Board Members
ENERGEX Limited Board of Directors
John Dempsey - Chairman, ENERGEX Limited Board
ACIS, FIPA, Grad Dip Acctg and Fin Mangt, Grad Dip Ag Econ, GAICD
In June 2008, John Dempsey was appointed Chairman after acting in the position since 1 January 2007.
John Dempsey was first appointed as a non-executive Director of the ENERGEX Limited Board in July 1999. He is a member of the Board’s Audit Committee and a member of the Network and Technical Committee.
John is also a Director of Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited and Chairman of its Audit Committee. He is also a Member of the Executive Committee of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Queensland. Formerly Deputy Mayor of the City of Cairns, he contributed to the development of the Management of the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area listing as Chairman of the Community Consultative Group.
He has had extensive experience in the Queensland rural industry and was an inaugural member of the Sugar Industry Tribunal in 1991, where he remained for six years. Until recently John conducted a public accountancy practice in Brisbane, and has more than 30 years’ experience in the field. He is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and also holds postgraduate diplomas in Accounting and Financial Management and in Agricultural Economics, and a Graduate of the Institute of Company Directors.
Maj Gen (Retired) Peter Arnison AC, CVO - Director
BEc, D Laws UQ, D Univ QUT, D Univ Griffith, D Letters USQ, D Univ SCU
Peter Arnison was appointed a non-executive Director of the ENERGEX Limited Board in December 2004. He chairs the Network and Technical Committee and is a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee.
Peter served for 37 years in the Australian Army in a variety of Infantry command appointments, retiring as Land Commander, Australia, in June 1996. He was appointed Queensland’s 23rd Governor, serving from July 1997 to July 2003.
He is Chancellor of Queensland University of Technology; Chairman of The Centre for Military and Veterans’ Health; Chairman of the Brisbane Airport Community Aviation Consultation Group and a Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation.
In 2011, Peter chaired the Brisbane City Council Flood Response Review Board.
Mary Boydell - Director
BCom, FCA, MAICD
Mary Boydell was appointed a non-executive Director of the ENERGEX Limited Board in July 2005. Mary chairs the Risk and Compliance Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee.
She is a Chartered Accountant with extensive board experience in the private and public sectors, combined with senior management roles in commerce and the accounting and legal professions.
Mary is currently Commissioner of the Queensland Water Commission, Chairperson of the Gladstone Area Water Board, Board Member of the CSIRO, Member of the Surat Basin Engagement Group, Director of Uniquest Pty Limited and a Director of UATC Pty Ltd. Mary has previously served as the Chairperson of the Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation, as a Director of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), Burnett Water Pty Ltd and BSES Limited, Board Member of the Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority and as an external adviser to Board Audit Committees in the public and private sectors. She is a former Chairman and Member of the Queensland Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
John Geldard - Director
BCom, BE, CPA FAICD
John Geldard was appointed a non-executive Director of the ENERGEX Limited Board in July 2005. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee.
John has extensive experience within the private and public sectors in the manufacturing, mining and energy industries and has been involved with electricity industry reform in Queensland and Western Australia.
Previously, John has held executive positions at ENERGEX, including Chief Executive Officer between March and December 2000, and Chief Financial Officer from July 1997 to April 2001. Prior to this, John served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Queensland Transmission and Supply Corporation.
John is a Director of Energy Super (formerly ESI Super), and is a previous Deputy Member of the Queensland Treasury Corporation Board.City Council Flood Response Review Board.
Kerryn Newton - Director
LLM, MBA, MA, Grad Dip (Applied Finance and Investment), FAICD, AFAIM
Kerryn was appointed as a non-executive Director of the ENERGEX Limited Board in October 2008. She is a member of the Risk and Compliance Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Kerryn was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1991 and has worked in various legal and management roles in the private and public sectors. Her roles have included extensive experience as a lawyer and advisor for the Queensland Parliament and its parliamentary committees.
Over the last decade, Kerryn has chaired the boards of numerous not-for-profit companies in the child care, aged care and housing sectors.
Currently, Kerryn is Managing Director of a governance consulting firm and advises organisations on a wide range of governance and management issues. In addition, Kerryn is a Commissioner of the Queensland Gaming Commission.
John Battams - Director
BEc, DipEd
John Battams began his career as a teacher, employed by the Queensland Department of Education and went on to become a Head of Department.
In 1985, John was appointed to the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) as an official and became QTU General Secretary, holding this position until 2011.
During John’s career, he has served as a Senior Vice-President of the Queensland Council of Unions (QCU), an elected, honorary position, from 1994 to 2004.
In October 2004, John became the President of the QCU, which has since become a full time position.
During John’s career, he has served the community on a number of Boards. He is a currently serving as Chair Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority (RTA), Deputy Chair of Sunsuper, Director of Skills Queensland, Director of Teachers’ Union Health (TUH) and a member of the Board of Advice of the Lady Bowen Trust (a registered charity established to assist the homeless).
Company Secretaries
Michael Russell - Director, Corporate Governance and Company Secretary
BE, MBA, Grad Dip AppCorpGov, GAICD, ACIS, MIEAust, CPEng
Michael Russell has been a company secretary for the ENERGEX Group Companies since early 2004.
Initially he held the position of Corporate Affairs Manager (Assistant Company Secretary) and from October 2004, Acting Group Company Secretary.
n October 2007 he was appointed as General Manager Corporate Governance and in 2010 became Director, Corporate Governance.
Michael joined the organisation when it was operating as SEQEB in 1984, and has held various engineering and management positions.
In the last 10 years, his expertise in corporate governance has been developed through responsibilities that included the management of significant ENERGEX investments in a listed telecommunications company and in Ceramic Fuel Cells Limited.
Marnie White - Secretariat and Governance Manager and Company Secretary
LLB BA Grad Dip LP Grad Dip App Corp Gov
Marnie White was admitted as a solicitor in July 2000 and practiced in a national law firm before joining ENERGEX as Legal Counsel Network in 2005.
She was appointed as Secretariat and Governance Manager (Company Secretary) in December 2007.
In 2009, she completed the Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance through Chartered Secretaries Australia.
Our Company Secretaries can be contacted by:
Telephone:
13 12 53
Fax:
(07) 3664 9808
Post:
ENERGEX Limited
GPO Box 1461
Brisbane QLD 4001
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