Qantas Board of Directors
Leigh Clifford, AO
BEng, MEngSci
Chairman, Independent Non-Executive Director
Leigh Clifford was appointed to the Qantas Board in August 2007 and as Chairman in November 2007.
He is Chairman of the Qantas Nominations Committee.
Mr Clifford is a Director of Barclays Bank plc and Bechtel Group Inc. He is Chairman of Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd, a Senior Advisor to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, a Director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and a Board Member of the National Gallery of Victoria Foundation.
Mr Clifford was Chief Executive of Rio Tinto from 2000 to 2007. He retired from the Board of Rio Tinto in 2007 after serving as a Director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited for 13 and 12 years respectively. His executive and board career with Rio Tinto spanned some 37 years, including a wide variety of operational and marketing roles in the coal and metalliferous operations of the Rio Tinto Group in Australia and overseas.
Age: 61
Alan Joyce
BApplSc(Phy)(Math)(Hon.), MSc(MgtSc), FRAeS
Chief Executive Officer
Alan Joyce was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Qantas on 28 November 2008 and Chief Executive Officer Designate and to the Qantas Board on 28 July 2008.
Mr Joyce is a Director of a number of controlled and associated entities of the Qantas Group, a former Director of Orangestar Investment Holdings Pte Limited and Jetstar Pacific Airlines Aviation Joint Stock Company.
Mr Joyce was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Jetstar in October 2003 after having spent over 15 years in leadership positions for full service carriers Qantas, Ansett and Aer Lingus.
At both Qantas and Ansett, he led the Network Planning, Schedules Planning and Network Strategy functions. Prior to that, Mr Joyce spent eight years at Aer Lingus, where he held a number of roles in Sales, Marketing, IT, Network Planning, Operations Research, Revenue Management and Fleet Planning.
Age: 43
Colin Storrie
BCom, GradDipMgt, CPA, MAICD
Chief Financial Officer
Colin Storrie was appointed Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director, and to the Qantas Board on 30 September 2008.
Mr Storrie has over 10 years' experience in senior financial roles at Qantas. Previously he was Group Financial Controller, Group Treasurer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for the Group Finance function. He has been a member of the Qantas Executive Committee since October 2005.
Mr Storrie is a Director of a number of controlled and associated entities of the Qantas Group. He was formerly a Director of Jetset Travelworld Limited, Australian air Express Pty Ltd, Star Track Express Pty Limited, Qantas Superannuation Limited and Jet Turbine Services Pty Limited.
Prior to joining Qantas, Mr Storrie worked in finance and accounting roles within investment banking and the New South Wales Government.
Age: 41
General Peter Cosgrove, AC, MC
FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Peter Cosgrove was appointed to the Qantas Board in July 2005.
He is a Member of the Qantas Safety, Environment & Security Committee and a Director of Qantas Superannuation Limited.
General Cosgrove is Vice-Chairman of the Australian Rugby Union and a Director of Cardno Limited. He is also Chairman of the South Australian Defence Industry Advisory Board, Chairman of the Australian War Memorial Council and a consultant to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
General Cosgrove served in the Australian Army from 1965 and was the Chief of the Australian Defence Force from July 2002 until his retirement in July 2005.
He was in command of the international forces in East Timor from 1999 until the force was withdrawn in February 2000, for which General Cosgrove was appointed a Companion of the Military Division of the Order of Australia.
General Cosgrove was Australian of the Year in 2001.
Age: 62
Patricia Cross
BSc (Hons), FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Patricia Cross was appointed to the Qantas Board in January 2004.
She is a Member of the Qantas Audit Committee and the Qantas Remuneration Committee.
Mrs Cross is a Director of Wesfarmers Limited, National Australia Bank Limited, the Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the Grattan Institute and the Methodist Ladies College. She is also a Member of the Federal Government's Australian Financial Centre Forum.
Mrs Cross was previously Chairman of Qantas Superannuation Limited and Deputy Chairman of Victoria's Transport Accident Commission. She has served on a variety of publicly listed, government, university and private company boards.
Prior to becoming a professional company director in 1996, Mrs Cross held senior executive positions with Chase Manhattan Bank, Banque Nationale de Paris and National Australia Bank.
Age: 50
Richard Goodmanson
BEng(Civil), BCom, BEc, MBA
Independent Non-Executive Director
Richard Goodmanson was appointed to the Qantas Board in June 2008.
He is a Member of the Qantas Remuneration Committee.
Mr Goodmanson will retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company on 30 September 2009, after serving in the role since May 1999. He is a Director of Rio Tinto plc, Rio Tinto Limited and the United Way of Delaware (as Past Chair), and is an economic advisor to the Governor of Guangdong Province.
From 1996 to 1999, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of America West Airlines. Mr Goodmanson was previously Senior Vice President of Operations for Frito-Lay Inc. and was a principal at McKinsey & Company Inc. He previously spent 10 years in heavy civil engineering project management, principally in South East Asia.
