Chairman

Leigh Clifford AO has been a Non Executive Director of the Board since 2007 and was appointed Chairman in December, 2009.

Leigh is the current Chairman of Qantas and former chief executive of Rio Tinto.

He held a wide variety of operational and marketing roles during his 37 year career at Rio Tinto, and was appointed as chief executive in 2000. He retired from the role in April 2007 and joined the board of Qantas as Chairman in November 2007.

Leigh is also a director of Bechtel Group Inc in the USA, Chairman of Bechtel Australia Pty Ltd, and senior adviser to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Leigh was honoured as an Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO) on Australia Day 2008.