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John M Schubert, Chairman
Dr Schubert has been a member of the Board since 1991 and Chairman since November 2004. He is Chairman of the Board Performance & Renewal Committee and a member of the People & Remuneration Committee. He was a member of the Risk Committee until 30 April 2006. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree and PhD in Chemical Engineering and has executive experience in the petroleum, mining and building materials industries. Dr Schubert is the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer International Limited and the former Chairman and Managing Director of Esso Australia Ltd.
Chairman: G2 Therapies Limited, Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
Director: BHP Billiton Limited, BHP Billiton Plc and Qantas Airways Limited.
Other Interests: Academy of Technological Science and Engineering (Fellow), Institute of Engineers (Fellow) and Honorary Member & Past President, Business Council of Australia.
Dr Schubert is a resident of New South Wales. Age 64.
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Ralph J Norris, DCNZM, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr Norris was appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with effect from September 2005. Mr Norris had been Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Air New Zealand since 2002 and had been a Director of that Company since 1998. He retired from that Board in 2005 to take up his position with the Bank. He is a member of the Risk Committee.
Prior to his appointment at Air New Zealand, Mr Norris had a 30 year career in Banking. He was Chief Executive Officer of ASB Bank Limited from 1991 until 2001 and Head of International Financial Services from 1999 until 2001.
In 2005, Mr Norris retired from the Board of Fletcher Building Limited where he had been a Director since 2001.
Other Interests: New Zealand Institute of Management (Fellow) and New Zealand Computer Society (Fellow).
Mr Norris is a resident of New South Wales. Age 58.
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Reg J Clairs, AO
Mr Clairs has been a member of the Board since 1999 and is Chairman of the People & Remuneration Committee. As the former Chief Executive Officer of Woolworths Limited, he had 33 years experience in retailing, branding and customer service.
Chairman: The Cellnet Group
Director: David Jones Limited
Other Interests: Australian Institute of Company Directors (Member).
Mr Clairs is a resident of Queensland. Age 69.
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Colin R Galbraith, AM
Mr Galbraith has been a member of the Board since 2000 and is a member of the Audit Committee and Board Performance & Renewal Committee. He is a special advisor for Gresham Partners Limited.
Chairman: BHP Billiton Community Trust.
Director: OneSteel Limited and Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Other Interests: CARE Australia (Director) and Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Foundation (Trustee).
Mr Galbraith is a resident of Victoria. Age 59.
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S Carolyn H Kay
Ms Kay has been a member of the Board since 2003 and is also a member of the People & Remuneration and Audit Committees. She holds Bachelor Degrees in Law and Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Management. She has extensive experience in international finance. She was a senior executive at Morgan Stanley in London and Melbourne for 10 years and prior to that she worked in international Banking and finance both as a lawyer and Banker in London, New York and Melbourne.
Director: Brambles Industries Limited and Starlight Foundation.
Other Interests: Australian Institute of Company Directors (Fellow) and Allens Arthur Robinson (External Member of the Board).
Ms Kay is a resident of New South Wales. Age 45.
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Fergus D Ryan
Mr Ryan has been a member of the Board since 2000 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk Committee. He has extensive experience in accounting, audit, finance and risk management. He was a senior partner of Arthur Andersen until his retirement in 1999 after 33 years with that firm including five years as Managing Partner Australasia. Until 2002, he was Strategic Investment Co-ordinator and Major Projects Facilitator for the Commonwealth Government.
Member: Prime Minister's Community Business Partnership and Chairman of the Partnership Sub Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility.
Director: Australian Foundation Investment Company Limited, Clayton Utz, National Australia Day Council and Deputy Chairman for National Library of Australia.
Other Interests: Committee for Melbourne (Counsellor) and Pacific Institute (Patron).
Mr Ryan is a resident of Victoria. Age 64.
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David J Turner
Mr Turner was appointed to the Board in August 2006 and is a member of the Risk Committee.
Until his retirement on 30 June 2007, Mr Turner was CEO of Brambles. He occupied that role since October 2003. He joined Brambles as Chief Financial Officer in 2001 having previously been Finance Director of GKN plc. Mr Turner has also served as a member of the Board of Whitbread plc and as Chairman of its Audit Committee from 2000 until 2006. He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and has wide experience in finance, international business and governance.
Director: Brambles Limited
Mr Turner is a resident of New South Wales. Age 62.
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Jane Hemstritch
Ms Hemstritch was appointed to the Board effective 9 October 2006 and is a member of the People & Remuneration Committee.
Ms Hemstritch was Managing Director - Asia Pacific, Accenture Limited from 2004 until her retirement in February 2007. In this role, she was a member of Accenture’s global executive leadership team and oversaw the management of Accenture’s business portfolio in Asia Pacific. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biochemistry and Physiology and has professional expertise in technology, communications, change management and accounting. She also has experience across the financial services, telecommunications, government, energy and manufacturing sectors and in business expansion in Asia.
Director: The Global Foundation
Other Interests: Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (Fellow), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (Fellow), Chief Executive Women Inc. (Member) and Council of Governing Members of The Smith Family.
Ms Hemstritch is a resident of Victoria. Age 54.
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Harrison Young
Mr Young joined the Board on 13 February 2007. He is a member of the Risk Committee. At the time of appointment to the Board, Mr Young retired as Chairman of Morgan Stanley Australia, a position he had held since 2003. In an investment banking career of more than thirty years, he did business in twenty countries and advised eight foreign governments. From 1997 to 2003 he was a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia. Prior to that he spent two years in Beijing as Chief Executive of China International Capital Corporation. From 1991 to 1994 he was a senior officer of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington.
Chairman: Asia Society AustralAsia Centre
Director: Florey Neuroscience Institutes and Financial Services Volunteer Corps in New York
Mr Young is a resident of Victoria. Age 62.
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Sir John Anderson, KBE
Sir John joined the Board on 12 March 2007. He is a member of the Risk Committee. Sir John is a highly respected business and community leader, having held many senior positions in New Zealand finance including Chief Executive and Director of ANZ National Bank Limited from 2003 to 2005 and the National Bank of New Zealand Limited from 1989 to 2003.
In 1994, Sir John was awarded Knight Commander of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire, and in 2005 received the inaugural Blake Medal for “Outstanding Leadership Contributions to New Zealand”.
Chairman: Television New Zealand Limited and New Zealand Cricket Inc.
Director: International Cricket Council
Other Interests: Institute of Financial Professionals New Zealand (Fellow), Institute of Directors (Fellow), New Zealand Society of Accountants (Fellow) and Australian Institute Banking and Finance (Life Member).
Sir John is a resident of Wellington, New Zealand. Age 61.
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Andrew M Mohl
Mr Mohl was appointed to the Board effective 1 July 2008 and is a member of the People & Remuneration Committee.
Mr Mohl was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AMP Limited from October 2002 until his retirement at the end of December 2007. He has over 30 years of financial services experience. Mr Mohl was a former Senior and Chief Economist at ANZ Banking Group and worked at the Reserve Bank of Australia for 8 years and was Deputy Head of Research.
Director: AMP Foundation
Mr Mohl is a resident of New South Wales. Age 52.
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