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senior management and executive officers
Ted Pretty
BA,LLB (Hons)
Group Managing Director
Telstra Technology,Innovation
and Products
Ted Pretty was appointed Group Managing
Director of the Telstra Technology,
Innovation and Products Group effective
from 1 October 2003 and has accountability
for the design, development and evolution
of Telstra’s fixed,wireless and data
networks,products and services. The Group
also encompasses all IT services and
Telstra’s Research Laboratories. Ted is also
on the boards of TelstraClear and KAZ Group
Limited. Previously, Ted was Group
Managing Director of the Telstra Consumer
and Marketing Group. Prior to this,Ted was
the Group Managing Director, Telstra Retail.
Te d has also held positions as Group
Managing Director, Convergent Business
and Managing Director, Telstra
International. Before joining Telstra in 1997,
Ted gained extensive experience as a
representative,director and key advisor
to a number of international
telecommunications companies.
Bruce Akhurst
LLB, BEc (Hons)
Group Managing Director
Telstra Wholesale and Telstra Broadband
& Media and Group General Counsel
Bruce Akhurst has responsibility for
Telstra’s Wholesale business,Telstra’s
broadband business,including Internet
service provider BigPond™, and Telstra’s
advertising and directory business,Sensis
and Telstra Media. Bruce sits on the Boards
of Telstra’s major investment in New
Zealand’s telecommunications market –
TelstraClear, Telstra’s 50% interest in
Subscription TV company,FOXTEL® and is
chairman of Sensis®.Within Telstra, he has
management responsibility for Telstra’s
digital media strategy, which includes
Telstra’s investment in FOXTEL®,and
Telstra’s broadband deployment and
strategy. In addition, Bruce heads Telstra’s
Legal and Company Secretariat group and
is Telstra’s Group General Counsel.
Bruce joined Telstra as General Counsel
in 1996 and became Group Managing
Director in 1999. Before joining Telstra, he
was the Managing Partner at a national
law firm.
David Moffatt
BBus (Mgt),FCPA
Group Managing Director
Telstra Consumer and Marketing
David Moffatt was appointed Group
Managing Director, Telstra Consumer
and Marketing from 1 October 2003. The
group’s activities encompass the provision
of fixed and mobile communications,
broadband and entertainment services
to the Australian consumer and SME
segments. The group also manages the
Telstra Shop chain and Telstra’s extensive
national network of mobile phone
dealers as well as Telstra’s payphone
services. During the year David also
headed Telstra International, was
Chairman of Hong Kong CSL and Board
member of FOXTEL®.
David was previously Telstra Chief
Financial Officer and Group Managing
Director, Finance and Administration,
a role he assumed in February 2001.
Prior to joining Telstra, David was Chief
Executive Officer, General Electric –
Australia and New Zealand.
Bill Scales
AO, BEc,FIPAA
Group Managing Director
Regulatory,Corporate and Human
Relations and Chief of Staff
Bill Scales joined Telstra in November
2000 as Managing Director Human
Resources and Chief of Staff.He was
appointed Group Managing Director,
Corporate and Human Relations on
1 August 2002 responsible for the
management of Human Resources,
Corporate and Political Relations,
Employee Communications and Chief
of Staff to the CEO.In December 2002,
Bill Scales took on additional
responsibilities for Regulatory Affairs,
and was appointed Group Managing
Director, Regulatory, Corporate and
Human Relations, and Chief of Staff.
Prior to joining Telstra, Bill was Secretary
of the Victoria Department of Premier and
Cabinet.For 6 years he was Chairman
and CEO of the Industry Commission,
and prior to that Chairman and CEO of
the Automotive Industry Authority.Prior
to his involvement with Governments,
Bill held general management positions
in the manufacturing sector.
Strategic business units
•Telstra Consumer and Marketing is responsible for serving
metropolitan consumer and small business customers with our
full range of products and services including fixed,wireless and
data,the overall management of Telstra’s brands,advertising and
sponsorships and implementing our product bundling initiatives.
•Telstra Business and Government is responsible for providing
innovative and leading edge communications solutions to
Australian Business and Government that will improve both their
productivity and their ability to serve their customers.
•Telstra Country Wide® is responsible for providing
telecommunications services to consumer and business customers
in outer metropolitan,regional, rural and remote parts of Australia.
This business unit was formed in June 2000 with the aim of
improving services and growing our business in regional Australia.
•Telstra Broadband & Media is responsible for our broadband,
dial-up and online services business BigPond™, our local
advertising,search and information services business Sensis and
Telstra Media (including fetchmemovies®, our online DVD rental
business) and our FOXTEL® investment.
•Telstra Wholesale provides a wide range of wholesale products
and services to the Australian domestic market including fixed,
wireless,data and Internet,transmission and Internet Protocol
(IP),interconnection,access to our network facilities, retail/rebill
products and the marketing and sales functions of our Network
Design and Construction group.
•Telstra International (which changed its name to Telstra Asia
on 2 August 2004) manages our international interests in Asia,
including Hong Kong CSL Limited and our joint venture REACH in
Hong Kong.It also directs our offshore growth strategy, with a
current focus on enhancing the value of our existing investments
and rationalising the investments that are non-core to Telstra.
•Infrastructure Services builds,operates and maintains Telstra’s
telecommunications infrastructure.It continues to operate as
Telstra’s primary service provider, with a focus on supporting the
growth of the customer facing business units.Infrastructure
Services is responsible for the provisioning,restoration,operation
Our senior management team is committed to enhancing shareholder
value through providing continued improvements in customer service.
FOXTEL®is a registered trade mark of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.