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Telstra Corporation Limited and controlled entities
Directors’ Report
John M Stewart - BA, FCIB, ACII
Mr Stewart joined Telstra as a non-executive Director in
April 2008. He is a member of the Audit Committee.
Experience:
Mr Stewart has had a long and successful career in the
finance industry since he first joined Woolwich PLC in
1977. Mr Stewart was appointed to the Board of
Woolwich in 1995 and became Chief Executive in 1996.
Following Woolwich's acquisition by Barclays PLC in
October 2000, Mr Stewart was appointed Deputy Chief
Executive Officer and became a member of the Barclays
Group Board and Group Executive Committee. In
August 2003, he joined the Group comprising National
Australia Bank (NAB), the Clydesdale & Yorkshire banks
in the UK, the Bank of New Zealand, and nabCapital, as
Chief Executive, Europe and Principal Board Member. In
February 2004, Mr Stewart was appointed Group Chief
Executive Officer of NAB and retired from the NAB
effective 31 December 2008.
Directorships of other listed companies - current:
Chairman, Legal & General Group plc (2010 - );
Director, Bank of England (2009 - ).
Directorships of Listed companies - past three
years:
Director and Chief Executive Officer, National Australia
Bank (2004 - 2008).
Other:
Former: Chair, Australian Bankers' Association (2007 –
2008); Director, Business Council of Australia (2006 -
2008); Executive Director, Barclays PLC (2000 - 2003);
Group CEO, Woolwich PLC (1996 - 2000); Member,
Scottish Enterprise's International Advisory Board
(2006 - 2009) and the Federal Attorney General’s
Business-Government Advisory Group on national
security. Mr Stewart was also a member of a former
Prime Minister's Task Group on Emissions Trading.
John W Stocker - AO, MB.BS, BMedSc, PhD, FRACP,
FTSE
Dr Stocker joined Telstra as a non-executive Director in
October 1996. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee
and a member of the Technology and NBN Due Diligence
Committees. He was a member of the NBN Committee
whilst it was operative.
Experience:
Dr Stocker has had a distinguished career in
pharmaceutical research and extensive experience in
management of research and development, and its
commercialisation including in his roles as Chief
Executive of CSIRO (1990 - 1995) and subsequently, as
Chief Scientist for the Commonwealth of Australia (1996
- 1999).
Directorships of other listed companies - current:
Director, Nufarm Limited (1998 - ).
Directorships of listed companies - past three
years:
Chairman, Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (2005 - 2010).
Other:
Current: Principal, Foursight Associates Pty Ltd (1996
- ).
Former: Chairman, Grape and Wine Research and
Development Corporation (1997 – 2004), Sigma
Company Ltd (1998-2005), CSIRO (2007 - 2010) and
The Australian Wine Research Institute Ltd (2009 -
2010); Director, Cambridge Antibody Technology Group
plc (1995 - 2006), Circadian Technologies Ltd (1996 -
2008).
Steven M Vamos - BEng (Hons)
Mr Vamos joined the Telstra Board as a non-executive
Director in September 2009. He is also a member of the
Remuneration and Nomination Committees and was a
member of the NBN Committee whilst it was operative.
Experience:
Mr Vamos has over 30 years experience in the
information technology, internet and online industry. He
led Microsoft Australia and New Zealand from 2003 to
January 2007 before moving to the United States to
become the company’s online business head of
worldwide Sales and International Operations.
Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of ninemsn.
Mr Vamos also worked for Apple Computer in the 1990s
after spending 14 years in senior management roles at
IBM Australia. He is the founding President of the
Society for Knowledge Economics (SKE), a not-for-profit
think tank that encourages new and better practices in
leadership and management.
Directorships of other listed companies - current:
Nil
Directorships of listed companies – past three
years:
Nil
Other:
Current: President, Society for Knowledge Economics
(2005 - ); Director, eGeneration Investments Pty
Limited (1999 - ).
Former: Chief Executive Officer, ninemsn (1998 –
2002); Vice President, Australia and New Zealand,
Microsoft (2003 - 2007).