The board.

IAG’s board of directors is committed to attaining the highest level of corporate governance to ensure shareholders’ best interests are being served.

JAMES STRONG   MICHAEL WILKINS        
James Strong   MICHAEL WILKINS        

AO
Chairman and independent non-executive director

 

BCom, MBA, DLI, FCA
Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer

       

Appointed Chairman in August 2001. Member of the IAG Nomination, Remuneration & Sustainability Committee. Chairman of Woolworths Limited, Rip Curl Group Pty Limited and the Australia Council for the Arts. Director of Qantas Airways Limited and the Australian Grand Prix Corporation.

 

Appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in May 2008 after joining as Chief Operating Officer and a director in November 2007. Non-executive director of Maple-Brown Abbott Limited.

       
             
YASMIN ALLEN   PHILLIP COLEBATCH   HUGH FLETCHER   NEIL HAMILTON
YASMIN ALLEN   PHILLIP COLEBATCH   HUGH FLETCHER   NEIL HAMILTON

BCom, FAICD
Independent non-executive director

 

BE (Hons), BSc, DBA, SM
Independent non-executive director

 

BSc/BCom, MCom (Hons), MBA
Independent non-executive director

 

LLB
Independent non-executive director

Appointed in November 2004. Chairman of the IAG Audit Committee and member of the IAG Nomination, Remuneration & Sustainability Committee. Director of Macquarie Specialised Asset Management (chairman of its Audit Committee) and Salvation Army Advisory board.

 

Appointed in January 2007. Member of the IAG Risk Management & Compliance Committee. Non-executive director of Lend Lease Corporation Limited and Man Group plc.

 

Appointed in September 2007. Member of the IAG Audit Committee. Non-executive director of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Fletcher Building Limited, Rubicon Limited and Vector Limited, and Chancellor of The University of Auckland.

 

Appointed in June 2000. Member of the IAG Risk Management & Compliance Committee. Chairman of IRESS Market Technology Limited, Mount Gibson Iron Limited and Northern Iron Limited. Director of Metcash Limited and Programmed Maintenance Services Limited.

             
ANNA HYNES   ROWAN ROSS   BRIAN SCHWARTZ   PHILIP TWYMAN
ANNA HYNES   ROWAN ROSS   BRIAN SCHWARTZ   PHILIP TWYMAN

BSc (Hons), MBA
Independent non-executive director

 

BEc, BCom, FCPA, SF Fin
Independent non-executive director

 

FCA, AM
Independent non-executive director

 

BSc, MBA, FIA, FIAA, FAICD
Independent non-executive director

Appointed in September 2007. Member of the IAG Risk Management & Compliance Committee. Previously a non-executive director of Promina Group Limited and Country Road Limited.

 

Appointed in July 2000 and acted as Chairman from April to August 2001. Chairman of the IAG Risk Management & Compliance Committee and member of the IAG Nomination, Remuneration & Sustainability Committee. Chairman of Macquarie Capital Alliance Group, Sydney IVF Limited and Brandenburg Ensemble Limited and a director of the Australian Major Performing Arts Group.

 

Appointed in January 2005. Chairman of the IAG Nomination, Remuneration & Sustainability Committee and a member of the IAG Audit Committee. Chief executive of Investec Bank (Australia) Limited and deputy chairman of the board of Football Federation Australia Limited.

 

Appointed in July 2008. Director of Swiss Re (Australia), Perpetual Limited, ANZ Lenders Mortgage Insurance Limited, Tokio Marine Management (Australasia) Pty Ltd and Medibank Private Limited.

Board changes

Neil Hamilton and Rowan Ross will retire from the board on 31 August 2008. Full biographical details of all directors are contained in IAG’s 2008 annual report.