Qantas 2010 Annual Report Download - page 13

11 ANNUAL REPORT 2010
Peter Cosgrove was appointed to the Qantas Board
in July 2005. He is a Member of the Safety, Health,
Environment and Security Committee and a Director
of Qantas Superannuation Limited. General Cosgrove
is a Director of Cardno Limited, Chairman of the South
Australian Defence Industry Advisory Board and the
Australian War Memorial Council. General Cosgrove
served in the Australian Army from 1965 including
command of the international forces in East Timor
from 1999 until the force was withdrawn in February
2000. He was the Chief of the Australian Defence
Force from July 2002 until his retirement in July 2005.
General Cosgrove was Australian of the Year in 2001.
Age: 63
General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC
FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Patricia Cross
BSc(Hons), FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Richard Goodmanson was appointed to the Qantas
Board in June 2008. He is a Member of the
Remuneration Committee and a Member of the
Safety, Health, Environment and Security Committee.
Mr Goodmanson is a Director of Rio Tinto plc and
Rio Tinto Limited. From 1999 to 2009 he was
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Ofcer
of E.I du Pont de Nemours and Company. Previous to
this role, he was President and Chief Executive Ofcer
of America West Airlines. Mr Goodmanson was also
previously Senior Vice President of Operations for
Frito-Lay Inc. and was a principal at McKinsey &
Company Inc. He spent 10 years in heavy civil
engineering project management, principally in South
East Asia. Mr Goodmanson was born in Australia and
is a citizen of both Australia and the United States.
Age: 63
Richard Goodmanson
BEng(Civil), BCom, BEc, MBA
Independent Non-Executive Director
John Schubert was appointed to the Qantas Board
in October 2000. He is Chairman of the Safety, Health,
Environment and Security Committee and a Member
of the Nominations Committee. Dr Schubert is a
Director of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton plc.
He is also Chairman of G2 Therapies Limited and the
Great Barrier Reef Foundation. He was most recently
Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia
and was also previously Chairman of WorleyParsons
Limited and President of the Business Council of
Australia. Dr Schubert was also Managing Director
and Chief Executive Ofcer of Pioneer International
Limited from 1993 until 2000. Dr Schubert 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. Age: 67
Dr John Schubert
BE, PhD, FIEAust, CPEng, FTS, FIChemE
Independent Non-Executive Director
James Strong was appointed to the Qantas Board
in July 2006. He is Chairman of the Remuneration
Committee and a Member of the Nominations
Committee. Mr Strong was the Chief Executive
Ofcer and Managing Director of Qantas between
1993 and 2001, following his appointment to the
Board in 1991. He is Chairman of Woolworths Limited,
Kathmandu Holdings Limited and the Australia Council
for the Arts. He is also a member of the Nomura
Australia Advisory Board and a Director of the Australian
Grand Prix Corporation. Mr Strong was formerly
the Chairman of Insurance Australia Group Limited,
a Director of IAG Finance (New Zealand) Limited,
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
Ofcer of Australian Airlines from 1985 until 1989.
He has been admitted as a barrister and/or solicitor
in various state jurisdictions in Australia. Age: 66
James Strong, AO
Independent Non-Executive Director
Barbara Ward was appointed to the Qantas Board
in June 2008. She is a Member of the Safety, Health,
Environment and Security Committee and the Audit
Committee. Ms Ward is Chairman of Country Energy,
a Director of a number of Brookeld Multiplex Group
companies and O’Connell Street Associates Pty Ltd,
and is on the Advisory Board of LEK Consulting. She
was formerly a Director of the Commonwealth Bank
of Australia, Lion Nathan Limited, Brookeld Multiplex
Limited, Allco Finance Group Limited, Record
Investments Limited, Data Advantage Limited, Rail
Infrastructure Corporation and Delta Electricity. She
was Chairman of NorthPower and a Board Member
of Allens Arthur Robinson. Ms Ward was Chief
Executive Ofcer of Ansett Worldwide Aviation
Services from 1993 to 1998. Before that, Ms Ward
held various positions at TNT Limited, including
General Manager Finance, and also served as a Senior
Ministerial Adviser to The Hon PJ Keating. Age: 56
Barbara Ward
BEc, MPolEc
Independent Non-Executive Director
Patricia Cross was appointed to the Qantas Board
in January 2004. She is a Member of the Audit and
Remuneration Committees. Mrs Cross is a Director
of National Australia Bank Limited, JBWere Pty Limited,
the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, the Grattan
Institute and the Methodist Ladies College. She is
a Member of the Government’s Australian Financial
Centre Forum and Melbourne University’s Advisory
Council to the Faculty of Business and Economics.
Mrs Cross was previously a director of Wesfarmers
Limited, Chairman of Qantas Superannuation Limited
and Deputy Chairman of Victoria’s Transport Accident
Commission. She has served on a variety of publicly
listed, government, university and private company
boards. Prior to becoming a professional company
director in 1996, Mrs Cross held senior executive
positions with Chase Manhattan Bank, Banque
Nationale de Paris and National Australia Bank. Age: 51