Board of Directors

Mr Packer is also Executive Chairman of Consolidated Press Holdings Limited and Executive Deputy Chairman of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited. Mr Packer is also a Director of Crown Melbourne Limited (appointed 22 July 1999) and Ellerston Capital Limited (appointed 6 August 2004) and a Director of Melco Crown Entertainment Limited.

Mr Packer was previously a Director of Qantas Airways Limited until 31 August 2007.

Mr Alexander became Executive Chairman of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited in November 2007. Mr Alexander had previously been Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of PBL since June 2004.

Mr Alexander joined ACP Magazines as Group Publisher in 1998 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of that division in March 1999, a position he held until April 2006. In January 2002, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of PBL’s media businesses which included ACP Magazines and Nine Network – then owned by PBL. Prior to joining the PBL Group, Mr Alexander was the Editor-in-Chief, Publisher & Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Financial Review.

Mr Alexander is a Director of various companies including Crown Melbourne Limited, Burswood Limited, FOXTEL Management Pty Limited and Premier Media Group Pty Limited.

Mr Brazil is an Executive Director of Macquarie Group Limited, within its Corporate Asset Finance Division. He originally commenced employment at Macquarie in 1994 and has operated across a range of geographies and business lines during the course of his career.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Queensland.

Mr Corrigan was Managing Director of Patrick Corporation Limited, Australia’s largest stevedore company with interests in rail transportation and aviation from March 1990 to May 2006. Prior to that, he had a career with Bankers Trust spanning 20 years, including periods as Managing Director of Bankers Trust in Australia and for the Asia-Pacific region.

Mr Corrigan sponsored the formation of a development capital business of $220 million known as Jamison Equity Limited in 1990, which became a wholly owned subsidiary, in December 1996, of the then publicly listed company Patrick Corporation Limited.

Mr Craigie is also a Director of Crown Melbourne Limited, Burswood Limited, Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, Aspinalls Holdings (Jersey) Limited and New World Gaming Partners Holdings British Columbia Limited.

Mr Craigie previously served from 2007 to 2008 as the Chief Executive Officer, PBL Gaming and from 2002 to 2007 as the Chief Executive Officer of Crown Melbourne Limited. Mr Craigie joined Crown Melbourne Limited in 1993 and was appointed as the Executive General Manager of its Gaming Machines department in 1996, and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2000.

Prior to joining Crown Melbourne Limited, Mr Craigie was the Group General Manager for Gaming at the TAB in Victoria from 1990 to 1993, and held senior economic policy positions in Treasury and the Department of Industry in Victoria from 1984 to 1990.

Mrs Danziger’s professional experience spans over 30 years in various Australian and American educational institutions. She was the Headmistress at Ascham School in Sydney from 1973 to 2003. She is currently a Board member of Sydney Writers’ Festival and Chairperson of The Foundation of the Art Gallery of NSW.

Mrs Danziger is also a Director of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited and Crown Melbourne Limited.

Geoff Dixon stepped down in November 2008 after eight years as Managing Director and Chief Executive of Qantas Airways Limited. Mr Dixon joined Qantas in 1994, and was appointed Deputy Chief Executive in November 1998, to the Board of Directors in August 2000, Chief Executive Designate in November 2000 and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in March 2001.

Before joining Qantas Mr Dixon was Director of Marketing and Industry Sales at Ansett Australia Airlines and General Manager Marketing and Corporate Affairs at Australian Airlines. In both positions he was responsible for a wide range of commercial and customer service activities.

Prior to his career in the airline industry, Mr Dixon worked for an arm of the Australian Government Overseas Service (The Australian Information Service) in Australia and on posting for eleven years to the Australian Missions in The Hague, New York and San Francisco. He has also worked in the mining and media industries. Mr Dixon is Chairman of the Garvan Medical Research Foundation, Chairman of Queensland Events, Deputy Chairman of Tourism Australia and on the Advisory Board of Seabury Aviation and Aerospace, New York.

Mr Jacob is Chief Executive Officer of Consolidated Press Holdings Limited (CPH). Prior to joining CPH in 1998, Mr Jacob was the Managing Director of the investment arm of the Pratt group of companies.

Mr Jacob is a Director of MRF Limited (appointed 26 October 1998) and a Director of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited (reappointed on 10 September 2009).

Mr Jacob holds a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Bangalore.

Mr Johnston is the Finance Director of Consolidated Press Holdings Limited (CPH), having previously been an advisor to the CPH group for 17 years. As Finance Director, he oversees a large number of operational businesses within the CPH group and its controlled associates. Mr Johnston was also the Chief Financial Officer of Ellerston Capital (a subsidiary of CPH) until 30 June, 2008. He is an alternate Director of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited.

Prior to his appointment with the CPH group, he was a senior partner in the Australian member firm of Ernst & Young. Mr Johnston was also on the Board of Partners of Ernst & Young, Australia. Mr Johnston holds a Bachelor of Economics Degree from Sydney University and is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.

Before his retirement in 1994, Mr Turner had been the Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young, having had a successful 36 year career as an audit partner. Mr Turner is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He is Chairman of Lloyds International Pty Ltd. He was past President and Director of The Smith Family and past Chairman and a current Director of the Institute of Pain Management Research Institute Limited.

Mr Turner is also a Director of Crown Melbourne Limited and is Chairperson of Crown’s Audit & Corporate Governance Committee.