Annual Report - AWB Limited

Gordon Davis Managing Director,B Forest Sc (Hons), MAgSc, MBAJoined AWB Limited in September 2006.Prior to joining AWB Limited, Gordon heldpositions with Orica Mining Services in theAustralia Asia region, was General Managerof Incitec Fertilizers and held roles at ICIAustralia and then Orica in public affairs andchemicals businesses. Gordon was Science andEnvironment Adviser to the federal Leader ofthe Opposition from 1990 to 1993 and workedfor the Tasmanian Forestry Commission as aresearch and field forester. He also attendedthe Advanced Management program atHarvard Business School in 2003.Philip Gentry Chief Financial Officer, BSc MBAJoined AWB in 2007 as Head of Strategy andMergers & Acquisitions. Philip was appointedChief Financial Officer in April 2008. He has19 years experience in financial servicesacross Australia and New Zealand in corporatebanking, strategic planning and development,commodity and international trade financeand investor relations. Philip was most recentlyHead of International Trade Finance and hasalso worked as Head of Investor Relations andRegional Executive Corporate Banking withthe ANZ Bank. He has a Bachelor of Sciencedegree from the University of NSW, a MBA fromthe International Management DevelopmentInstitute in Switzerland and is a graduate ofthe Royal Military College, Duntroon.John Russell General Manager Strategy andOperations, MBA, BEc (Hons), GAICDJoined AWB Limited in May 2008. John waspreviously Group General Manager-OperationsTabcorp Holdings Limited and has held seniorexecutive management positions acrossboth private equity and public ownershipcompanies. With experience as both CFO andCOO, his past roles include finance, strategyand operational responsibilities, incorporatingcompany float and takeover defence andM&A experience. Prior to Tabcorp, John heldsenior executive roles at Ausdoc InformationManagement, Australian Leisure andHospitality Group, Foster’s Group and KPMGConsulting.Robert Hadler General Manager,Corporate Affairs, BEc (Hons)Joined AWB Limited in July 2006. Beforejoining AWB Limited, Robert was head ofCorporate Affairs at National Australia Bankand was previously head of Corporate Affairsat Goodman Fielder. He has also worked in anumber of roles in Canberra and Melbourne,including Deputy Director of the NationalFarmers Federation, Government RelationsManager for ANZ Bank and as a Policy Adviserin the Prime Minister’s Department. Robertworked for five years as economics writerfor The Australian in the Canberra PressGallery and as that newspaper’s Londoncorrespondent.Kate Hughes Chief Risk Officer,BComm (Ec & Fin), GDip AppFin, AACIJoined AWB Limited in June 2006 as Manager,Compliance and Risk Reviews. Kate wasappointed Chief Risk Officer in December2007 with responsibility for market, credit andoperational risks, as well as the internal auditfunction. With broad experience in financialservices, risk management, governance andpublic administration, Kate has worked with theNSW State Treasury, Sydney Futures Exchangeand the Australian Securities and InvestmentsCommission. Kate has also provided riskmanagement and compliance consultingservices on trade practices, employmentand environmental issues.Graeme Jacobs General Manager, LandmarkJoined AWB Limited in February 2007.Graeme spent 27 years in Orica Limited in rolesincluding General Manager of Dulux, GeneralManager of Orica Chemnet, Australia’s largestchemical trading business, General Manager/Director of Crop Care and Managing Directorof Australian Vinyls, a PVC manufacturing andmarketing joint venture between Orica Limitedand PolyOne Corporation, USA. Graeme hasextensive experience in successfully executinggrowth strategies, business re-engineeringand building organisational and customeralignment.Colin Taylor General Manager, Financial Services,FFin, MAICD, MNIAJoined AWB Limited in March 2006. With over32 years of banking experience, Colin waspreviously General Manager for Commercialand Regional Banking, BankSA. Colin heldsenior roles in network management, property,marketing and finance prior to his appointmentin 1995 as General Manager. As well asmanaging a distribution network, Colin wasresponsible for driving the product strategyand managed the expansion of St GeorgeBank’s rural financial activities in regional NewSouth Wales and Victoria. Colin’s knowledgeof the rural sector, combined with commercialacumen, puts him in good stead to lead thegrowth of the Landmark Financial Servicesbusiness.Mitch Morison General Manager, CommoditiesJoined AWB Limited in 1993. Mitch wasappointed Acting General Manager-Commodities in April 2008 with responsibilityfor AWB’s trading operations in Australia, Brazil,India and Geneva. With broad experience inagribusiness, Mitch started his career as acommodity trader, then moved to the US tomanage AWB’s commodity hedge books andexecute price risk management strategies onboth the Chicago Mercantile Exchange andKansas City Board of Trade. Mitch has alsomanaged AWB’s grain marketing activities andLandmark’s strategy development for Wooland Livestock. He was General Manager ofAustralian Commodities before taking up hiscurrent role.Byron Collins General Manager,Technology and Business Services, BSc, MBAJoined AWB Limited in 1998. Byron wasappointed General Manager, Technologyand Business Services in February 2008 withresponsibility for the Group’s informationtechnology, property management, corporateprocurement, payment operations and HRservices. He was most recently Head of SharedServices. With broad experience in consulting,process improvement, business re-engineering,operations and IT, Byron has worked in a rangeof roles with AWB Limited, and in businessconsulting across the technology and utilitiesindustries.Left to right: Mitch Morison, Graeme Jacobs,Colin Taylor, Robert Hadler, Gordon Davis,Kate Hughes, Byron Collins, John Russell,Chris Davie, Philip Gentry, Peter PattersonPeter Patterson Company Secretary, LLM, FCISJoined AWB Limited in November 2006. Peteris responsible for compliance, corporategovernance and Board relations for AWBLimited. He has more than 12 years experiencein ASX listed companies and prior to joiningAWB Limited, Peter was the Deputy CompanySecretary at Coles Myer Limited and GeneralCounsel and Company Secretary of BonlacFoods Limited.Adviser to management teamChris Davie General Counsel, BA, LLBJoined AWB Limited in November 2006. Beforejoining AWB Limited, Chris was with ClaytonUtz for over 18 years, 17 of them as a partneradvising clients on joint ventures, mergersand acquisitions, project finance, energy andnatural resources, infrastructure development,Aboriginal native title and commodity sales.Before that, Chris spent 10 years as in-housecounsel with Shell in Australia and London,advising on petroleum exploration productionand marketing, mining, infrastructure projectdevelopment, project finance and internationaltrading of crude oil, petroleum products,coal and minerals.www.awb.com.au 23