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Board of Directors
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John H Alexander
Executive Chairman |
James D Packer
Executive Deputy Chairman |
JOHN H. ALEXANDER EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Following the approval of the PBL and Demerger Schemes of Arrangement in November 2007, Mr Alexander became Executive Chairman of CMH. Prior to this, Mr Alexander had been Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of PBL since June 2004.
Mr Alexander joined ACP Magazines as Group Publisher in 1998 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of that division in March 1999, a position he held until April 2006. In January 2002, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of PBL’s media businesses which included ACP Magazines and Nine Network – then owned by PBL. Prior to joining the PBL Group, Mr Alexander was the Editor-in-Chief, Publisher & Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, and Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Financial Review.
Mr Alexander is a director of various companies including Crown Limited, Crown Melbourne Limited, Burswood Limited, Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Limited, Aspinalls Holdings (Jersey) Limited, ninemsn Pty Limited, FOXTEL Management Pty Limited, PBL Media Holdings Pty Limited, Premier Media Group Pty Limited and The International Federation of the Periodical Press Limited.
JAMES D. PACKER EXECUTIVE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
Mr Packer has been a director of the Company since April 1992, was Chief Executive Officer from March 1996 to May 1998, was appointed Executive Chairman in May 1998 and, following the PBL Scheme of Arrangement and the implementation of the Recommended Proposal in 2007, became Executive Deputy Chairman of the Company.
Mr Packer is the Executive Chairman of CPH, Executive Chairman of Crown Limited, and a director of various companies including Crown Melbourne Limited, Burswood Limited, Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, PBL Media Holdings Pty Limited, Challenger Financial Services Group Limited, Sunland Group Limited and is the Chairman of SEEK Limited.
CHRISTOPHER J. ANDERSON BEc, NON-INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Anderson joined the PBL Board in June 2004 and was appointed Executive Deputy Chairman of PBL in January 2006. Following the approval of the PBL Scheme of Arrangement and Recommended Proposal in November 2007, Mr Anderson became a non-executive director of CMH (PBL following a name change resolution). In this capacity, Mr Anderson monitors the performance of a number of CMH investments and is a CMH nominee on the boards of CMH’s investment companies, including FOXTEL Management Pty Limited, Premier Media Group Pty Limited, ninemsn Pty Limited, Australian News Channel Pty Limited and SEEK Limited. Mr Anderson is also a member of the Board Remuneration Committee.
Mr Anderson was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Optus and stepped down from that role in late 2004. Prior to joining Optus in 1997, Mr Anderson was the Group Chief Executive of Television New Zealand Limited. Previously, he was the Managing Editor of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and was Chief Executive Officer & Editorial Director of John Fairfax Limited Group. Mr Anderson was employed by John Fairfax Limited from 1966 to 1991 in various editorial and magazine positions.
CHRISTOPHER D. CORRIGAN INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Corrigan was Managing Director of Patrick Corporation Limited. Australia's largest stevedore company with interests in retail transportation and aviation from March 1990 to May 2006. Prior to that, he had a career with Bankers Trust spanning 20 years, including periods as Managing Director of Bankers Trust in Australia and for the Asia-Pacific region.
Mr Corrigan sponsored the formation of a development capital business of A$220 million known as Jamison Equity Limited in 1990, which became a wholly owned subsidiary, in December 1996, of the then publicly listed company Patrick Corporation Limited.
ROWEN B. CRAIGIE BEc (Hon), NON-INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Following the approval of the PBL and Demerger Schemes of Arrangement in November 2007, Mr Craigie became a Non Executive Director of CMH. Mr Craigie is the Managing Director and Chief Exectuive Officer of Crown Limited, overseeing all of Crown's Australian and international gaming operations. He is also a director of Crown Melbourne Limited, Burswood Limited, Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, Aspinalls Holdings (Jersey) Limited and New World Gaming Partners Holdings British Columbia Limited.
Mr Craigie previously served from 2007 to 2008 as the Chief Executive Officer, PBL Gaming and from 2002 to 2007 as the Chief Executive Officer of Crown Melbourne Limited. Mr Craigie joined Crown Melbourne Limited in 1993 and was appointed as the Executive General Manager of its Gaming Machines department in 1996, and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2000.
