Annual Report 2013 - Mainfreight
Annual Report 2013 - Mainfreight
Annual Report 2013 - Mainfreight
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Board of directors<br />
Emmet Hobbs<br />
Independent Director<br />
Appointment to Board 2003<br />
Age: 71<br />
Years as a Board member since the<br />
Company’s listing in 1996: 10 years<br />
Former Executive Director<br />
Brambles Australia and Brambles<br />
Europe, Former Executive Director<br />
Qantas Freight.<br />
Other Directorships:<br />
Hirepool (Chairman), Hydraulic<br />
New Zealand Ltd (Chairman),<br />
Hydraulink Australia Pty Ltd<br />
(Chairman), and a number of private<br />
directorships in New Zealand.<br />
Richard Prebble<br />
Independent Director<br />
Appointment to Board 1996<br />
Age: 65<br />
Years as a Board member since the<br />
Company’s listing in 1996: 17 years<br />
Former Minister of State Owned<br />
Enterprises, Transport, Civil Aviation,<br />
Railways and Associate Finance.<br />
Fellow of the Chartered Institute<br />
of Logistics and Transport.<br />
Other Directorships:<br />
McConnell Ltd, Ultrafast Broadband<br />
Limited, WEL Networks and a<br />
number of private directorships and<br />
family companies.<br />
Bryan Mogridge<br />
Independent Director<br />
Appointment to Board 2003<br />
Age: 67<br />
Years as a Board member since the<br />
Company’s listing in 1996: 10 years<br />
Other Directorships:<br />
Rakon Ltd (Chairman), Pyne Gould<br />
Corporation Ltd (Chairman),<br />
BUPA Australia Holdings Pty Ltd,<br />
BUPA Care NZ Ltd (Chairman),<br />
Yealands Wine Group Ltd (Chairman),<br />
Lantern Hotel Group Pty Ltd<br />
(Chairman), Starship Foundation<br />
(Chairman).<br />
Don Braid<br />
Group Managing Director<br />
19 years with <strong>Mainfreight</strong><br />
Appointment to Board 2000<br />
Age: 53<br />
Years as a Board member since the<br />
Company’s listing in 1996: 13 years<br />
Joined <strong>Mainfreight</strong> through the<br />
acquisition of Daily Freightways in<br />
1994.<br />
16 years with Freightways Group.<br />
Bruce Plested<br />
Executive Chairman<br />
and Founding Owner<br />
35 years with <strong>Mainfreight</strong><br />
Appointment to Board 1978<br />
Age: 71<br />
Years as a Board member since the<br />
Company’s listing in 1996: 17 years<br />
Founding Managing Director<br />
of <strong>Mainfreight</strong><br />
Carl Howard-Smith<br />
Director<br />
35 years with <strong>Mainfreight</strong><br />
Appointment to Board 1983<br />
Age: 69<br />
Years as a Board member since the<br />
Company’s listing in 1996: 17 years<br />
General Counsel to <strong>Mainfreight</strong>,<br />
Chairman of the <strong>Mainfreight</strong> Audit<br />
Committee, Commercial Law practice.<br />
Other Directorships:<br />
A number of directorships of<br />
<strong>Mainfreight</strong> Group companies<br />
Simon Cotter<br />
Independent Director<br />
Appointment to Board <strong>2013</strong><br />
Age: 46<br />
Years as a Board member since the<br />
Company’s listing in 1996: 6 months<br />
Other Directorships:<br />
Grant Samuel & Associates Ltd, and<br />
a number of private directorships.<br />
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