Board of Directors
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H. Kevin McCann AM
Independent Non-executive Chairman
Kevin McCann joined the Board of the Company as Chairman in February 2000. He is Chairman of the Nomination and Risk committees and a member of the Audit, Remuneration, and Health, Safety and Environment committees.
Kevin is Chairman of Macquarie Group Ltd and Macquarie Bank Ltd and a director of BlueScope Steel Ltd and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). He is a Council Member of the National Library of Australia,a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the AICD and a Fellow of the Senate of the University of Sydney.
Kevin’s community activities include Chairmanship of the Development Council of the National Library of Australia and membership of the Law Foundation, University of Sydney. Kevin practiced as a commercial lawyer as a partner of Allens Arthur Robinson (and its predecessor firm Allen Allen & Hemsley) from 1970 to 2004 and was Chairman of Partners from 1995 to 2004. He was previously Chairman of Healthscope Ltd and ING Management Limited, a director of Pioneer International Ltd (building materials and products), Ampol Ltd (refiner and retailer of petroleum products), a member of the Takeovers Panel, the State Rail Authority of New South Wales and served on the Defence Procurement Advisory Board. He was also previously the Chairman of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust, a Commonwealth agency.
Kevin has a Bachelor of Arts and Law (Honours) from Sydney University and a Master of Law from Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the AICD.
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Grant A. King
Managing Director
Grant King was appointed Managing Director of the Company at the time of its demerger from Boral Ltd, in February 2000, and was Managing Director of Boral Energy from 1994. Grant is a member of the Company’s Risk and Health, Safety and Environment committees.
Prior to joining Boral, he was General Manager, AGL Gas Companies. Grant is Chairman of Contact Energy Ltd (since October 2004), a councillor of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, a former director of Envestra Ltd (1997-2007)and former Chairman of the Energy Supply Association of Australia Ltd.
Grant has a Civil Engineering degree from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Management from the University of Wollongong.
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John H. Akehurst
Independent Non-executive Director
John Akehurst joined the Board of the Company in April 2009 and is Chairman of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee and a member of the Nomination and Risk committees.
His executive career was in the upstream oil and gas and LNG industries, initially with Royal Dutch Shell and then as Chief Executive of Woodside Petroleum Ltd. John is currently a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia and a director of CSL Ltd, Securency Ltd and the University of Western Australia Business School.
He is Chairman of the National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases and of the Fortitude Foundation, a former Chairman of Alinta Ltd and Coogee Resources Ltd and a former director of Oil Search Ltd.
John holds a Masters in Engineering Science from Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineering.
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Bruce G. Beeren
Non-executive Director
Bruce Beeren joined the Board of the Company as an Executive Director in March 2000. He retired from this position on 31 January 2005 and continues on the Board as a Non-executive Director. He is a member of the Audit, Remuneration, Risk and Nomination committees.
With over 30 year’s experience in the energy industry, Bruce was Chief Executive Officer of VENCorp, the Victorian gas system operator, and held several senior management positions at AGL, including Chief Financial Officer. He is a director of Contact Energy Ltd (since October 2004), Equipsuper Pty Ltd (since August 2002), ConnectEast Group (since March 2009) and The Hunger Project Australia Pty Limited (since August 2008). He is a former director of Coal & Allied Industries Ltd (2004-2011), Envestra Ltd (2000-2007) and Veda Advantage Ltd (2004-2007).
Bruce has degrees in Science (from ANU) and Commerce and a Master of Business Administration (both from the University of New South Wales). He is a Fellow of CPA Australia and the AICD.
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Trevor Bourne
Independent Non-executive Director
Trevor Bourne joined the Board of the Company in February 2000. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Risk, Audit, Nomination and Health, Safety & Environment committees.
Trevor retired in December 2003 as Chief Executive Officer of Tenix Investments Pty Ltd, prior to which he was Managing Director of Brambles Australia Ltd. Trevor is Chairman of Hastie Group Ltd (since November 2004) and a director of Caltex Australia Ltd (since March 2006). He is a former director of Coates Hire Ltd (2004-2008) and Lighting Corporation Ltd (2004-2008).
Trevor has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Business Administration from Newcastle University. He is a fellow of the AICD
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Gordon M. Cairns
Independent Non-executive Director
Gordon Cairns joined the Board of the Company on 1 June 2007. He is a member of the Remuneration, Risk, Nomination and Health, Safety and Environment committees and is Chairman of the Origin Foundation.
He has extensive Australian and international experience as a senior executive, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of Lion Nathan Ltd, and has held senior management positions in marketing and finance with Pepsico, Cadbury Schweppes and Nestlé.
Gordon is currently the Chairman of Rebel Group (since November 2010), and a director of Westpac Banking Corporation (since July 2004) and World Education Australia. He is also a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company and Caliburn Partnership.
Gordon holds a Master of Arts (Honours) from the University of Edinburgh.
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Karen A. Moses
Executive Director Finance and Strategy
Karen Moses joined the Board of the Company in March 2009 and is a member of the Risk Committee. She is responsible for the finance, tax and accounting functions, interactions with capital markets and for information technology. In addition to corporate strategy and transactional activity, she has oversight of overall risk including health, safety and environment, commodity risk, compliance and insurance. Karen oversees the Australia Pacific LNG project for Origin.
Prior to Origin, Karen held development and trading roles with Exxon Group (1983-1994). Karen is a director of Australian Energy Market Operator Limited (since July 2009) and Contact Energy Ltd (since October 2004). Karen is a former director of Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria) Ltd (October 2005-November 2010), VENCorp (2007-2009) and the Australian Energy Market Operator (Transitional) Ltd (September 2008-July 2009).
Karen holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Diploma of Education from the University of Sydney.
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Helen M. Nugent AO
Independent Non-executive Director
Helen Nugent joined the Board of the Company in March 2003 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration, Risk and Nomination committees. An experienced professional non-executive director, she is currently Chairman of Funds SA. She is also a director of Macquarie Group Ltd (since August 2007), Macquarie Bank Ltd (since June 1999) and Freehills. She is Chancellor of Bond University, President of Cranbrook School and Deputy Chairman of the National Portrait Gallery.
Previously, Helen was Chairman of Swiss Re Life and Health (Australia) (2001-2010) and a non-executive director of UNiTAB (1999-2006), Director of Strategy at Westpac Banking Corporation and a partner with McKinsey & Company, specialising in financial services and mining.
Helen has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours); a Doctorate of Philosophy; and an Honorary Doctorate in Business from the University of Queensland. She also holds a Master of Business Administration (with Distinction) from the Harvard Business School. She is a Fellow of the AICD.
