| CatherineLivingstone | Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board | 668.67k AUD | 56 | 2000 |
Ms. Catherine B. Livingstone, AO, BA (Hons), Hon DSc (Murdoch), Hon DBus (Macquarie), FCA, FTSE, FAICD, is Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Telstra Corp Ltd. She joined Telstra as a Non-Executive Director in November 2000 and was appointed as Chairman in May 2009. She is the Chairman of the Nomination Committee and Member of the Remuneration, Audit, Technology and NBN Due Diligence Committees. She was Chairman of the NBN Committee whilst it was operative. Ms. Livingstone is a Chartered Accountant and has held several finance and general management roles predominantly in the medical devices sector. Ms. Livingstone was the Chief Executive of Cochlear Limited (1994 – 2000). She has been Director of Macquarie Bank Limited since 2003, Macquarie Group Limited since 2007 and WorleyParsons Ltd since 2007. She has also acted as Director of Future Directions International Pty Ltd since 2007, Member of the New South Wales Innovation Council since 2007 and the Royal Institution of Australia since 2009. She was Chairman of CSIRO (2001 - 2006); Chairman and Director of Australian Business Foundation (2000 – 2005); Director of Goodman Fielder Ltd (2000 – 2003), Rural Press Limited (2000 – 2003), Macquarie Graduate School of Management Pty Ltd (2007 - 2008) and Sydney Institute (1998 – 2005). Previously, she also served as Member of the Department of Accounting and Finance Advisory Board of Macquarie University, Business/ Industry/Higher Education Collaboration Committee (BIHECC) and Federal Government’s National Innovation System Review Panel. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Macquarie University and a Master of Business Administration from University of California, Berkeley. She also holds an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Murdoch University and an Honorary Doctorate of Business from Macquarie University. She is Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Australia and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
| DavidThodey | Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director | 4.81m AUD | 58 | 2001 |
Mr. David I. Thodey, BA, FAICD, is Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Telstra Corp Ltd. He became Chief Executive Officer and Executive director in May 8, 2009. He joined Telstra in April 2001 as Group Managing Director of Telstra Mobiles. He was appointed to the position of Group Managing Director Telstra Enterprise and Government in December 2002 and was responsible for the company's corporate, government and business customers in Australia, TelstraClear in New Zealand and Telstra's International sales division. Before joining Telstra, Mr. Thodey was Chief Executive Officer of IBM Australia/New Zealand and previously held several senior executive positions in marketing and sales with IBM across Asia Pacific. He has been Chairman of Sensis Pty Ltd since 2009. He was also Chairman of TelstraClear New Zealand (2003 – 2009 and Chairman of Basketball Australia (2008 - 2010). He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and English from Victoria University in New Zealand. Mr. Thodey attended the Kellogg Post-Graduate School General Management Program at Northwestern University in Chicago. He is Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
| GordonBallantyne | Chief Customer Officer, Group Managing Director - Consumer Business | 2.50m AUD | -- | 2010 |
Mr. Gordon Ballantyne has been Chief Customer Officer of Telstra Corp Ltd since August 1, 2011. He commenced at Telstra as Group Managing Director - Consumer business on June 30, 2010. Prior to joining Telstra, he was with Hewlett Packard (HP), where he was Vice President of the Personal Systems Group in the United Kingdom (the UK). Before joining HP, he founded and was director of Dell.com in Europe and also created Dell Ventures in Europe. Previously, Gordon was Sales and Service Director and a member of the board of T-Mobile in the UK. Prior to T-Mobile, he was founder of Dell Ventures Europe, the strategic investment arm of Dell Corporation and a member of Dell’s European Executive Management team. He holds a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. |
| AndrewPenn | Chief Financial Officer, Group Managing Director, Finance | 1.06m AUD | 48 | -- |
Mr. Andrew (Andy) Penn is the Chief Financial Officer, Group Managing Director, Finance of Telstra Corp., Ltd. He is a Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer with a career spanning more than 30 years, the past 20 at AXA Asia Pacific in a variety of finance, strategy and executive roles, most recently Group Chief Executive Officer. He was Group Chief Executive Officer of AXA Asia Pacific from 2006 until 2011. With over 20 years at AXA, he held a variety of roles including Chief Executive Officer of the Australia and New Zealand business, Chief Operations Officer, Head of Transformation, and Chief Executive of Asia. He previously held roles at the P&O Shipping Group. |
