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Telstra Corporation Limited and controlled entities
Directors’ Report
Directors’ profiles
As at 13 August 2009, our directors were as follows:
(1) Other than the CEO, directors may not hold office for more than three
years or beyond the third annual general meeting (AGM) following
their appointment (whichever is the later) without re-election. A
director appointed to fill a casual vacancy must stand for election at
the next AGM.
A brief biography for each of the directors as at 13 August 2009
is presented below:
Catherine B Livingstone – AO, BA (Hons), FCA, FTSE
Ms Livingstone joined Telstra as a non-executive director in
November 2000 and was appointed as Chairman in May 2009.
She is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and NBN
Committee and a member of the Remuneration, Audit and
Technology Committees.
Experience:
Ms Livingstone has a degree in accounting and has held several
finance and general management roles predominantly in the
medical devices sector. Ms Livingstone was the Chief Executive
of Cochlear Limited (1994 - 2000).
Directorships of other listed companies - current:
Director, Macquarie Bank Limited (2003- ), Macquarie Group
Limited (2007- ) and WorleyParsons Ltd (2007- ).
Directorships of listed companies - past three years:
Nil
Other:
Current: Director, Future Directions International Pty Ltd
(2007- ); Member, New South Wales Innovation Council (2007- )
and the Royal Institution of Australia (2009- ).
Former: Chairman, CSIRO (2001-2006); Chairman and Director
Australian Business Foundation (2000-2005); Director,
Goodman Fielder Ltd (2000-2003), Rural Press Limited
(2000-2003), Macquarie Graduate School of Management Pty
Ltd (2007-2008) and Sydney Institute (1998-2005), Member,
Department of Accounting and Finance Advisory Board
Macquarie University, Business/Industry/Higher Education
Collaboration Committee (BIHECC) and Federal Government's
National Innovation System Review Panel (2008-2008).
David I Thodey - BA
Mr Thodey became Chief Executive Officer and an executive
director on 19 May 2009.
Experience:
Mr Thodey joined Telstra in April 2001 as Group Managing
Director of Telstra Mobiles. He was appointed to the position of
Group Managing Director Telstra Enterprise and Government
in December 2002 and was responsible for the company's
corporate, government and large business customers in
Australia, TelstraClear in New Zealand and Telstra's
international sales division.
Before joining Telstra, Mr Thodey was Chief Executive Officer of
IBM Australia/New Zealand and previously held several senior
executive positions in marketing and sales with IBM across the
Asia Pacific region.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and English from
Victoria University in New Zealand. Mr Thodey attended the
Kellogg Post-Graduate School General Management Program
at Northwestern University in Chicago.
Directorships of other listed companies - current:
Nil
Directorships of listed companies - past three years:
Nil
Other:
Current: Chairman, Basketball Australia (2008- ).
Former: Chairman, TelstraClear New Zealand (2003-2009)
John V Stanhope - B Com (Economics and Accounting), FCPA,
FCA, FAICD, FAIM
Mr Stanhope was appointed as an executive director of Telstra
on 8 May 2009. He was appointed to the role of Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) and Group Managing Director, Finance &
Administration in October 2003.
Experience:
Since joining Telstra in 1967, Mr Stanhope has held a number of
operational roles and a range of senior financial management
positions including Director, Finance. In this role, which he
assumed in 1995, he contributed to the T1 and T2 share sales,
cost reduction programs, growth strategies, debt raising,
capital management and organisational restructures.
In his current role as CFO and GMD Finance & Administration,
Mr Stanhope is responsible for finance; treasury; risk
management and assurance; corporate planning, reporting
and analysis; business services; investor relations; corporate
security and investigations, procurement, billing and business
Name Age Position Year of initial
appointment
Year last re-elected
(1)
Catherine B Livingstone . . . . . . . 53 Chairman, Non-executive Director 2000 2008
David I Thodey . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director 2009 -
John V Stanhope. . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Executive Director 2009 -
Geoffrey A Cousins. . . . . . . . . . . 66 Non-executive Director 2006 -
Charles Macek . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Non-executive Director 2001 2006
John P Mullen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Non-executive Director 2008 -
John M Stewart . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Non-executive Director 2008 -
John W Stocker. . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Non-executive Director 1996 2006
Peter J Willcox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Non-executive Director 2006 2006
John D Zeglis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Non-executive Director 2006 2006