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Brambles
2006 Annual Report
David Turner
Chief Executive Officer
Joined Brambles in 2001 as Chief Financial
Officer, on the formation of the DLC, and
became Chief Executive Officer in October
2003. He has been a Director of Brambles
since 2001. Previously, he was Finance
Director of GKN plc, which he joined in
1993. Prior to GKN plc, he was Finance
Director of the food group Booker plc
and has worked for Mobil Oil and Touche
Ross. He was a non-executive director
of Whitbread plc until 2 March 2006. He
was appointed a non-executive director of
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Limited
on 1 August 2006. He is a Fellow of The
Institute of Chartered Accountants in
England and Wales. Age 61.
Michael Ihlein
Chief Financial Officer
Joined Brambles as Chief Financial Officer
in March 2004, following a long career
with Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (and related
companies), where he was Chief Financial
Officer (1997–2004), Managing Director
of Coca-Cola Amatil, Poland (1995–97)
and had previously held a number of
senior business development and treasury
roles within that company. He has been
a Director of Brambles since March 2004
and he is also a director of Financial
Executives International of Australia,
an Associate Member of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors and a CPA
Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Business
Studies (Accounting) from the University
of Technology, Sydney. Age 51.
Tom Brown
Senior Vice President
– Human Resources
Joined Brambles in November 2003.
Prior to joining Brambles, he was the
Group Human Resources Director for
Allied Domecq plc, based in the UK.
Previously, Mr Brown spent six years with
BHP in Melbourne, Australia, first as head
of Human Resources for BHP Petroleum
and then as head of the Human Resources
function for BHP as a whole. He was a
member of the team responsible for the
merger and integration of BHP Billiton.
His earlier career was spent in a variety
of human resources roles with Mobil
Corporation, in Europe, Africa and the USA.
He holds a Master of Arts degree (French)
from Aberdeen University. Age 52.
Paul Martinez
Senior Vice President – Strategy and
Information Technology
Joined Brambles in 1999 as Chief
Information Officer from Andersen
Consulting (now Accenture) where he was
a partner for five years, based in Australia.
With the creation of the Brambles DLC in
August 2001, Mr Martinez was appointed
to his current position, with responsibility
for corporate strategy and group information
technology. Previously, he worked with
Ernst and Whinney in Asia. He holds
a Bachelor of Arts, Economics and
Mathematics from Claremont McKenna
College, California. Age 46.
David Mezzanotte
Chief Operating Officer, CHEP
Joined Brambles in 2001 as Senior Vice
President, Sales with CHEP USA, and
was appointed to his current role in
September 2005. Prior to this, he was
President, CHEP Americas; President,
CHEP USA; and President of CHEP’s
Container Business. Before joining CHEP,
Mr Mezzanotte held senior positions with
Honeywell, Allied Signal and DuPont.
He holds a Bachelor, Masters and PhD
in Metallurgical Engineering and Material
Science from the University of Notre Dame.
Age 51.
Al Trujillo
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Recall
Joined Brambles in 1996 and was appointed
to his current role in 2002. Previous roles
with the group have included: President,
Recall Americas; Group General Manager,
Recall Australasia; and President and
General Manager of Brambles Atlantic
Waste Disposal in the USA. He has also
worked as a Vice President of CyanoKEM,
a US subsidiary of RWE Germany, and as
a project engineer for Lockheed Missiles
and Space Co. He is a Director of US-based
furniture retailer Havertys, an NYSE listed
public company. Mr Trujillo holds a
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace
Engineering from the Georgia Institute
of Technology, where he serves on
the engineering school advisory board,
and a Master of Science in Mechanical
Engineering and a Masters in Business
Administration from Stanford University.
Age 46.
Craig van der Laan de Vries
Senior Vice President – Legal and
Mergers & Acquisitions
Joined Brambles in 2001. Prior to joining
Brambles, was a General Counsel to, and
Company Secretary of, the Westfield
Group. Previously Corporate Solicitor
for Australian National Industries and a
solicitor with Mallesons Stephen Jaques.
He holds degrees in Law (LLB (Hons)) and
Arts (BA) from the University of Sydney
and is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
New South Wales. Age 41.
Mark Luby and Jean-Louis Laurent
Two members of the Executive Committee
– Mark Luby (Senior Vice President
– Business Development) and Jean-Louis
Laurent (President, Brambles Industrial
Services and Cleanaway UK and
Asia-Pacific) – left Brambles in 2006.
Mark Luby left in June after 29 years’
service and Jean-Louis Laurent left in
August after 16 years' service.