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APN
annual report
2011
directors’ report
APN News & Media Limited and Controlled Entities
Director
Qualifications and Experience
Responsibility
Brett Chenoweth
Mr Chenoweth was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 January 2011
and has been a Board Member since that time. He has more than 18 years
of professional experience working exclusively in the areas of media,
technology, telecommunications and online businesses, having held senior
executive roles at Telecom New Zealand (2001 to 2005: including Head of
Group Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions; Head of Australian Consumer
Group; Director on a number of TCNZ group company Boards), the PBL
group of companies (ecorp Ltd and ninemsn Pty Ltd 1997 to 2001: Head of
Business Development) and Village Roadshow Pictures Pty Ltd (1991-1997:
General Manager and Vice President).
Mr Chenoweth was recently the Managing Director and Head of Asia
Pacific for The Silverfern Group, a New York based specialist merchant
bank and was previously a Director of Living and Leisure Ltd (December
2008 to October 2010). He holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of
Economics degree from the University of Queensland and a Graduate
Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute
of Australia.
Chief Executive Officer,
Member of Allotment and
Options Committees
Melinda Conrad
Ms Conrad was appointed to the Board on 1 January 2012. Ms Conrad
is the former founder and CEO of a retail chain of stores and was
previously an executive at Colgate Palmolive. Ms Conrad has extensive
expertise in retail, strategy and marketing to consumer facing
organisations. Ms Conrad is a Director of The Reject Shop Limited
(since August 2011), a Director of the NSW Government’s Clinical
Excellence Commission and Agency for Clinical Innovation, a Director
of the Garvan Medical Research Institute Foundation and also a Director
of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Ms Conrad holds an MBA
from Harvard Business School and is a member of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors.
Non-Executive Director
Chair of Nomination Committee
(from 27 February 2012)
Peter Cosgrove
Mr Cosgrove has been a Board Member since December 2003. Founder
of the Buspak group of companies in Australia, New Zealand and
Hong Kong, he has more than 20 years’ experience in the outdoor
advertising industry. He is non-executive Chairman of Buspak
Hong Kong (since June 2003), as well as non-executive Deputy
Chairman of Clear Media Limited (Director since April 2001), which
is listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. He is Chairman of
GlobeCast Australia Pty Limited (since June 2002), a broadcasting
company. He was previously a Director of Independent News & Media
PLC (April 1988 to June 2009).
Non-Executive Director,
Member of Nomination
Committee
Vincent Crowley
BA, FCA. Mr Crowley was appointed to the Board in March 2009.
He was Chief Executive of APN from 2000 to 2002, having previously
held the position of Finance Director from 1996 to 2000. A chartered
accountant, he joined Independent News & Media PLC (INM) in
1990, became a Director in 1997 and was appointed Chief Executive
of Independent News & Media – Ireland in August 2002. In June
2009, he retired from the Board of INM, and in January 2010, he was
appointed Group Chief Operating Officer of INM.
Mr. Crowley was previously an audit manager with an international
accountancy firm. He is also a director of a number of INM subsidiaries
and associated companies.
Non-Executive Director
Member of Remuneration
Committee (until 9 March 2012)