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Telstra Corporation Limited and controlled entities
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Directors’ Report
Experience:
Ms Seale has over 20 years experience in senior executive roles
in Australia and overseas. She is currently the Managing
Director of Random House, Australia and NZ and President,
Asia Development for Random House Inc, the global company.
Previously, she was Chief Executive Officer for The Macquarie
Dictionary and Lansdowne Publishing from 1997-1999. Ms
Seale was the Chief Executive Officer for the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation from 1994 to 1997.
Directorships of Other Listed Companies - current:
Nil
Directorships of Listed Companies - past three years:
Nil
Other:
Current: Director, Sydney Writers Festival (2011 - ).
Former: Director, then Vice President, Australian Publishers
Association (2004 - 2012); Trustee, Powerhouse Museum
(2004 - 2011) and Chair, Scholarship Committee, Chief
Executive Women (2011- 2012).
John W Stocker - AO, MB BS, BMedSc, PhD, FRACP, FTSE
Dr Stocker joined Telstra as a non-executive Director in October
1996. He is a member of the Audit and Technology Committees,
and served as Chairman of the Audit Committee from December
2001 until June 2012. He was a member of the NBN Due
Diligence 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:
Nil
Directorships of listed companies - past three years:
Chairman, Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (2005 - 2010) and
Director, Nufarm Limited (1998 - 2011).
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.
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:
Director, David Jones (2012 - ).
Directorships of listed companies - past three years:
Nil
Other:
Current: President, Society for Knowledge Economics (2005 - );
Director, eGeneration Investments Pty Limited (1999 - ),
Medibank Private Limited (2011 - ), Australian Health
Management Group Pty Limited (2011 - ) and BDB Soti Pty Ltd
(2012 - ).
Former: Chief Executive Officer, ninemsn (1998 - 2002); Vice
President, Australia and New Zealand, Microsoft (2003 - 2007).
John D Zeglis - BSc Finance, JD Law
Mr Zeglis joined Telstra as a non-executive Director in May
2006. He is Chairman of the Technology Committee.
Experience:
Mr Zeglis has a legal background, and became partner with the
law firm Sidley & Austin in 1978. He was General Counsel of
AT&T from 1986 - 1998. His qualifications include a BSc in
Finance from the University of Illinois, and a JD in Law from
Harvard.