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Board of Directors
Leigh Clifford, AO
BEng, MEngSci
Chairman
Independent Non-Executive Director
Leigh Clifford was appointed to the
Qantas Board in August 2007 and as
Chairman in November 2007.
He is Chairman of the Nominations
Committee.
Mr Clifford is a Director of Bechtel Group,
Inc. and Chairman of Bechtel Australia
Pty Ltd and the Murdoch Childrens
Research Institute. He is a Senior Advisor
to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co and a
Board Member of the National Gallery
of Victoria Foundation. Mr Clifford was
previously a Director of Barclays Bankplc.
Mr Clifford was Chief Executive of Rio
Tinto from 2000 to 2007. He retired from
the Board of Rio Tinto in 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 in Australia and overseas.
Age: 65
Alan Joyce
BApplSc(Phy)(Math)(Hon),MSc(MgtSc),
MA, FRAeS, FTSE
Chief Executive Ofcer
Alan Joyce was appointed Chief
Executive Ofcer and Managing Director
of Qantas in November 2008.
He is a Member of the Safety, Health,
Environment and Security Committee.
Mr Joyce is a Director of a number of
controlled entities of the Qantas Group.
Mr Joyce is a member of the International
Air Transport Association’s Board of
Governors and served as Chairman
from 2012 to 2013. He was the CEO
of Jetstar from 2003 to 2008. Before
that, MrJoyce spent over 15 years in
leadership positions with 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, where he held
roles in sales, marketing, IT, network
planning, operations research, revenue
management and eet planning.
Age: 47
Maxine Brenner
BA, LLB
Independent Non-Executive Director
Maxine Brenner was appointed to the
Qantas Board in August 2013.
She is a Member of the Remuneration
Committee.
Ms Brenner is a Managing Director of
Investment Banking at Investec Bank
(Australia) Limited. She has extensive
experience in corporate advisory work,
particularly in relation to mergers and
acquisitions, corporate restructures and
general corporate activity.
Ms Brenner is a Director of Orica Limited,
Growthpoint Properties Australia Limited
and the State Library of NSW Foundation.
She is also a Member of the Advisory
Panel of the Centre for Social Impact at
the University of New South Wales.
Previously Ms Brenner was the Deputy
Chairman of Federal Airports Corporation
and a Director of Neverfail Springwater
Limited, Bulmer Australia Limited and
Treasury Corporation of NSW. She also
served as a Member of the Australian
Government’s Takeovers Panel.
Earlier, she practised as a lawyer with
Freehills and was a law lecturer at
theUniversities of New South Wales
andSydney.
Age: 51