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G R (Graeme) Liebelt(BEc (Hons), FAICD, FTSE)Independent Non-Executive DirectorDr Armin Meyer(Dr. sc. techn. Dipl. El. Ing. ETH)Independent Non-Executive DirectorG J (John) Pizzey(B.E. (Chem), Dip. Mgt., FTSE)Independent Non-Executive DirectorSkills and experienceUntil recently, Mr Liebelt was ManagingDirector and Chief Executive Officer of OricaLimited, a position he held for six and a halfyears. During his 22 years with the ICIAustralia/Orica group he held a number ofsenior positions, including Managing Directorof Dulux, Chairman of Incitec Ltd, Director ofIncitec Pivot Ltd and Chief Executive of OricaMining Services. He was an Executive Directorof the Orica Group from 1997 until March 2012.Mr Liebelt is on the Boards of the AustralianFoundation Investment Company, the BusinessCouncil of Australia, Melbourne BusinessSchool (where he is also Deputy Chairman),Carey Baptist Grammar School and theGlobal Foundation. He is a Fellow of theAustralian Academy of TechnologicalSciences and Engineering and a Fellow ofthe Australian Institute of Company Directors.Directorships of listed entities within thepast three years, other directorships andoffices (current and recent)• Managing Director and CEO of OricaLimited (2005 to 2012)• Board member of the Australian FoundationInvestment Company (since 2012)• Board member of Business Council ofAustralia (since 2010)• Deputy Chairman (since 2012) and Boardmember of Melbourne Business School(since 2008)• Board member of Carey BaptistGrammar School (since 2012)• Board member of the Global Foundation(since 2006)• Fellow of the Australian Academy ofTechnological Sciences and Engineering(since 2007)• Fellow of the Australian Institute ofCompany Directors (since 2012)Board Committee membership• Member of the Audit & ComplianceCommittee• Member of the Human Resources CommitteeTerm of office• Director since April 2012Skills and experienceDr Meyer has broad international corporateexperience and is based in Switzerland.Until 2009, Dr Meyer was the Chairman ofthe Board of Ciba Ltd, a position he had heldsince 2000. He was also Chief ExecutiveOfficer of that company between 2001 and2007. From 1995 until 2000, Dr Meyer wasExecutive Vice President of ABB Ltd and amember of that group’s executivecommittee. He is a Director of ZurichFinancial Services, a global insurancecompany and was, until the end of 2011, amember of the executive committee andthe foundation Board of the InternationalInstitute for Management Development,IMD, in Lausanne Switzerland.Dr Meyer is a qualified electrical engineerwith a PhD from the Swiss Federal Instituteof Technology.Directorships of listed entities within thepast three years, other directorships andoffices (current and recent)• Director of Zurich Financial ServicesLimited (since May 2001)• Director of Zurich Insurance CompanyLtd (since April 2001)• Director of Ciba Speciality Chemicals(April 1997 to April 2009), Chairman(November 2000 to April 2009) andCEO (January 2001 to December 2007)Board Committee membership• Member of the Audit & ComplianceCommitteeTerm of office• Director since April 2010Skills and experienceMr Pizzey has extensive knowledge of theinternational resources industry and generalmanagement. Formerly Executive VicePresident and Group President PrimaryProducts for Alcoa Inc. and Chairman ofLondon Metal Exchange.Directorships of listed entities within thepast three years, other directorships andoffices (current and recent)• Chairman (since November 2011) andDirector of Alumina Ltd (since June2007)• Chairman (since 21 May 2010), DeputyChairman (July 2009–May 2010) andDirector (since November 2005) of IlukaResources Ltd• Chairman of the Amcor SuperannuationFund (February 2006 to November2008)Board Committee membership• Chairman of the Human ResourcesCommittee• Member of the Executive Committee• Member of the Nomination CommitteeTerm of office• Director since September 2003Amcor Annual Report 2012 | 19
J L (Jeremy) Sutcliffe(LLB (Hons), OAMP, MAICD)Independent Non-Executive DirectorJ G (John) Thorn(FCA)Independent Non-Executive DirectorJ F (Julie) McPherson(Dip Law SAB, M AppFin, LLM)Company Secretary and Group General CounselSkills and experienceMr Sutcliffe has broad international corporateexperience as CEO of two ASX Top 100 companiesand has extensive experience of businessesoperating in North America and Europe withdiverse trading relationships in Asia. A qualifiedlawyer in Australia and the UK, Mr Sutcliffepreviously held positions with Baker &McKenzie Solicitors, London and Sydney(1982–1986) and Sims Metal ManagementLimited and associated companies (1987–2009,including as Group CEO 2002–2008) andInterim Managing Director & CEO of CSRLimited (April 2010–December 2010).Directorships of listed entities within thepast three years, other directorships andoffices (current and recent)• Director and Member, Australian RugbyLeague Commission Limited (sinceFebruary 2012)• Chairman, CSR Limited (since July 2011),and Director (since December 2008)• Member of the Advisory Board of VeoliaEnvironmental Services Australia(since June 2010)• Advisory Director, Scholz AG(since November 2009)• Vice President Ferrous Division Bureauof International Recycling, Brussels(2002–2009)• Director of Sims Metal ManagementLimited (2002–2009)Board Committee membership• Member of the Human ResourcesCommitteeTerm of office• Director since October 2009Skills and experienceMr Thorn is a chartered accountant andbrings expertise to the Board in the areas ofaccounting and financial services, businessadvisory, risk and general management. Hehas had over 37 years’ professional experiencewith PricewaterhouseCoopers, where hewas a partner from 1982 to 2003, actingfor major international and local companies.During this period, he served as the ManagingPartner of PricewaterhouseCoopers’Assurance and Business Advisory Servicepractice from 1998 to 2001. He wasthe National Managing Partner ofPricewaterhouseCoopers until 2003.Mr Thorn is a Fellow of the Institute ofChartered Accountants in Australia.Directorships of listed entities within thepast three years, other directorships andoffices (current and recent)• Director of Caltex Australia Limited(since June 2004)• Director of National Australia BankLimited (since October 2003)• Director of Salmat Limited(since September 2003)Board Committee membership• Chairman of the Audit & ComplianceCommittee (since February 2005)• Member of the Executive Committee• Member of the Nomination CommitteeTerm of office• Director since December 2004Skills and experienceAs both an investment banker and lawyer,Mrs McPherson has broad experience incorporate governance, law, finance andcommerce. Admitted as a solicitor in NSWand Victoria and admitted to practice inthe High Court of Australia.Prior to joining Amcor, Mrs McPherson heldexecutive, legal and commercial positions,including Company Secretary and GeneralCounsel at Goodman Fielder, DeputyManaging Director of Dresdner KleinwortBenson and Partner, Corrs ChambersWestgarth.Directorships of listed entities within thepast three years, other directorships andoffices (current and recent)• Chairman of the Amcor SuperannuationFund (November 2008 to October 2011)• Member of the Federal Government’sTakeovers Panel (since March 2011)• Member of the Law Committee of AICD(since 2006)Term of office• Company Secretary since April 2005The Board of Directorsand Company Secretarycontinued20
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