| BrendonRiley | Chief Operations Officer - Telstra Operations | 3.47m AUD | -- | 2011 |
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| KateMcKenzie | Group Managing Director - Telstra Innovation, Products and Marketing | 1.84m AUD | -- | -- |
Ms. Kate McKenzie is Group Managing Director - Telstra Innovation, Products and Marketing of Telstra Corp Ltd. Prior to joining Telstra, she was Director General of the NSW Department of Commerce. She previously held positions as the Director general of the NsW Department of industrial Relations, general Manager of the WorkCover Authority of NSW, and Deputy Director general of the NSW Cabinet Office. During her career, she has been involved in the development and implementation of competition policy, energy reform, corporatization and privatization and Commonwealth/state negotiations on a range of complex policy issues. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney. |
| RickEllis | Group Managing Director of Telstra Digital Media | 792.25k AUD | -- | 2012 |
Mr. Rick Ellis has been Group Managing Director of Telstra Digital Media of Telstra Corp Ltd since January 16, 2012. He was formerly Chief Executive Officer of TVNZ, New Zealand’s broadcast television and digital media company, a position he held for 10 years. He began his career in the IT industry in Brisbane in the late 1970s, and over the following 20 years, held a number of senior leadership positions in the industry in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Ansett New Zealand in 1995 and subsequently moved to Melbourne as General Manager Sales and Marketing for Ansett Airlines of Australia. From 2002 to 2006, he was Vice President and Managing Director of EDS New Zealand. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Auckland University. |
| StuartLee | Group Managing Director of Telstra Wholesale | 1.57m AUD | -- | 2011 |
No Bio available |
| AndrewKeys | Acting Director of Investor Relations, Investor Relations Contact Officer | -- | -- | 2013 |
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| DamienColeman | Company Secretary | -- | -- | 2012 |
Mr. Damien Coleman, B. Ec, LLB (Hons), has been Company Secretary of Telstra Corp Ltd since January 1, 2012. He joined Telstra in 1998. As the Company Secretary, he is responsible for corporate governance, shareholder communications, continuous disclosure, and providing advice and support to the Telstra Board of Directors. He was formerly Telstra’s Deputy Company Secretary and prior to that was General Counsel, Finance and Administration, Office of the Company Secretary and NBN. During this time, Damien played a key role in the negotiation of the Definitive Agreements for Telstra’s participation in the rollout of the National Broadband Network. He has also served in senior legal roles across the company including Sensis, Mergers and Acquisitions and Telstra Operations. Prior to Telstra, he was a senior lawyer at Australian law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and a Bachelor of Economics from the Australian National University. |
| MargaretSeale | Non-Executive Director | -- | 51 | 2012 |
Ms. Margaret (Margie) L. Seale serves as Non-Executive Director of Telstra Corp Ltd since May 7, 2012. She has served in senior executive roles in Australia and overseas, primarily in the global publishing industry, during a career spanning more than 30 years. Ms. Seale is Managing Director Australia and New Zealand for publishing company Random House as well as President, Asia Development. She has experience in senior sales and marketing roles across a number of sectors. She joined Random House in 2000, became Australia and NZ Managing Director in 2007 and took on the Asian development responsibility in 2010. Her role includes evaluating business opportunities in south-east and northern Asia. She established Random House’s China office in 2011. Ms. Seale previously held roles as Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Dictionary and Lansdowne Publishing and senior sales and marketing positions in Australia and the United Kingdom. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History from the University of Sydney. She is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a Director of the Sydney Writers Festival and a Council Member of Chief Executive Women. |
| GeoffreyCousins | Independent Non-Executive Director | -- | 69 | 2006 |
