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42 Qantas Annual Report 2008
Board of Directors
Leigh Clifford, AO
Chairman, Independent
Non-Executive Director
Leigh Clifford was appointed to
the Qantas Board on 9 August 2007
and as Chairman on 14 November
2007.
He is Chairman of the Qantas
Nominations Committee.
Mr Clifford is a Director of Barclays
Bank plc and the Murdoch
Children’s Research Institute.
He is a Member of the Bechtel
Board of Counselors.
Mr Clifford was most recently Chief
Executive of Rio Tinto from April
2000 to April 2007. He stepped
down from the Board of Rio Tinto
on 30 April 2007 after serving as
a Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio
Tinto Limited for 13 and 12 years
respectively. His executive and
board career with Rio Tinto spanned
some 37 years, including a wide
variety of operational and
marketing roles in the coal and
metalliferous operations of the
Rio Tinto Group in Australia
and overseas.
Mr Clifford was formerly Chairman
of the Council of Mining and
Metals, the Coal Industry Advisory
Board of the International Energy
Agency and a Director of Freeport-
McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Mr Clifford holds a Bachelor of
Engineering and a Master of
Engineering Science from the
University of Melbourne.
In 2008, Mr Clifford was
made an Officer of the
Order of Australia.
Age: 61
Geoff Dixon
Chief Executive Offi cer
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 and Chairman of a
number of controlled entities
of the Qantas Group.
He is a Director of Consolidated
Media Holdings Limited, Crown
Limited and Air Pacific Limited.
He was formerly a Director of
Leighton Holdings Limited and
Jetset Travelworld Ltd.
Mr Dixon joined Qantas in 1994
and has had responsibility in the
airline for all commercial activities,
including worldwide sales and
marketing, network development,
revenue management, fleet
planning, cabin crew, customer
service, product development
and airline alliances.
Before joining Qantas, Mr Dixon
was Director of Marketing and
Industry Sales at Ansett Australia
and General Manager of Marketing
and Corporate Affairs at Australian
Airlines. He has also worked in
the mining and media industries.
Mr Dixon is on the Governing
Board of IATA and is a Member of
the International Marketing Institute
of Australia.
Age: 68
Alan Joyce
Chief Executive Offi cer
Designate
Alan Joyce was appointed to the
Qantas Board on 28 July 2008.
Mr Joyce will succeed Geoff Dixon
as Chief Executive Officer following
his retirement at the conclusion
of the Qantas AGM on 28
November 2008.
He is a Director of Jetstar Pacific
Airlines Aviation Joint Stock
Company (in Vietnam) and a former
Director of Orangestar Investment
Holdings Pte Limited (holding
company of Singapore-based
Jetstar Asia and Valuair).
Mr Joyce was appointed Chief
Executive Officer of Jetstar in
October 2003.
Prior to his appointment at Jetstar,
Mr Joyce spent over 15 years in
leadership positions for full service
carriers Qantas, Ansett and Aer
Lingus.
At both Qantas and Ansett, he led
the Network Planning, Schedules
Planning and Network Strategy
functions. Prior to that, Mr Joyce
spent eight years at Aer Lingus,
Ireland’s national carrier, where
he held a number of roles in Sales,
Marketing, IT, Network Planning,
Operations Research, Revenue
Management and Fleet Planning.
Mr Joyce holds a Bachelor of
Science in Applied Science (Physics
and Mathematics) (Honours) and a
Master of Science in Management
Science. He is also a Fellow of the
Royal Aeronautical Society.
Age: 42
Peter Gregg
Chief Financial Offi cer and
EGM Strategy
Peter Gregg was appointed Chief
Financial Officer and to the Qantas
Board in September 2000. In August
2008, Mr Gregg announced he
would step down as Chief Financial
Officer on 30 September 2008.
Mr Gregg is a Director of
Leighton Holdings Limited and
Stanwell Corporation Limited.
He is Chairman of both companies’
Audit Committees.
Mr Gregg is a Director of a number
of controlled entities and associated
companies of the Qantas Group.
He was formerly Chairman of
Orangestar Investment Holdings
Pte Limited and is a former Director
of Air Pacific Limited and Jetset
Travelworld Ltd.
Mr Gregg is responsible for Group
Finance, Investor Relations,
Strategy, Economics, IT Services,
Shared Services and Strategic
Procurement.
Previously Mr Gregg was Deputy
Chief Financial Officer and Group
Treasurer at Qantas. He was also
Treasurer at Australian Airlines and
has worked for the Queensland
Government in various risk
management roles.
He is a Fellow of the Finance and
Treasury Association, a Member
of the Australian Institute of
Company Directors and holds
a Bachelor of Economics.
Mr Gregg was CFO Magazine’s CFO
of the Year in 2006 and won the
same recognition at the 2001
INSTO Distinction Awards.
Age: 53
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