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APN
annual report
2011
directors’ report
APN News & Media Limited and Controlled Entities
Your Directors present their report on the consolidated entity consisting of APN News & Media Limited (Company or parent entity) and the
entities it controlled at the end of, or during, the year ended 31 December 2011.
1. DIRECTORS
The following persons were Directors of APN News & Media Limited during the whole year and up to the date of this report unless
otherwise stated:
Gavin O’Reilly
(Chairman)
Ted Harris
(Deputy Chairman)
Brett Chenoweth
(Chief Executive Officer)
Pierce Cody
(resigned from the Board on 22 February 2012)
Melinda Conrad
(appointed to the Board on 1 January 2012)
Peter Cosgrove
Vincent Crowley
John Harvey
Kevin Luscombe
John Maasland
Details of each Directors’ qualifications, experience and special responsibilities are set out below.
Director
Qualifications and Experience
Responsibility
Gavin O’Reilly
BScBA (Hons). Mr O’Reilly was appointed to the Board in 2004 and has
served as Chairman since 2008, re-elected to the Board in May 2011.
He is Group Chief Executive Officer of Independent News & Media PLC
(INM), having joined INM in 1993 and has held various roles. He formerly
worked in London for the global advertising group DDB Needham. In
the late 80s, he also worked in stockbroking in London and Asia. He
is a member (and former President, 2005–2011) of WAN-IFRA, the
World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, Chairman of
Dromoland Castle Hotel and serves on the board of INM (since May
1997), Jagran Prakashan Limited (India) (since 2005), PT Mahaka Media
(since 2008), Tbk (Indonesia) (since 2005), and TVC PLC (since 2007).
Non-Executive Chairman of the
Board of Directors, Chairman
of Nomination Committee (until
27 February 2012), Chairman of
Allotment Committee, Chairman
of Options Committee, Member
of Remuneration Committee
Ted Harris AC
F.INST.D, FAIM, FAICD. Mr Harris has been a Board Member since March
1992 and Deputy Chairman since December 1994. He was Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Ampol Group from 1977 to
1987 and Chairman of Australian Airlines from 1987 to 1992. Currently,
Mr Harris is Chairman of Thakral Holdings (Director since 1994) and
the Australian Radio Network and President of St Vincent’s Clinic
Foundation. He is Life Governor of the Melanoma Foundation and a Life
Member of the Australian Sports Commission. He was Chairman of the
Zoological Parks Board of NSW from 1973 to 1990 and Chairman of the
Australian Sports Commission from 1984 to 1994. Mr Harris started his
career as a broadcaster and journalist with the Macquarie Broadcasting
Service and he is a former Commissioner of the ABC. He was Trustee
for the Walkley Awards from 1976 to 1980. He was previously Chairman
of Gazal Corporation Limited (Director 1989 to 2004) and Deputy
Chairman of Metcash Limited (Director 1994 to 2007).
Non-Executive Director,
Deputy Chairman, Chairman
of Remuneration Committee,
Member of Audit Committee