Highlights 2005-2006
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Peter H Wade, FCPA, FAICD - (age 72)

Finance, Management (resident in Victoria).
Chairman

Mr Wade was elected to the CSL Board in 1994 and became Chairman in 1999. He had previously served CSL as a Commissioner and Director from 1985 to 1993 including a period as Acting Chairman during 1988. Mr Wade was formerly a Director of Tabcorp Holdings Limited and Managing Director, North Limited. Mr Wade will be retiring from the Board on 30 September 2006.

 

Elizabeth A Alexander, AM. BCom, FCPA, FCA, FAICD - (age 63)
Finance and Risk Management (resident in Victoria).

Miss Alexander was appointed to the CSL Board in July 1991 and will become Chairman on 1 October 2006. She is a Director of Boral Limited and D.B. RREEF. She is a Member of the Takeovers Panel, Deputy Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council and past National President of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is Chairman of the Board of Advice to the Salvation Army (Southern Command), is Deputy Chairman of the Winston Churchill Fellowship Trust and Chairman of the Finance Committee of Melbourne University. Miss Alexander was Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and will remain a Member of the Committee when she becomes Chairman of the Board.

 

Brian A McNamee, MB, BS, FAICD - (age 49)
Pharmaceutical Industry, Medicine (resident in Victoria)..
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Dr McNamee was appointed to the CSL Board in 1990 and is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director. He is a Director of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation Ltd and Gen-Probe Inc, a US company. Dr McNamee completed Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Degrees at the University of Melbourne in 1979.

 

Antoni M Cipa, B.Bus (Acc), Grad.Dip (Acc), CPA, ACIS - (age 51)
Finance (resident in Victoria).
Finance Director

Mr Cipa was appointed to the CSL Board as Finance Director in August 2000. Mr Cipa commenced his employment at CSL in 1990 as Finance Manager. He was instrumental in the float of the Company in 1994 at which time he was appointed Chief Financial Officer.

 

John Akehurst, MA (Oxon), FIMechE - (age 57)
Engineering, Management (resident in Western Australia).

Mr Akehurst was appointed to the CSL Board in April 2004. After graduating in Engineering from Oxford University, he has had 30 years’ experience in the international hydrocarbon industry, most recently as Managing Director and CEO of Woodside Petroleum Ltd. Prior to this, he held a number of engineering and management positions with the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies.

Mr Akehurst is a Director of Alinta Limited and of Coogee Resources Limited. He is Chairman of Indigo Energy Ltd, a Director of Biostarch Technologies Ltd and a former Director of Oil Search Limited. He is also a Director of the University of Western Australia Business School and of Youth Focus, a charitable organisation dedicated to the prevention of youth suicide. Mr Akehurst is a Member of the Human Resources Committee.

 

Ian A Renard, BA, LLM, FAICD - (age 60)
Law (resident in Victoria).

Mr Renard was appointed to the CSL Board in August 1998.

For many years he practised in company and commercial law. He was a Director of Newcrest Mining Limited up until September 2006, and is a Director of Hillview Quarries Pty Ltd, SP Australia Networks (Distribution) Ltd and SP Australia Networks (Transmission) Ltd. Mr Renard is Chancellor of the University of Melbourne. Mr Renard is a Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee.

 

Maurice A Renshaw, B.Pharm. - (age 59)
International Pharmaceutical Industry (resident in NSW).

Mr Renshaw was appointed to the CSL Board in July 2004. Formerly, he was Vice-President of Pfizer Inc, Executive Vice-President, Pfizer Global Consumer Group and President of Pfizer’s Global Consumer Healthcare Division. Prior to his positions in Pfizer, Mr Renshaw was Vice-President of Warner Lambert Co. and President of Parke-Davis USA. Mr Renshaw has had more than thirty years experience in the international pharmaceutical industry. Mr Renshaw was a Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and is a Member of the Human Resources Committee.

 

Kenneth J Roberts, AM, FRACP (Hon), BEc, FCPA, FAIM, FAICD. - (age 68)
International Pharmaceutical Industry, Management, Marketing, Human Resources (resident in NSW).

Mr Roberts was appointed to the CSL Board in February 1996. Formerly, he was Chairman and Managing Director of Wellcome Australasia and Director of Marketing Development for the Wellcome worldwide group.

Mr Roberts is Chairman of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Research and Education Foundation and Start-up Australia Pty Ltd. He is also Chairman of the Boards of the Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd and the Australian Phenomics Facility and Deputy Chairman of IMB Com Pty Ltd, the University of Queensland’s biotechnology transfer company. Mr Roberts is Chairman of the Human Resources Committee.

 

John Shine, AO, FAA - (Age 60)
Pharmaceutical Industry, Medicine (resident in NSW).

Professor Shine was appointed to the CSL Board in June 2006. He is Executive Director of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and a Board Member of the Garvan Research Foundation. He is Professor of Molecular Biology and Professor of Medicine at the University of NSW, and a Director of many scientific research and medical bodies throughout Australia. Professor Shine was also Chairman of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and a Member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) up to 30 June 2006.

 

David J Simpson, FCPA - (Age 66)
Finance and Management (resident in Victoria).

Mr Simpson is the non-executive Chairman of Aristocrat Leisure Limited and a Director of the Lighthouse Foundation. For many years, Mr Simpson was Finance Director of Tabcorp Holdings Limited and before that Executive General Manager Finance of Southcorp Holdings Ltd. He will become Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee when Miss Alexander takes up the role of Chairman of the Board.

 

Arthur C Webster, BVSc, DipBact (Lond) - (age 62)
Animal Health Industry, Commerce (resident in NSW).

Dr Webster was appointed to the CSL Board in March 1998. He is Chairman of four private Australian companies. He is a Council Member of both the Postgraduate Foundation in Veterinary Science and the Veterinary Science Foundation, University of Sydney. Dr Webster was formerly Technical Director then Managing Director of the animal health company, Cyanamid Webster Pty Ltd, and a Member of the Board of Governors, University of Western Sydney. Dr Webster is a Member of the Human Resources Committee.

 

Peter R Turvey, BA/LLB, MAICD
Company Secretary

 


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