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Mr L F Bleasel AM FAICD FAIM
Independent
Chairman
Appointed 28 August 2007.
Mr Leonard (“Len”) Bleasel is Chairman of ABN AMRO Australia Holdings Pty Limited, Zoological Parks Board NSW and YWCA of Sydney Advisory Committee; and a non-executive director of QBE Insurance Group Limited and O’Connell Street Associates Pty Limited. Mr Bleasel is also involved as a member of several charitable institutions.
Mr Bleasel had a long career in the energy industry before retiring from management in 2001. He started his career in AGL in 1958 and worked in a variety of roles, culminating in the position of Managing Director and CEO from 1990 to 2001.
Mr Bleasel’s past appointments have included Chairman of Foodlands Associated Limited, Solaris Power, the Australian Gas Association, Natural Gas Corporation Holdings Ltd (New Zealand), Elgas Ltd, Auscom Holdings Pty Ltd, Industrial Pipe Systems Pty Ltd and East Australian Pipeline Ltd; Director of St George Bank Limited and Gas Valpo, (Chile); and Vice President of the Royal Blind Society.
Mr Bleasel was awarded an AM in the General Division of the Order of Australia for services to the Australian gas and energy industries and the community.
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Mr M J McCormack BSurv GradDipEng MBA FAICD
Managing Director
Appointed Managing Director 1 July 2006.
Mr Michael (“Mick”) McCormack has been Chief Executive Officer of APA since 1 July 2005, and was appointed Managing Director on 1 July 2006. He carries overall responsibility for the performance of APA and its management team.
Mr McCormack has extensive senior management experience in the energy transmission sector in Australia, with particular focus on gas transmission pipelines, where he has worked on the development of new and existing pipelines across Australia. Mr McCormack’s entire career has been based in the energy transmission business. Prior to joining APA when it floated in 2000, he spent 13 years with AGL where he held a range of senior management positions within its pipeline business. Mr McCormack is the Chairman of a range of APA subsidiary companies.
Mr McCormack is a Director on the board of the Australian Pipeline Industry Association, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Envestra Limited.
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Mr J A Fletcher BSc MBA
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 27 February 2008.
Mr John Fletcher has over 35 years experience in the energy industry, having held a number of executive positions in AGL prior to his retirement in 2003, including Chief Financial Officer. Mr Fletcher has previously been a director of Integral Energy, NGC Limited of New Zealand and Foodland Associated Limited. Mr Fletcher brings a wide commercial and financial practical knowledge to the Board.
Mr Fletcher was previously an AGL appointed director of Australian Pipeline Limited during 2000 to 2005. Mr Fletcher is also a director of Babcock & Brown Power and Sydney Water.
Mr Fletcher is the Chairman of the APA Remuneration Committee and a member of the APA Audit and Risk Management Committee. |
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Mr R A Higgins AO BEc FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 7 December 2004.
Mr Russell Higgins is a company director with extensive experience both locally and internationally in the energy sector and in economic and fiscal policy. Among his many roles, Mr Higgins was Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources from 1997 to 2002 and Chairman of the Australian Government’s Energy Task Force from 2003 to 2004.
Mr Higgins is the Chairman of the Co-operative Research Centre for Coal in Sustainable Development and Chairman of the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship Advisory Committee. He is a director of RiceGrowers Limited (trading as Sunrice) and Australian Biodiesel Group Limited. He is a former Chairman of the Snowy Mountains Council, a former Chairman of the Australian Government’s Management Improvement Advisory Committee and a former director of EFIC, CSIRO, Austrade, the Australian Industry and Development Corporation, the Australian Tourist Commission, and the Australian Sports Commission as well as a former member of the Australian Government’s Joint Economic Forecasting Group. In 2006-07 Mr Higgins was a member of the Prime Ministerial Task Group on Emissions Trading.
Mr Higgins is Chairman of the APA Health Safety and Environment Board Committee and a member of the APA Audit and Risk Management Committee and the APA Remunerations Committee. |
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Mr M Muhammad MSC
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 8 March 2000.
Mr Muri Muhammad retired from Petronas in August 2002 and was reappointed as Adviser, Gas Business in the President’s Office until 30 March 2005. He brings 30 years experience in the chemicals and petroleum industry as well as expertise in the domestic and international gas transmission and distribution, gas utilisation, cogeneration and conversion businesses where he has held various senior executive positions.
Mr Muhammad was appointed Vice President for Gas Business in 1998 until his retirement in August 2002. In that role, he was involved in Petronas’ gas development projects in Iran, India, Algeria, Myanmar, Pakistan, Vietnam and China. He has held several directorships including Chairman of the board of Petronas’ subsidiaries and associate companies in Malaysia and abroad. He has been involved in district cooling cogeneration; pipeline gas transmission and distribution; LNG production and marketing; and urea/ammonia production and marketing. He currently sits on the boards of Transportadora de Gas Del Norte of Argentina and Petronas Gas Berhad of Malaysia, both of which are gas pipeline transmission companies. He is also a member of the Malaysian Energy Commission, a Malaysian Government regulatory body.
Mr Muhammad is a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Health Safety and Environment Board Committee. |
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Mr M Ratilal MBA
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 31 July 2007.
Mr Manharlal (“George”) Ratilal is Vice President (Finance) of Petronas. Mr Ratilal is a member of Petronas’ Management Committee and sits on the board of several Petronas subsidiaries. Prior to joining Petronas in 2003, he was employed by a local Malaysian merchant bank for 18 years. During that time, Mr Ratilal specialised in corporate finance where he advised on mergers and acquisitions, and the capital markets.
Mr Ratilal holds an MBA from the University of Aston in Birmingham, United Kingdom. |
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Mr R J Wright BComm FCPA
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed 11 February 2000.
Mr Robert Wright has over 30 years’ financial management experience, having held a number of Chief Financial Officer positions, including Finance Director of David Jones Limited. He is currently the Chairman of Dexion Limited and a director of SAI Global Limited, Super Cheap Auto Group Limited and Babcock & Brown Residential Land Partners Group.
Mr Wright is the Chairman of the APA Audit and Risk Management Committee and a member of the APA Health Safety and Environment Board Committee. |
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