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Board Members

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Terms of Reference - The Board, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Donald P Mercer

BSc (Hons) MA (Econ)

Chairman, Non-Executive Director since October 1997, appointed Chairman since May 2001. Chair of the Board’s Remuneration and Appointments Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee

Chairman of Newcrest Mining Limited, Australia Pacific Airports Corporation Limited, Air Liquide Australia Limited and Orchestra Victoria Limited. Former Chairman of Australian Institute of Company Directors Ltd. Former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ANZ Banking Group.

Graeme R Liebelt

BEc (Hons)

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since September 2005. Executive Director since July 1997. Member of Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee.

Director of Melbourne Business School Limited. Board member of The Global Foundation. Former CEO of Orica Mining Services, Chairman and Director of Incitec Limited, General Manager of Plastics and Managing Director of Dulux.

Noel Meehan

B Sc (Hons),
CPA

Executive Director Finance since September 2005. Former Chief Financial Officer for Orica Chemicals, Orica Group Investor Relations Manager and Corporate Reporting Manager.

Prior to joining Orica, he held a variety of finance roles both within Qantas Airways Limited and Australian Airlines Limited.

Michael E Beckett
BSc, FIMM, FRSA

Non-Executive Director since July 2002. Member of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee, Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee and the Safety, Health & Environment Committee.

Chairman of Coalcorp Limited and Deputy Chairman of Thomas Cook Group plc. Director of Northam Platinum Limited (South Africa), Mvelaphanda Resources Limited (South Africa), Egypt Trust Limited and Endeavour Mining Capital Corp. Former Chairman of London Clubs International (UK) plc and WBB Minerals Limited.

Russell R Caplan
LLB
FAICD

Non-Executive Director since October 2007. Member of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee and the Safety, Health & Environment Committee.

Chairman of the Shell Group of Companies in Australia and the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust. Director of the Australian Institute of Petroleum and the Australian Science Media Centre. Board member of The Global Foundation. Former Director of Woodside Petroleum Limited.

Peter J B Duncan
BChE (Hons) GradDip (Bus)

Non-Executive Director since June 2001. Chairman of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. Member of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee.

Chairman of Cranlana Programme Foundation and Scania Australia. Former director of National Australia Bank Limited, GasNet Australia Limited and CSIRO and former member of Siemens Australia Advisory Board. Former Chief Executive Officer of the Shell Group of Companies in Australia.

Garry Hounsell
BBus (Accounting)
FCA, CPA, FAICD

Non-Executive Director since September 2004. Member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration and Appointments Committee.

Chairman of PanAust Limited and Deputy Chairman of Mitchell Communication Group Limited. Director of Qantas Airways Limited and Nufarm Limited. He is also Chairman of Investec Global Aircraft Fund, Prudentia Investments Pty Ltd and a Director of Ingeus Limited, The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health Limited. Board Member of law firm Freehills. Former Chief Executive Officer and Country Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen and former Senior Partner of Ernst & Young.

Peter Kirby

BEc (Hons), MA (Econ) MBA

Non-Executive Director since July 2003. Chairman of the Safety, Health & Environment Committee. Member of the Remunerations and Appointments Committee and Corporate Governance andNominations Committee.

Director of Macquarie Bank Limited. Former Chairman of Medibank Private Limited and Director of the Business Council of Australia. Former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CSR Limited and former Chief Executive Officer of ICI Paints and member of the Executive Board of ICI plc.

Nora Scheinkestel

Ph D, LLB (Hons),
FAICD,
Centenary Medal

Non-Executive Director since August 2006. Member of the Audit and Risk Committee and Remuneration and Appointments Committee.

Director of AMP Limited, AMP Capital Group, and PaperlinX Limited. Associate Professor Melbourne Business School. Former director of Newcrest Mining Limited, Mayne Group Ltd, Mayne Pharma Limited, North Ltd, MBF Health Fund, Docklands Authority, IOOF Funds Management and a number of utilities across the gas, water and electricity sector. Also former Chairman of South East Water and Energy 21 and Stratus Group.

Michael Tilley

GradDip, BA

Non-Executive Director since November 2003. Member of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee.

Former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Challenger Financial Services Group Limited. Former member of the Takeovers Panel. Former Non-Executive Director of Incitec Ltd and former Vice-Chairman of JP Morgan.

Annette Cook

Dip Bus (Accounting), Dip Bus (Data Processing), CPA

Company Secretary of Orica Limited since 16 February 2005 and prior to that was assistant Company Secretary from August 2002. Joined Orica in July 1987 and has had a variety of roles in Business Services, IT and Finance.