Prior to joining Crown Melbourne Limited, Mr Craigie was the Group General Manager for Gaming at the TAB in Victoria from 1990 to 1993, and held senior economic policy positions in Treasury and the Department of Industry in Victoria from 1984 to 1990.
ROWENA DANZIGER BA, DipEd (QLD), MACE, INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mrs Danziger’s professional experience spans over 30 years in various Australian and American educational institutions. She was the Headmistress at Ascham School in Sydney from 1973 to 2003. She is currently a director of Opera Australia and a board member of Sydney Writers’ Festival and Chairperson of The Foundation of the Art Gallery of NSW.
Mrs Danziger is also a Director of Crown Limited and Crown Melbourne Limited and is a member of the CMH Board Risk Management Committee and CMH Board Audit & Corporate Governance Committee.
GEOFFREY J DIXON INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Dixon is the Chief Executive Officer of Qantas Airways Limited. Mr Dixon joined Qantas in 1994 and has had responsibility at the airline for all commercial activities. Before joining Qantas, Mr Dixon was Director of Marketing and Industry Sales at Ansett Australia Airlines and General Manager Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Australian Airlines.
Mr Dixon in on the Governing Board of IATA. Prior to his career in the airline industry, Mr Dixon worked for an arm of the Australian Government Overseas Service in Australia and on postings to Australian Missions in The Hague, New York and San Francisco. He has also worked in the mining and media sectors.
ASHOK P. JACOB MBA, NON-INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Jacob is the Chief Executive Officer of Consolidated Press Holdings Limited (CPH). Prior to joining CPH in 1998, Mr Jacob was the Managing Director of the investment arm of the Pratt group of companies. Mr Jacob is a director of Crown Limited, Crown Melbourne Limited and Ellerston Capital Limited.
Mr Jacob holds a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
MICHAEL R. JOHNSTON BEc, ACA, NON-INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Johston is the Finance Director of CPH, having previously been an advisor to the CPH Group for 17 years. As Finance Director, he oversees a large number of operational businesses within the CPH Group and its controlled associates. Mr Johnston was also the Chief Financial Officer of Ellerston Capital (a subsidiary of Consolidated Press Holdings) until 30 June 2008. He is currently on the Boards of Corwn Limited and Consolidated Media Holdings Limited. He is alternate director of Challenger Financial Services Group Limited.
Prior to his appointment with the CPH Group, he was a senior partner in the Australian member firm of Ernst & Young. Mr Johnston holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree from Sydney University and is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
DAVID H LOWY AM, BCom, INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Lowy is a principal of LFG Holdings, non-executive deputy chairman of Westfield Holdings Limited, director of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited and Crown Limited. He is also the Founder and President of the Temora Aviation Museum and a director of The Lowy Institute for International Policy. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of NSW.
CHRISTOPHER J. MACKAY BEc, LLB (Hons), LLM, F Fin, INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Mackay is co-founder and Deputy Chairman of Magellan Financial Group Limited and a Director of Magellan Flagship Fund Limited and Magellan Asset Management Limited. He is also the Chief Investment Officer of Magellan Asset Management Limited.
Mr Mackay has considerable experience in investment, business management, business assessment, capital allocation and risk management. He became an investment banker in 1988, after being a corporate and banking lawyer, and has broad experience in the financial and corporate sectors.
Mr Mackay retired as Chairman of the investment bank UBS Australasia in March 2006, having previously been its Chief Executive Officer. He is a member of the Federal Treasure's Financial Sector Advisory Council and is a former member of the Business Council of Australia and director of the International Banks & Securities Association.
RICHARD W. TURNER AM, BEc, FCA, INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Before his retirement in 1994, Mr Turner had been the Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young, having had a successful 36 year career as an audit partner. Mr Turner is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He is a Director of HBOS Australia Limited, Bankwest Limited, Mirvac Ltd and its group companies. He was past President and director of The Smith Family and past Chairman and a current director of the Institute of Pain Management Limited. Mr Turner is also a director of Crown Limited and is Chair of the CMH Board Audit & Corporate Governance Committee and Crown Board Audit & Corporate Governance Committee.
