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Douglas Campbell
B.Eng, FAICD
Group Managing Director
Telstra Country Wide®
Doug Campbell was appointed Group
Managing Director, Telstra Country Wide®
on 4 June 2000, and has over 30 years
experience in the telecommunications
industry both in Australia and Canada.
Prior to his appointment with Telstra
Country Wide®,Doug held the positions of
Group Managing Director, Telstra Wholesale
and International, and Group Managing
Director, Carrier Services Business.He has
also held the position of Group Managing
Director, Network and Technology, and
Group Managing Director, Consumer and
Commercial Customer Operations.
Before the merger of Telecom Australia
and OTC in March 1992, Doug was Deputy
Managing Director of Telecom Australia.
Originally from Canada, Doug was President
of Canadian National Communications.
David Thodey
BA
Group Managing Director
Telstra Business and Government
David Thodey joined Telstra in April 2001
as Group Managing Director of Telstra
Mobile. He was appointed to the position
of Group Managing Director Telstra
Business and Government in December
2002 and is now responsible for the
company’s industry, government and
business customers.
Before joining Telstra, David was Chief
Executive Officer of IBM Australia/New
Zealand and previously held several
senior executive marketing and sales
positions within IBM.
David is the Chairman of TelstraClear in
New Zealand, and is also a director of the
IT Skills Hub.
John Stanhope
B Com (Economics and Accounting),FCPA,
FCA, FAICD,FAIM
Chief Financial Officer and
Group Managing Director
Finance and Administration
John Stanhope was appointed to the role of
Chief Financial Officer and Group Managing
Director, Finance and Administration from
1 October 2003. He is responsible for finance,
treasury, risk management and assurance,
productivity,corporate services and billing.
John previously served as Director, Finance.
In this role, which he assumed in 1995, he
contributed to T1 and T2, cost reduction
programs, growth strategies, debt raising,
capital management and organisational
restructures.
In 2003 John was elected as National
President to the Group of 100 for a two year
period. He was also appointed as a member
of the CPA Australia’s Professional Education
Board for a three year term and is Chairman
of the Business Coalition for Tax Reform.
John is a Director of TelstraClear Limited,
REACH Ltd,Hong Kong CSL Limited,
Sensis Pty Limited and Telstra Super.
Michael Rocca
MBA, DipEng, GAICD
Group Managing Director
Infrastructure Services
Michael Rocca was appointed Group
Managing Director of Infrastructure
Services on 14 August 2002 . This unit of
about 18,000 Telstra staff as well as
an extensive contract workforce, has
the responsibility for providing design,
installation and maintenance services to
all of Telstra’s Australian customers.
Prior to his current assignment, Michael
held a range of posts during his 34 year
career including being Managing Director
of a number of engineering and service
organisations within the company.
In his role as Managing Director of
Service Operations he has led the group
to achieve an enviable record in the area
of delivering substantial customer service
improvements, and cost reduction.
and management of Telstra’s fixed, mobile, IP and data networks,
as well as the design and construction of network infrastructure.
This includes voice and data,product and application platforms and
the online environment.Infrastructure Services is a fully integrated
service delivery business with performance targets based on
customer service levels,product and network availability and
maintaining a competitive cost position.
•Telstra Technology,Innovation and Products was established in
October 2003,bringing together the previous Telstra Technology
business unit with other business unit product development areas
and IT systems.It develops and supports products specified by our
market facing business units.Underpinning the products is a range
of technologies,which are optimally designed and implemented
to provide the best outcome for Telstra and our customers.Telstra
Technology, Innovation and Products also undertakes substantial
research and development to ensure that Telstra remains at the
forefront of technology in Australia.
Corporate centre business units
•Finance & Administration is responsible for setting the financial direction
for Telstra and provides finance services support to Telstra’s business units.
The group manages Telstra’s cash flow, risk management, credit
management,corporate services, corporate planning and analysis and
business and finance services.It is also responsible for the productivity and
billing directorates.
•Corporate Development performs the functions of business development,
commercial analysis,corporate strategy,mergers and acquisitions, strategic
projects and investor relations.
•Legal & Office of the Company Secretary provides legal and company
secretarial services across Telstra.It is also responsible for corporate security
and liaison with law enforcement agencies.
•Regulatory,Corporate & Human Relations is responsible for the management
of all regulatory issues on behalf of Telstra,including liaison with regulatory
bodies,the promotion and protection of Telstra’s reputation by facilitating
effective engagement of internal and external stakeholders,the management
of Telstra’s interaction with Government at the Commonwealth and State
level and all human relations matters across Telstra including health,safety
and the environment,leadership development and training,and all workplace
relations matters.