Douglas Clemson, Independent Non-Executive Director
(Chairman of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee;
Member of the Remuneration Committee)
Doug was appointed as a Director of the Responsible Entity on 31 December 2011 and as a Director of AJCo on 31 December 2011.
Doug has extensive financial and commercial experience, having been the former Finance Director and CFO of Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) where he was responsible for the corporate and project finance needs of the ABB group in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining ABB, he held senior line management and finance executive positions with manufacturing groups, Australian Consolidated Industries Ltd and Smiths Industries Limited. Doug has over 25 years experience as a Director on various listed company and unlisted company boards, and he has been the chairman of the audit, risk and compliance committee of ASX listed companies (most recently Infigen Energy Group) for the past nine years.
Kate McCann, Independent Non-Executive Director
(Chairman of the Remuneration Committee; Member of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee)
Kate was appointed as a Director of the Responsible Entity on 31 December 2011 and as a Director of AJCo on 31 December 2011.
Kate has extensive financial and commercial experience, with 15 years at McKinsey & Company, including her role as Principal from 1999-2002. Kate has been a non-executive director of private, global and not-for-profit organisations. She is currently a non-executive Director of General Re Australia Ltd and General Re Life Australia Ltd, and is the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of each of those companies.
John Pettigrew, Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer
John was appointed as a Director of the Responsible Entity on 19 February 2005 and as a Director of AJCo on 20 March 2009. On 1 January 2011, John was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer, and he continues as a Director of both companies.
John has extensive financial and commercial experience with a number of major corporations and 30 years' involvement in the property industry. John is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants, a Fellow of Chartered Secretaries Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. John was Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of the Stockland Group from 1977 and Finance Director from 1982 until his retirement in March 2004. He has had a significant role in structuring and managing listed property trusts since 1980.