Board of Directors
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John H Alexander
Executive Chairman |
James D Packer
Executive Deputy Chairman |
JOHN H. ALEXANDER EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Following the approval of the PBL and Demerger Schemes of Arrangement in November 2007, Mr Alexander became Executive Chairman of CMH. Prior to this, Mr Alexander had been Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of PBL since June 2004.
Mr Alexander joined ACP Magazines as Group Publisher in 1998 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of that division in March 1999, a position he held until April 2006. In January 2002, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of PBL’s media businesses which included ACP Magazines and Nine Network – then owned by PBL. Prior to joining the PBL Group, Mr Alexander was the Editor-in-Chief, Publisher & Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, and Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Financial Review.
Mr Alexander is a director of various companies including Crown Limited, Crown Melbourne Limited, Burswood Limited, Melco PBL Entertainment (Macau) Limited, Aspinalls Holdings (Jersey) Limited, ninemsn Pty Limited, FOXTEL Management Pty Limited, PBL Media Holdings Pty Limited, Premier Media Group Pty Limited and The International Federation of the Periodical Press Limited.
JAMES D. PACKER EXECUTIVE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
Mr Packer has been a director of the Company since April 1992, was Chief Executive Officer from March 1996 to May 1998, was appointed Executive Chairman in May 1998 and, following the PBL Scheme of Arrangement and the implementation of the Recommended Proposal in 2007, became Executive Deputy Chairman of the Company.
Mr Packer is the Executive Chairman of CPH, Executive Chairman of Crown Limited, and a director of various companies including Crown Melbourne Limited, Burswood Limited, Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, PBL Media Holdings Pty Limited, Challenger Financial Services Group Limited, Sunland Group Limited and is the Chairman of SEEK Limited.
CHRISTOPHER J. ANDERSON BEc, NON-INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Anderson joined the PBL Board in June 2004 and was appointed Executive Deputy Chairman of PBL in January 2006. Following the approval of the PBL Scheme of Arrangement and Recommended Proposal in November 2007, Mr Anderson became a non-executive director of CMH (PBL following a name change resolution). In this capacity, Mr Anderson monitors the performance of a number of CMH investments and is a CMH nominee on the boards of CMH’s investment companies, including FOXTEL Management Pty Limited, Premier Media Group Pty Limited, ninemsn Pty Limited, Australian News Channel Pty Limited and SEEK Limited. Mr Anderson is also a member of the Board Remuneration Committee.
Mr Anderson was previously the Chief Executive Officer of Optus and stepped down from that role in late 2004. Prior to joining Optus in 1997, Mr Anderson was the Group Chief Executive of Television New Zealand Limited. Previously, he was the Managing Editor of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and was Chief Executive Officer & Editorial Director of John Fairfax Limited Group. Mr Anderson was employed by John Fairfax Limited from 1966 to 1991 in various editorial and magazine positions.
CHRISTOPHER D. CORRIGAN INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Corrigan was Managing Director of Patrick Corporation Limited. Australia's largest stevedore company with interests in retail transportation and aviation from March 1990 to May 2006. Prior to that, he had a career with Bankers Trust spanning 20 years, including periods as Managing Director of Bankers Trust in Australia and for the Asia-Pacific region.
Mr Corrigan sponsored the formation of a development capital business of A$220 million known as Jamison Equity Limited in 1990, which became a wholly owned subsidiary, in December 1996, of the then publicly listed company Patrick Corporation Limited.
ROWEN B. CRAIGIE BEc (Hon), NON-INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Following the approval of the PBL and Demerger Schemes of Arrangement in November 2007, Mr Craigie became a Non Executive Director of CMH. Mr Craigie is the Managing Director and Chief Exectuive Officer of Crown Limited, overseeing all of Crown's Australian and international gaming operations. He is also a director of Crown Melbourne Limited, Burswood Limited, Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, Aspinalls Holdings (Jersey) Limited and New World Gaming Partners Holdings British Columbia Limited.
Mr Craigie previously served from 2007 to 2008 as the Chief Executive Officer, PBL Gaming and from 2002 to 2007 as the Chief Executive Officer of Crown Melbourne Limited. Mr Craigie joined Crown Melbourne Limited in 1993 and was appointed as the Executive General Manager of its Gaming Machines department in 1996, and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2000.
