Board of Directors
Macquarie Group Limited
H Kevin McCann AM
BA LLB (Hons) (Syd), LLM (Harv), FAICD (age 72)
Independent Chairman since 17 March 2011
Independent Voting Director since August 2007 (of Macquarie Bank since December 1996)
Chairman of the Board Nominating Committee
Member of the Board Remuneration Committee
Member of the Board Risk Committee
Kevin McCann is currently Chairman of Origin Energy Limited and a Director of the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney. Mr McCann is a Fellow of the University of Sydney Senate and a member of its Nominations and Appointments, Investment and Commercialisation and Finance and Audit Committees and a member of the University of Sydney Business School Advisory Board. He is also Chairman of the National Library of Australia Foundation, a member of the European Australian Business Council, the Corporate Governance Committee of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Board on Diversity, Allens and Linklaters, and the Evans and Partners Advisory Board. Mr McCann was a Partner (from 1970 to 2004) and Chairman of Allens Arthur Robinson, a leading firm of Australian lawyers. He practiced as a commercial lawyer specialising in Mergers and Acquisitions, Mineral and Resources Law and Capital Markets Transactions. He was previously Chairman of Triako Resources Limited, Healthscope Limited and ING Management Limited and a Director of BlueScope Steel Limited.
Nicholas W Moore
BCom LLB (UNSW), FCA (age 54)
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer since May 2008
Executive Voting Director of Macquarie Group since February 2008 (of Macquarie Bank since May 2008)
Member of the Board Risk Committee
Nicholas Moore joined Macquarie’s Corporate Services Division in 1986. In 1996, Mr Moore was appointed Head of the Project and Structured Finance Division. In 1998 he was appointed Head of the Asset and Infrastructure Group and then Head of the Investment Banking Group on its inception in 2001. In this role, he oversaw significant growth in Macquarie’s net income through the global growth of the advisory, fund management, financing and securities businesses. Currently, Mr Moore is also Chairman of the Police and Community Youth Clubs NSW Limited, a Director of the Centre for Independent Studies and Chairman of the University of NSW Business School Advisory Council.
Michael J Coleman
MComm (UNSW), FCA, FCPA, FAICD (age 62)
Independent Voting Director since November 2012 (of Macquarie Bank since November 2012)
Member of the Board Audit Committee
Member of the Board Risk Committee
Michael Coleman was a senior audit partner with KPMG for 30 years. He was KPMG’s inaugural National Managing Partner Assurance and Advisory from 1998 to 2002, National Managing Partner for Risk and Regulation from 2002 to 2010 and Regional Leader for Asia Pacific Quality and Risk Management from 2002 to 2011. Mr Coleman is currently Deputy Chairman of the Financial Reporting Council, a member of the Audit Committee of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Chairman of the Reporting Committee of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a member of the Advisory Board of Norton Rose Australia. He is also Chairman of Planet Ark Environmental Foundation, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Centre for Accounting and Assurance Services Research at UNSW and a Director of Osteoporosis Australia. Previously Mr Coleman was Chairman of ING Management Limited.
Diane J Grady AM
BA (Mills), MA (Hawaii), MBA (Harv), FAICD (age 64)
Independent Voting Director since May 2011 (of Macquarie Bank since May 2011)
Member of the Board Remuneration Committee
Member of the Board Risk Committee
Ms Grady has been a full time independent director of public companies and not-for-profit boards since 1994. She is currently a member of the McKinsey Advisory Council, the Centre for Ethical Leadership/Melbourne Business School and the Heads Over Heels Advisory Board. She is Chair of Ascham School and the Hunger Project Australia. Previously she was a Director of Woolworths Limited, Goodman Group, Wattyl Limited, Lend Lease US Office Trust, Lend Lease Limited, MLC and a Trustee of the Sydney Opera House. She was also President of Chief Executive Women and chaired the group’s taskforce which published the CEO Kit for Attracting and Retaining Female Talent.
Ms Grady was a Director of BlueScope Steel Limited and a partner at McKinsey & Company where she spent 15 years consulting to clients in a broad range of industries on strategic and operational issues. She was a worldwide leader of the firm’s Organisation and Change Management Practice and the first woman outside the United States to be elected to McKinsey’s global partnership. In Australia, she headed McKinsey’s Consumer Goods, Retailing and Marketing Practice Group. Ms Grady was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2009 for her contribution to business and to the promotion of women leaders and in 2001 received a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society through business leadership.
