Orica Limited / Board Members

Board Members

Selection and Appointment of Directors

Board and Executive Performance Evaluation

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

Peter JB Duncan

BChE (Hons) GradDip (Bus)

Chairman, Non-Executive Director since June 2001, appointed Chairman on 16 December 2009. Chairman of the Board’s 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.

Graeme R Liebelt

BEc (Hons)

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since September 2005. Executive Director since July 1997. Member of the 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. Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee. 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 Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee and the Safety, Health & Environment Committee.

Chairman of Thomas Cook Group plc and Endeavour Financial Corporation. Director of Northam Platinum Limited (South Africa), Mvelaphanda Resources Limited (South Africa), Egypt Trust Limited, Endeavour Mining Capital Corp and Banro Corporation.

Russell R Caplan

LLB
FAICD

Non-Executive Director since October 2007. Chairman of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee.

Chairman of the Shell Group of Companies in Australia and the Melbourne and Olympic Parks Trust. Director of the Australian Institute of Petroleum. Former Director of Woodside Petroleum Limited.

Garry Hounsell

BBus (Accounting)
FCA, CPA, FAICD

Non-Executive Director since September 2004. Member of the Audit and Risk Committee, Human Resources and Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee.

Chairman of PanAust Limited and Deputy Chairman of Mitchell Communication Group Limited. Director of Qantas Airways Limited, Nufarm Limited and Ingeus Limited. He is also Chairman of Investec Global Aircraft Fund. 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 Corporate Governance and Nominations 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. Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee. Member of the Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee and the Human Resources and Compensation Committee.

Director of AMP Limited and Pacific Brands Limited. Associate Professor Melbourne Business School. Former director of Newcrest Mining Limited, Mayne Group Ltd, Mayne Pharma Limited, North Ltd, PaperlinX Limited, 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 Limited and the Energy 21 and Stratus Group.

Michael Tilley

GradDip, BA

Non-Executive Director since November 2003. Member of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Safety, Health & Environment Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominations 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 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Merrill Lynch Australasia.

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.