Mr. Geoffrey A. Cousins is Independent Non-Executive Director of Telstra Corp Ltd. He joined Telstra as a Non-Executive Director in November 2006. He is Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committees. He has more than 26 years of experience as a company director. Mr. Cousins was previously the Chairman of George Patterson Australia and is a former Director of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, the Seven Network, Hoyts Cinemas group and NM Rothschild & Sons Limited. He was the first Chief Executive of Optus Vision and before that held a number of executive positions at George Patterson, including Chief Executive of George Patterson Australia. He has been Chairman of St. James Ethics Foundation since 2010. He was Chairman of Cure Cancer Australia (2004 - 2007), Director of Insurance Australia Group Ltd (2000 - 2007), The Starlight Foundation (1988 - 1994) and Museum of Contemporary Art (1990 – 1994); Director of Globe International Limited (2001 - 2003), Sydney Theatre Company Ltd (1990 – 1996), St George Foundation Ltd (1989 – 1995) and The Smith Family (1988 – 1994); and President of The Shore Foundation Ltd (1992 – 1994). Mr. Cousins was previously a consultant to the Prime Minister. |
| RussellHiggins | Independent Non-Executive Director | -- | 62 | 2009 |
Mr. Russell Allan Higgins, AO, BEc, FAICD, is Independent Non-Executive Director Telstra Corp Ltd. He joined the Telstra Board as a Non-Executive Director in September 2009. He is a Member of the Audit and NBN Due Diligence Committees. He was a Member of the NBN Committee whilst it was operative. Mr. Higgins is an experienced company director who has worked at senior levels of both government and private sectors. He is Chairman of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, a global initiative to accelerate the worldwide development of carbon capture and storage technologies. From 2003 to 2004, he was Chairman of the then Prime Minister’s Energy Task Force. Prior to that, he was Secretary of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources. He has been Director of APA Group since 2004 and Ricegrowers Limited (SunRice) since 2005. He has acted as Chairman of Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute since 2009; Chair of the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship Advisory Committee since 2005 and Director of St. James Ethics Foundation since 2010. He was Chairman of Snowy Hydro-Electric Scheme (1992 - 1997), CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development (2004 - 2008), APEC Energy Working Group (1993 - 1997); Director of Australian Biodiesel Group (2006 - 2007), Export Finance and Insurance Corporation (1997 - 2002), CSIRO (1997 - 2002), Austrade (1997 - 2002), Australian Tourist Commission (1997 - 2002) and Australian Sports Commission (1997 - 2002). He holds a Bachelor of Economics and is Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
| JohnMullen | Independent Non-Executive Director | -- | 58 | 2008 |
Mr. John Patrick Mullen is Independent Non-Executive Director of Telstra Corp Ltd. He joined Telstra as a Non-Executive Director in July 1, 2008. He is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a Member of the Nomination Committee. Mr. Mullen has worked for over two decades in a multitude of senior positions with different multinationals. His corporate experience includes 10 years with the TNT Group, with two years as its Chief Operating Officer. From 1991 to 1994, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer of TNT Express Worldwide, based in the Netherlands. Mr. Mullen joined Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN) as an Advisor in 1994, becoming Chief Executive Officer of DHL Express Asia Pacific in 2002 and Joint Chief Executive Officer, DHL Express in 2005. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Mullen was Global Chief Executive Officer, DHL Express. On February 14, 2011 Mr. Mullen was appointed as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Asciano Ltd. He has been Member of the Australian Graduate School of Management since 2005. He was Director of Brambles Limited (2009 - 2011), MAp Airports Limited (2010 - 2011), Deutsche Post World Net, Board of Management, Germany (2005 - 2009) and Embarq Corporation The United States (2006 - 2009). He also acted as Chairman of National Foreign Trade Council (Washington DC) (2008 - 2010); and Director of International Swimming Hall of Fame (the US) (2005 – 2008). He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science (1978) from University of Surrey. |
| NoraScheinkestel | Independent Non-Executive Director | -- | 52 | 2010 |
Dr. Nora Lia Scheinkestel, LLB(Hons), Ph.D., FAICD, is Independent Non-Executive Director of Telstra Corp Ltd. She joined Telstra as a Non-Executive Director in August 2010. She is Member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the NBN Due Diligence Committee. Dr. Nora Scheinkestel is an experienced company director having served in a wide range of industry sectors and in the public, government and private spheres. Dr. Scheinkestel is also an Associate Professor at the Melbourne Business School at Melbourne University and a Member of the Takeovers Panel. Dr. Scheinkestel’s executive background is as a senior banking executive in international and project financing, responsible for the development and financing of projects in Australasia and