Michael J Hawker AM
BSc (Sydney), FAICD, SF Fin (age 53)
Independent Voting Director since March 2010 (of Macquarie Bank since March 2010)
Member of the Board Audit Committee
Member of the Board Risk Committee
Member of the Board Governance and Compliance Committee
Michael Hawker was Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Insurance Australia Group from 2001 to 2008. From 1995 to 2001, Mr Hawker held a range of positions at Westpac, including Group Executive of Business and Consumer Banking and General Manager of Financial Markets. Prior to this, he held a number of positions at Citibank, including Deputy Managing Director for Australia and subsequently Executive Director, Head of Derivatives, Europe. Currently, Mr Hawker is Chairman of the George Institute for Global Health, a member of the George Institute for Global Health (UK) and a Director of Aviva Plc Group, the largest insurance provider in the UK. He is also Director of Washington H Soul Pattinson and Company Limited and Chairman of Australian Rugby Union and SANZAR (South African, New Zealand and Australian Rugby). Mr Hawker is a member of the International Rugby Board Council, the Executive Committee of the International Rugby Board, the Advisory Board to GEMS, a Hong Kong based private equity firm, and of the board of trustees of the Giant Steps Foundation. He was previously President of the Insurance Council of Australia, Chairman of the Australian Financial Markets Association, a board member of the Geneva Association and a member of the Financial Sector Advisory Council. Mr Hawker is additionally the founder of the Australian Business in the Community Network.
Peter M Kirby
BEc (Rhodes), BEc (Hons) (Natal), MA (Manch), MBA (Wits), FAICD (age 65)
Independent Voting Director since August 2007 (of Macquarie Bank since June 2003)
Member of the Board Audit Committee
Member of the Board Governance and Compliance Committee
Member of the Board Risk Committee
Peter Kirby was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of CSR Limited from 1998 to March 2003. He was a member of the Board of the Business Council of Australia from 2001 to 2003. Mr Kirby received the Centenary Medal in 2003. Prior to joining CSR, he was with the Imperial Chemical Industries PLC group (ICI) for 25 years in a variety of senior management positions around the world, including Chairman/CEO of ICI Paints, responsible for the group’s coatings businesses worldwide, and a member of the Executive Board of ICI PLC, with responsibility for ICI Americas and the western hemisphere. Currently he is Chairman of DuluxGroup Limited. Mr Kirby’s previous directorships include Chairman and Director of Medibank Private Limited, Director of Orica Limited and the Beacon Foundation.
Catherine B Livingstone AO
BA (Hons) (Macquarie), HonDBus (Macquarie), HonDSc (Murdoch), FCA, FTSE, FAICD (age 57)
Independent Voting Director since August 2007 (of Macquarie Bank since November 2003)
Chairman of the Board Audit Committee
Member of the Board Governance and Compliance Committee
Member of the Board Nominating Committee
Member of the Board Risk Committee
Catherine Livingstone was Managing Director of Cochlear Limited from 1994 to 2000. Prior to that she was Chief Executive, Finance, at Nucleus Limited and before that held a variety of finance and accounting roles including having been with chartered accountants, Price Waterhouse, for several years. Ms Livingstone was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003 for service to Australian Society in Business Leadership and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2002. She is currently Chairman of Telstra Corporation Limited, a member of the New South Wales Innovation and Productivity Council and the Advisory Board, John Grill Centre for Project Leadership at the University of Sydney. She is President of the Australian Museum Trust. Ms Livingstone is a Director of WorleyParsons Limited, The George Institute for Global Health and Saluda Medical Pty Ltd. Ms Livingstone was previously Chairman of CSIRO and a Director of Goodman Fielder and Rural Press Limited, as well as President of Chief Executive Women.
