David A Crawford AO, B.Com., LLB, FCA, FCPA



Member of the Board since August 2001.
Chairman since November 2007. 
Mr Crawford is an independent Director.     

 

 

Mr Crawford has extensive experience in risk management and business reorganisation, having worked with governments and major corporations. He is a former partner and National Chairman of KPMG and is on the Advisory Boards of Allens Arthur Robinson and Bank of America Merrill Lynch Australia. Mr Crawford is a Director of BHP Billiton Limited and Chairman of Lend Lease Corporation Limited. Until December 2007, Mr Crawford was a Director of Westpac Banking Corporation.

Mr Crawford is the Chairperson of the Succession Committee and a member of the Human Resources Committee.

 

Ian D Johnston B.Com.

Member of the Board since September 2007.
Chief Executive Officer since September 2008.

 

 

Mr Johnston has extensive experience in the international food and beverage industry with Unilever in Australia, Canada and Europe and Cadbury Schweppes in Australia and the UK. Prior to his retirement in 2000, he was Managing Director Global Confectionery and Board Director of Cadbury Schweppes plc based in London. Since leaving Cadbury Schweppes, Mr Johnston has advised a broad group of private companies and was briefly a non-executive Director of Coles Group Limited in 2001. Mr Johnston is a Director of Goodman Fielder Limited.

 

M Lyndsey Cattermole AM, B.Sc., FACS

 

Member of the Board since October 1999.
Mrs Cattermole is an independent Director.

 

 

Mrs Cattermole has extensive information technology and telecommunications experience. She was a former Executive Director of Aspect Computing Pty Ltd and Kaz Group Limited. She has also held a number of significant appointments to government, hospital and research boards and committees. Mrs Cattermole is a Director of Tattersall’s Limited.

Mrs Cattermole is the Chairperson of the Risk and Compliance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

 

Paul A Clinton Business Administration DipIT

 

Member of the Board since March 2008.
Mr Clinton is an independent Director.

 

 

Mr Clinton has extensive experience with distribution systems in the United States and Canada.  From 1988 he held a number of senior roles with the Diageo Group, and its predecessors, culminating in 2000 with his appointment as President and CEO of Diageo North America. Prior to his retirement in 2003, Mr Clinton also sat on the Board of Directors of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.

Mr Clinton is a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee.

 

Christine Nixon, APM, BA, MPA (Harvard), FAIM, FIPAA 

 

Member of the Board since April 2010. 
Ms Nixon is an independent Director.

 

 

Ms Nixon has leadership and management experience and a strong community focus developed over a career in the NSW and Victorian Police force. She became Victoria's first female Chief Commissioner in 2001 and is Chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority. Ms Nixon is on the Advisory Board of the Allanah and Madeline Foundation, is a patron of Onside Soccer - Victorian Soccer Foundation Incorporation, Operation Newstart Victoria and the Phoenix Club Inc, and is a Member of the Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund.

 

Max G Ould B.Ec.

 

Member of the Board since February 2004.
Mr Ould is an independent Director.

 

 

Mr Ould has extensive experience in the fast moving consumer goods industry. He was the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Foods Limited and is the former Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Dunlop's Peters Foods division and Managing Director of the East Asiatic Company. Mr Ould is a Director of AGL Energy Limited and Chairman of Goodman Fielder Limited. Until October 2009, Mr Ould was a Director of Pacific Brands Limited.

Mr Ould is the Chairperson of the Human Resources Committee and a member of the Succession Committee and the Audit Committee.

 

Michael J Ullmer BSc(Maths) (Hons), FCA, SF Fin.

 

Member of the Board since July 2008.
Mr Ullmer is an independent Director.

 

 

Mr Ullmer has strategic, financial and management experience developed over a 30 year career in international banking and finance. He is a former Finance Director of the National Australia Bank and is now the Bank's Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer. From 1982 until 1992 Mr Ullmer worked with KPMG in London, the US and Australia and then joined Coopers and Lybrand to lead their Asia Pacific Financial Services Group. In 1997 he joined the Commonwealth Bank of Australia as Group Chief Financial Officer and then Group Executive with responsibility for Institutional and Business Banking.

Mr Ullmer is the Chairperson of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee.