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Mr Yassine holds other non-executive
Director roles, including Director of
Australia Post and Director of the Whitlam
Institute. He is also Co-founder and Special
Counsel to Better Place (Australia) and
Founder and Executive Chairman of
Crescent Wealth.
Previously, Mr Yassine has held
the positions of Director at Babcock
and Brown Limited, Director at
PricewaterhouseCoopers and a Solicitor
in the Corporate Practice at Dunhill
Madden Butler.
On Australia Day 2010, Mr Yassine was
awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia
(OAM) for his service to business and to the
community through a range of education,
health and multicultural organisations.
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director
Chairman, audit and risk Committee
member, remuneration and
human resources Committee
Robert Dunn was appointed as a Director
of Sydney Ports Corporation in April 2012.
Mr Dunn is the Chief Executive Officer
of Opportunity International Australia, a
not-for-profit organisation that provides
people living in poverty with the
opportunity to transform their lives
through microfinance and community
development programs. He is also the
Chairman of Opportunity International
Australia's Indian subsidiary, Dia
Vikas Capital.
Mr Dunn is a member of the Institute of
Chartered Accountants in Australia and a
director of Baptist Community Services –
NSW and ACT, a major provider of aged
care and community services.
He was formerly the Finance Director with
Patrick Corporation for 14 years. He has
also worked for Dart Corporation and Price
Waterhouse, with postings in London and
New York respectively.
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director
Chairman, remuneration and human
resources Committee
member, nominations Committee
member, major Projects Committee
Penny Bingham-Hall was appointed as
a Director of Sydney Ports Corporation in
April 2012.
Ms Bingham-Hall has been a non-executive
Director of BlueScope Steel since March
2011 and Australia Post since May 2011.
She has spent more than 20 years in a variety
of executive roles with Leighton Holdings
prior to retiring from the company at the
end of 2009.
Ms Bingham-Hall is also a Director of
SCEGGS Darlinghurst school and was
the inaugural Chairman of Advocacy
Services Australia (the fiduciary company
for the Tourism and Transport Forum and
Infrastructure Partnerships Australia) until
the end of 2011. She has also previously
held non-executive directorships with other
industry and community organisations,
including the VisAsia Council of the Art
Gallery of NSW, The Global Foundation
and the Australian Council for Infrastructure
Development.
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Staff director
Michael Sullivan was elected to the
position of Staff Director by the staff of the
Corporation in July 2002 and subsequently
re-elected in 2005, 2008 and 2011. He joined
the Maritime Services Board in 1977 and has
held a variety of positions within head office
until transferring to marine operations in
1991 as a port officer. Mr Sullivan’s extensive
operational and head office experience
provides a sound basis for his contribution
as Staff Director to the Board.
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director
member, audit and risk Committee
John Brogden was appointed as a Director
of Sydney Ports Corporation in March 2010.
Mr Brogden is the CEO of the Financial
Services Council and the Chairman of
Landcom. He is a Director of NIA Pty Ltd
and has previously served as CEO of
Manchester Unity and Independent
Chairman of Abacus Australian Mutuals.
Mr Brogden is the National Patron of
Lifeline – Australia’s suicide counselling
service. He was the Member for Pittwater in
the NSW Parliament from 1996 to 2005 and
Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005.
He holds a Master of Public Affairs from
the University of Sydney and is a Member
of the Australian Institute of Company
Directors.
Mr Brodgen resigned as a Director of
Sydney Ports Corporation on 30 June 2012.
Rene van der Loos and Michael Braham
were Directors of Sydney Ports
Corporation until 14 February 2012 when
their terms concluded.
David Gallop was appointed as a Director
of Sydney Ports Corporation on 1 July 2012
and resigned from this position effective
10 October 2012.
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