John R Niland AC
BCom MCom HonDSc (UNSW), PhD (Illinois), DUniv (SCU), FAICD (age 72)
Independent Voting Director since August 2007 (of Macquarie Bank since February 2003)
Chairman of the Board Governance and Compliance Committee
Member of the Board Remuneration Committee
Member of the Board Risk Committee
John Niland is a Professor Emeritus of the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and was Vice-Chancellor and President of UNSW from 1992 to 2002. Before that he was the Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Economics. He is currently Chairman of Singapore Management University’s International Academic Review Panel. Dr Niland is a former Chief Executive of the State Pollution Control Commission and Executive Chairman of the Environment Protection Authority. He has served on the Australian Universities Council, the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council, the boards of the Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust, realestate.com.au Limited, St Vincent’s Hospital, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Foundation, the Sydney Olympic bid’s Building Commission and the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong. He is a former President of the National Trust of Australia (NSW).
Helen M Nugent AO
BA (Hons) (Qld), PhD (Qld), MBA (Harv), HonDBus (Qld) (age 64)
Independent Voting Director since August 2007 (of Macquarie Bank since June 1999)
Chairman of the Board Remuneration Committee
Member of the Board Nominating Committee
Member of the Board Risk Committee
Helen Nugent is currently Chairman of Funds SA and a Director of Origin Energy Limited. Previously, Dr Nugent has been involved in the financial services sector as Director of Strategy at Westpac Banking Corporation, Chairman of Swiss Re (Australia) Limited and a Non-Executive Director of the State Bank of New South Wales and Mercantile Mutual. In addition, she was previously Chairman of Hudson (Australia and New Zealand) and a Director of UNiTAB, Carter Holt Harvey, Australia Post and Herbert Smith Freehills. She has also been a Partner at McKinsey and Company.
Dr Nugent has been actively involved in the arts and education. In the arts, she is Chairman of the National Portrait Gallery and was formerly Deputy Chairman of the Australia Council, Chairman of the Major Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council, Chairman of the Ministerial Inquiry into the Major Performing Arts and Deputy Chairman of Opera Australia. In education, she is currently Chancellor of Bond University and President of Cranbrook School. Dr Nugent is also a member of the Australian Olympic Foundation’s Investment Advisory Committee. Previously she was a member of the Bradley Review into Higher Education and Professor in Management and Director of the MBA Program at the Australian Graduate School of Management.
Peter H Warne
BA (Macquarie), FAICD (age 57)
Independent Voting Director since August 2007 (of Macquarie Bank since July 2007)
Chairman of the Board Risk Committee
Member of the Board Audit Committee
Member of the Board Nominating Committee
Member of the Board Remuneration Committee
Peter Warne was Head of Bankers Trust Australia Limited’s (BTAL) Financial Markets Group from 1988 to 1999. Prior to this he held a number of roles at BTAL. Mr Warne was a Director of the Sydney Futures Exchange (SFE) from 1990 and served as Deputy Chairman from 1995 to 1999. When the SFE merged with the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX Limited) in July 2006, he became a Director of ASX Limited, a position he still holds. Currently, Mr Warne is on the boards of other listed entities, including Chairman of ALE Property Group and Deputy Chairman of WHK Group Limited. He is also Deputy Chairman of Capital Markets CRC Limited, a Director of Securities Research Centre of Asia Pacific Limited and of New South Wales Treasury Corporation, a member of the Advisory Board of the Australian Office of Financial Management and a Patron of Macquarie University Foundation. He is a former Director of Next Financial Limited, Macquarie Capital Alliance Group and a former Chairman and Director of TEYS Limited.
Macquarie Bank Limited
Greg C Ward
BEc (Macquarie), MEc (Macquarie), FCA, F Fin (age 45)
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer since December 2011
Executive Voting Director since December 2011
Greg Ward joined Macquarie on listing in 1996 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 1997. In December 2011, Mr Ward became the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Bank Limited and a member of its Board. He is also the Deputy Managing Director and a member of the Board Risk Committee of Macquarie Group Limited.
Prior to working with Macquarie, Mr Ward held senior roles with Westpac Banking Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr Ward was also an inaugural member of the Federal Treasury’s Financial Reporting Panel and served as a Board member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board from September 1999 to February 2003. Mr Ward is currently a Board member of the Macquarie Group Foundation which facilitates the Macquarie Group’s philanthropic undertakings, a member of the Macquarie University Council and a director of UNICEF Australia and the Financial Markets Foundation for Children.