Mr Goodmanson was born in Australia and is a citizen of both Australia and the United States.
Age: 62
Garry Hounsell
BBus(Acc), FCA, CPA, FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Garry Hounsell was appointed to the Qantas Board in January 2005.
He is Chairman of the Qantas Audit Committee and a Member of the Qantas Nominations Committee.
Mr Hounsell is Chairman of PanAust Limited and a Director of Orica Limited and Nufarm Limited. Mr Hounsell is also Deputy Chairman of Mitchell Communication Group Limited.
He is also Chairman of Investec Global Aircraft Fund, a Director of Ingeus Limited, a Board Member of law firm Freehills and a Director of The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Ltd.
Mr Hounsell is a former Senior Partner of Ernst & Young and Chief Executive Officer and Country Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen.
Age: 54
Paul Rayner
BEc, MAdmin, FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Paul Rayner was appointed to the Qantas Board in July 2008.
He is a Member of the Qantas Audit Committee and Qantas Safety, Environment & Security Committee.
Mr Rayner is a Director of Boral Limited and Centrica plc. He also serves as Chairman of Boral's Audit Committee and Centrica's Audit Committee.
From 2002 to 2008, Mr Rayner was Finance Director of British American Tobacco plc, based in London. Mr Rayner joined Rothmans Holdings Limited in 1991 as its Chief Financial Officer and held other senior executive positions within the Group, including Chief Operating Officer of British American Tobacco Australasia Limited from 1999 to 2001.
Previously Mr Rayner worked for 17 years in various finance and project roles with General Electric, Rank Industries and the Elders IXL Group.
Age: 55
Dr John Schubert
BE, PhD, FIEAust, CPEng, FTS, FIChemE
Independent Non-Executive Director
John Schubert was appointed to the Qantas Board in October 2000.
He is Chairman of the Qantas Safety, Environment & Security Committee and a Member of the Qantas Nominations Committee.
He is Chairman of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and a Director of BHP Billiton Limited and BHP Billiton plc. He is also Chairman of G2 Therapies Limited and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
Dr Schubert held various positions with Esso in Australia and overseas. In 1983, he was appointed to the Board of Esso Australia. In 1985, Dr Schubert became Esso's Deputy Managing Director and in 1988 he became Esso's Chairman and Managing Director.
Dr Schubert was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer International Limited from 1993 until 2000. From 2001 to 2003 he was President of the Business Council of Australia. He was also previously Chairman of WorleyParsons Limited.
Age: 66
James Strong, AO
Independent Non-Executive Director
James Strong was appointed to the Qantas Board in July 2006.
He is Chairman of the Qantas Remuneration Committee.
Mr Strong was the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Qantas between 1993 and 2001, following an appointment to the Board in 1991.
He is Chairman of Woolworths Limited, Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG), IAG Finance (New Zealand) Limited and the Australia Council for the Arts and a Director of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation.
Mr Strong was formerly the Group Chief Executive of the DB Group in New Zealand and National Chairman of Partners of Corrs Chambers Westgarth. He was also Chief Executive Officer of Australian Airlines from 1985 until 1989. He has been admitted as a barrister and/or solicitor in various state jurisdictions in Australia.
Age: 65
Barbara Ward
BEc, MPolEc
Independent Non-Executive Director
Barbara Ward was appointed to the Qantas Board in June 2008.
She is a Member of the Qantas Safety, Environment & Security Committee.
Ms Ward is the Chairman of Country Energy, a Director of Lion Nathan Limited, Brookfield Multiplex Funds Management Limited and O'Connell Street Associates Pty Ltd and is on the Advisory Board of LEK Consulting.
She was formerly a Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Brookfield Multiplex Limited, Allco Finance Group Limited, Record Investments Limited, Data Advantage Limited, Rail Infrastructure Corporation and Delta Electricity. She was Chairman of NorthPower and a Board Member of Allens Arthur Robinson.
Prior to becoming a professional company director in 1998, Ms Ward was Chief Executive Officer of Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services from 1993 to 1998. Before that, Ms Ward held various positions at TNT Limited, including General Manager Finance, and also served as a Senior Ministerial Adviser to The Hon PJ Keating.
Age: 55
Executive Team
- Alan Joyce - Chief Executive Officer
- Colin Storrie - Chief Financial Officer
- Bruce Buchanan - Chief Executive Officer Jetstar
- David Epstein - Group Executive Government and Corporate Affairs
- Grant Fenn - Group Executive Strategy and Investments
- Lesley Grant - Executive Manager - Customer and Marketing
- Rob Gurney - Group Executive - Qantas Airlines, Commerical
- David Hall - Executive Manager Corporate Services and Technology
- Simon Hickey - Chief Executive Officer Qantas Loyalty
- Brett Johnson - General Counsel
- Rob Kella - Chief Risk Officer
- Jon Scriven - Group Executive People
- Lyell Strambi - Group Executive Qantas Airlines Operations
