from March 1996 to May 1998.
Mr Packer is the Executive Chairman of Consolidated Press Holdings
Limited. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of SEEK Limited and
a Director of Challenger Financial Services Group Limited.
Dr John Schubert
Independent Non-Executive Director
John Schubert, BE, PhD, FIEAust, CPEng, FTS, FIChemE, was
appointed to the Board in October 2000.
He is a Member of the Qantas Safety, Environment & Security
Committee and the Qantas Nominations Committee.
Dr Schubert is Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia
and a Director of BHP Billiton Limited. He is also Chairman of G2
Therapies Limited and the Great Barrier Reef Research Foundation.
Dr Schubert is a Member of the Australian Graduate School of
Management Advisory Board and the Business Council of Australia.
Dr Schubert commenced his career with Esso Australia Ltd as
a professional engineer and held various positions with Esso
in Australia and overseas. In 1983 he was appointed to the Board
of Esso Australia. In 1985, Dr Schubert became Esso’s Deputy
Managing Director and in 1988 he became Esso’s Chairman
and Managing Director.
Dr Schubert was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
of Pioneer International Limited from 1993 until 2000. From 2001
to 2003 he was the President of the Business Council of Australia.
He was also previously Chairman of Worley Parsons Limited.
James Strong, AO
Independent Non-Executive Director
James Strong was appointed to the Board on 1 July 2006.
He is Chairman of the Qantas Remuneration Committee.
Mr Strong was previously the Chief Executive Officer and
Managing Director of Qantas between 1993 and March 2001,
following an appointment to the Board in 1991.
He is Chairman of Woolworths Limited, Insurance Australia
Group Limited (IAG), Rip Curl Group Pty Ltd and the Australian
Council for the Arts. He is also involved in other arts and
private organisations.
Mr Strong was formerly the Group Chief Executive of the DB
Group in New Zealand and National Chairman of Partners of Corrs
Chambers Westgarth. He was also Chief Executive Officer of
Australian Airlines from December 1985 until September 1989.
He has been admitted as a barrister and/or solicitor in various
state jurisdictions in Australia.
In 2006 Mr Strong was made an Officer of the Order of Australia.
Executive Team
Geoff Dixon Chief Executive Officer
Peter Gregg Chief Financial Officer and Executive General
Manager Strategy
John Borghetti Executive General Manager Qantas
Kevin Brown Executive General Manager People
David Cox Executive General Manager Qantas Engineering
Grant Fenn Executive General Manager Associated Businesses
Simon Hickey Group General Manager Strategy and Fleet
Alan Joyce Chief Executive Officer Jetstar
Rob Kella Chief Risk Officer
Colin Storrie Deputy Chief Financial Offi cer
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