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CIMIC Group Limited Annual Report 2016 |
Directors’ Report
ALTERNATE DIRECTOR’S RESUMÉ
ROBERT SEIDLER AM (68)
Alternate Director
LLB
Appointed Alternate Director for Mr del Valle Pérez and Mr Sassenfeld in June 2014. Mr Seidler AM has served as an Alternate Director
for a number of HOCHTIEF-nominated directors dating back to November 2003. He has a degree in Law from the University of Sydney and
is a former partner of Blake Dawson (now Ashurst).
Mr Seidler AM has over 40 years’ experience as a lawyer, non-executive director on listed and unlisted companies in industries as diverse
as funds management, banking, investment banking, hotel management as well as serving on government committees in both Australia
and Japan.
Mr Seidler AM is the Vice President of the Australia Japan Business Cooperation Committee, Chairman of Hunter Philip Japan Limited and
New South Wales Governments Special Envoy to Japan. Mr Seidler AM has also been made a member of the Order of the Rising Sun by
the Emperor of Japan.
Mr Seidler AM was appointed as a Director of HOCHTIEF Australia in November 2011 and is a Director of Investa Office Management
since June 2016 and Investa Listed Funds Management Limited since April 2016. He was the Chairman of Leighton Asia (from November
2011 to September 2012) and a Director of Leighton Properties (from May 2010 to August 2012) and Leighton International (from
November 2009 to November 2011).
Mr Seidler AM is a Director of the following additional ASX listed entity: Investa Office Fund (since July 2016).
COMPANY SECRETARIES’ RESUMÉS
LOUISE GRIFFITHS (37)
Company Secretary
BSc, BA, AGIA
Appointed Company Secretary in January 2016. Ms Griffiths was formerly the Assistant Company Secretary of the Company, having held
that role since May 2011. Ms Griffiths has a Bachelor of Science in Criminology and a Bachelor of Arts in Community Justice. Ms Griffiths
is an Associate of the Governance Institute of Australia (GIA) and holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance from the
GIA. Ms Griffiths served as a member of the GIA’s New South Wales Professional Development Committee between February 2013 and
September 2014. Ms Griffiths is also the company secretary of a number of subsidiaries of CIMIC.
NIGEL LOWRY (43)
Company Secretary
BA, LLB, MCom
Appointed as an additional Company Secretary in October 2016. Mr Lowry has been practicing law for over 15 years, specialising in
corporate, property and finance transactions. Mr Lowry has held previous positions at Macquarie Bank Limited and King & Wood
Mallesons in Sydney and at Linklaters LLP and Slaughter & May in London. Mr Lowry has a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws
(Honours) from the University of Sydney and a Master of Commerce from the University of New South Wales.
FORMER OFFICEHOLDERS
During the 2016 Financial Year the following people ceased to be officeholders of the Company:
Name
Position
Period
John Easy
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
3 November 2014 to 22 January 2016
Kirstin Ferguson
Independent, Non-executive Director
10 July 2014 to 10 November 2016
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