South East Asia. Her current consulting practice assists government, corporate and institutional clients in areas such as corporate governance, strategy and finance. In 2003, Dr. Scheinkestel was awarded a centenary medal for services to Australian society in business leadership. She has been Director of AMP Limited since 2003, Orica Limited since 2006, Pacific Brands Limited since 2009, AMP Capital Investors Limited since 2004 and AMP Bank Limited since 2006. She was Director of PaperlinX Ltd (2000-2009), Chairman of South East Water Limited (2002-2005) and Energy21 and Stratus Networks Gas Group (1997-1999); Director of IOOF Funds Management (1998-2001), Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd (1997-2001), Hydro Tasmania (2001-2004), City West Water Ltd (1995-2002), Docklands Authority (1998- 2003), Newcrest Mining Limited (2000-2007), Mayne Pharma Limited (2005-2007), Mayne Group Limited (2005) and North Limited (1996-2000). She holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Doctorate in Philosophy from University of Melbourne. She is Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
| JohnStocker | Independent Non-Executive Director | -- | 66 | 1996 |
Dr. John Wilcox Stocker, AO, MB.BS, BMedSc, Ph.D., FRACP, FTSE, is Independent Non-Executive Director of Telstra Corp Ltd. He joined Telstra as a non-executive Director in October 1996. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Technology and NBN Due Diligence Committees. He was a member of the NBN Committee whilst it was operative. Dr. Stocker has had a distinguished career in pharmaceutical research and experience in management of research and development, and its commercialization including in his roles as Chief Executive of CSIRO (1990-1995) and subsequently, as Chief Scientist for the Commonwealth of Australia (1996-1999). He has been Director of Nufarm Limited since 1998 and Principal of Foursight Associates Pty Ltd since 1996. He was Chairman of Sigma Pharmaceuticals Ltd (2005-2010); Chairman of Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation (1997-2004), Sigma Company Ltd (1998-2005), CSIRO (2007-2010) and The Australian Wine Research Institute Ltd (2009-2010); and Director of Cambridge Antibody Technology Group plc (1995-2006) and Circadian Technologies Ltd (1996-2008). He is Officer of the Order of Australia. He is Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Australia. |
| StevenVamos | Independent Non-Executive Director | -- | 54 | 2009 |
Mr. Steven (Steve) Martin Vamos, BEng (Hons), is Independent Non-Executive Director of Telstra Corp Ltd. He joined the Telstra Board as a Non-Executive Director in September 15, 2009. He is also a Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees and was a member of the NBN Committee whilst it was operative. Mr. Vamos has over 30 years of experience in the information technology, internet and online industry. He led Microsoft Australia and New Zealand from 2003 to January 2007 before moving to the United States to become the company’s online business head of worldwide Sales and International Operations. Previously, he was Chief Executive Officer of ninemsn. Mr. Vamos also worked for Apple Computer in the 1990s after spending 14 years in senior management roles at IBM Australia. He is the founding President of the Society for Knowledge Economics (SKE), a not-for-profit think tank that encourages new and better practices in leadership and management. He has been President of Society for Knowledge Economics since 2005 and Director of eGeneration Investments Pty Limited since 1999. He was Chief Executive Officer of ninemsn (1998 – 2002) and Vice President - Australia and New Zealand of Microsoft (2003 - 2007). He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree. |
| JohnZeglis | Independent Non-Executive Director | -- | 65 | 2006 |
Mr. John D. Zeglis, BSc Finance, JD Law, is Independent Non-Executive Director of Telstra Corp Ltd. He joined Telstra as a Non-Executive Director in May 17, 2006. He is a Chairman of the Technology Committee. Mr. Zeglis has a legal background, and became partner with the law firm Sidley & Austin in 1978. He was General Counsel of AT&T from 1986 to 1998. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois, and a Juris Doctor in Law from Harvard. Mr. Zeglis has had a career in the United States telecommunications sector. He joined AT&T in 1984, and was elected as President of AT&T in 1998 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the AT&T Wireless Group in 1999. He continued as CEO of AT&T Wireless until retiring in November 2004 following the company’s sale to Cingular Wireless. He has been Director of Helmerich & Payne Corporation since 1989, Director of The Duchossois Group (including AMX) since 2011 and Director of State Farm Automobile Insurance since 2004. He was Director of Georgia Pacific Corporation (2001-2005); Sara Lee Corporation (1998-2000); and Illinois Power Company (1992 - 1996). |
