BWP TRUST ANNUAL REPORT 2015
20
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JOHN AUSTIN,
AGE: 69
ASSOC DIP VAL, FAPI
(VAL&ECON)
Chairman, Non-executive
external director
>>
Member of the Audit
and Risk Committee
>>
Chairman of the Remuneration
and Nomination Committee
Joined the board in 2004 and
was appointed Chairman in
December 2007. John has been
actively involved in professional
property investment markets for
over 44 years, during which he
has been a proprietor of Jones
Lang Wootton and an advisor in
institutional property markets.
He was the Managing Director of
GRWProperty Ltd, the sponsor
and manager of the National
Industrial Property Trust that listed
in 1993 and was on a number of
industry boards and committees.
Currently he is Executive
Chairman of Ringmer Pacific
Pty Ltd, a private property
investment company. He was
a non-executive director of the
MREEF series of unlisted private
property funds, managed by
Macquarie Bank and Chairman
of Leighton Properties Pty Ltd.
JOHN ATKINS,
AGE: 60
LL.B, LL.M, FAICD
Non-executive external director
>>
Member of the Audit
and Risk Committee
>>
Member of the Remuneration
and Nomination Committee
Joined the board in April 2014.
John is a professional company
director and has had a career as a
corporate lawyer spanning more
than 26 years including Head
of Office, Freehills, in Perth and
Melbourne. He has significant
experience in listed company
governance, finance, M&A advice
and corporate transactions.
John is a Fellow of AICD, and he
holds an LL.B from the University
ofWestern Australia and an LL.M
from London University.
John was previously the Chairman,
Western Australia, of ANZ Bank
and is a non-executive director of
listed entity Australian Finance
Group Ltd and is Chairman of
Lotterywest.
Past listed company directorships
held in the last three years include
Breakaway Resources Ltd and
Aurora Oil & Gas Limited. He was
also a director of listed company
Minotaur Exploration Limited until
30 June 2015.
Due to his appointment by the
Western Australian government
as Agent General forWestern
Australia, resident in London, John
has given notice to the Board that
he will be resigning from the Board
on 31 August 2015.
ERICH FRAUNSCHIEL,
AGE: 69
BCOM (HONS), FCPA, FAICD,
Non-executive external director
>>
Member of the Audit
and Risk Committee
>>
Member of the Remuneration
and Nomination Committee
Joined the Board in
February 2015. A professional
non-executive director since
2002, Erich has held board
positions with a number of
listed and unlisted companies.
He is currently a director of
WorleyParsons Limited, a global
engineering, project management
and advisory company.
Past directorships include
Woodside Petroleum Limited,
Wesfarmers General Insurance
Limited, Rabobank Australia
Limited, Rabobank New Zealand
Limited, West Australian
Newspapers Holdings Limited
and Foodland Associated Limited.
Until his retirement in 2002,
Erich was a senior executive of
Wesfarmers Limited, including
Executive Director and Chief
Financial Officer. Prior to this
he was involved in investment
banking, project lending and
venture capital investment.
FIONA HARRIS,
AGE: 54
BCOM, FCA, FAICD
Non-executive external director
>>
Chairman of the Audit
and Risk Committee
>>
Member of the Remuneration
and Nomination Committee
Joined the board in October 2012.
A professional non-executive
director for the past 20 years,
Fiona has held board positions for
over 26 companies, is a former
member of the national board
and a former WA State President
of the Australian Institute of
Company Directors.
Fiona is currently Chairman of
Barrington Consulting Group
Pty Ltd, director of ASX Listed
companies Oil Search Limited,
Infigen Energy Limited Group and
Chairman of Toro Energy Limited;
and Director of private company
Perron Group Limited.
Past listed company directorships
held in the last three years
include Sundance Resources
Limited, Aurora Oil & Gas Limited
and Altona Mining Limited.
Fiona was previously a partner at
Chartered Accountants, KPMG,
specialising in financial services
and superannuation, capital
raising, due diligence, IPO’s,
capital structuring of transactions
and litigation support.
GOVERNANCE