Prior to joining Crown Melbourne Limited, Mr Craigie was the Group General Manager for Gaming at the TAB in Victoria from 1990 to 1993, and held senior economic policy positions in Treasury and the Department of Industry in Victoria from 1984 to 1990.
ROWENA DANZIGER BA, DipEd (QLD), MACE, INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mrs Danziger’s professional experience spans over 30 years in various Australian and American educational institutions. She was the Headmistress at Ascham School in Sydney from 1973 to 2003. She is currently a director of Opera Australia and a board member of Sydney Writers’ Festival and Chairperson of The Foundation of the Art Gallery of NSW.
Mrs Danziger is also a Director of Crown Limited and Crown Melbourne Limited and is a member of the CMH Board Risk Management Committee and CMH Board Audit & Corporate Governance Committee.
GEOFFREY J DIXON INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Dixon is the Chief Executive Officer of Qantas Airways Limited. Mr Dixon joined Qantas in 1994 and has had responsibility at the airline for all commercial activities. Before joining Qantas, Mr Dixon was Director of Marketing and Industry Sales at Ansett Australia Airlines and General Manager Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Australian Airlines.
Mr Dixon in on the Governing Board of IATA. Prior to his career in the airline industry, Mr Dixon worked for an arm of the Australian Government Overseas Service in Australia and on postings to Australian Missions in The Hague, New York and San Francisco. He has also worked in the mining and media sectors.
ASHOK P. JACOB MBA, NON-INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Jacob is the Chief Executive Officer of Consolidated Press Holdings Limited (CPH). Prior to joining CPH in 1998, Mr Jacob was the Managing Director of the investment arm of the Pratt group of companies. Mr Jacob is a director of Crown Limited, Crown Melbourne Limited and Ellerston Capital Limited.
Mr Jacob holds a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
MICHAEL R. JOHNSTON BEc, ACA, NON-INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Johston is the Finance Director of CPH, having previously been an advisor to the CPH Group for 17 years. As Finance Director, he oversees a large number of operational businesses within the CPH Group and its controlled associates. Mr Johnston was also the Chief Financial Officer of Ellerston Capital (a subsidiary of Consolidated Press Holdings) until 30 June 2008. He is currently on the Boards of Corwn Limited and Consolidated Media Holdings Limited. He is alternate director of Challenger Financial Services Group Limited.
Prior to his appointment with the CPH Group, he was a senior partner in the Australian member firm of Ernst & Young. Mr Johnston holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree from Sydney University and is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
DAVID H LOWY AM, BCom, INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Lowy is a principal of LFG Holdings, non-executive deputy chairman of Westfield Holdings Limited, director of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited and Crown Limited. He is also the Founder and President of the Temora Aviation Museum and a director of The Lowy Institute for International Policy. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of NSW.
CHRISTOPHER J. MACKAY BEc, LLB (Hons), LLM, F Fin, INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mr Mackay is co-founder and Deputy Chairman of Magellan Financial Group Limited and a Director of Magellan Flagship Fund Limited and Magellan Asset Management Limited. He is also the Chief Investment Officer of Magellan Asset Management Limited.
Mr Mackay has considerable experience in investment, business management, business assessment, capital allocation and risk management. He became an investment banker in 1988, after being a corporate and banking lawyer, and has broad experience in the financial and corporate sectors.
Mr Mackay retired as Chairman of the investment bank UBS Australasia in March 2006, having previously been its Chief Executive Officer. He is a member of the Federal Treasure's Financial Sector Advisory Council and is a former member of the Business Council of Australia and director of the International Banks & Securities Association.
RICHARD W. TURNER AM, BEc, FCA, INDEPENDENT, NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Before his retirement in 1994, Mr Turner had been the Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young, having had a successful 36 year career as an audit partner. Mr Turner is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He is a Director of HBOS Australia Limited, Bankwest Limited, Mirvac Ltd and its group companies. He was past President and director of The Smith Family and past Chairman and a current director of the Institute of Pain Management Limited. Mr Turner is also a director of Crown Limited and is Chair of the CMH Board Audit & Corporate Governance Committee and Crown Board Audit & Corporate Governance Committee.
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