Board of Directors

Executive Chairman of Seven Group Holdings Limited since April 2010.

Executive Chairman of Seven Network Limited since July 1999. Prior to that Non Executive Chairman since June 1995.

Appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday honours announced on 9 June 2008. 

Chairman of Seven Media Group Pty Limited since December 2006.

Chairman of Australian Capital Equity Pty Limited Group which has significant interests in activities which include media and entertainment and property and industrial activities.

Chairman of Seven West Media Limited (formerly West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited) since 11 December 2008. Appointed a Director on 25 September 2008.

Deputy Chairman of Seven Group Holdings Limited since April 2010.

Deputy Chairman of Seven Network Limited since August 1991.

Chairman of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee, Member of the Audit & Risk Committee, Member of the Independent & Related Party Committee.

Former Chairman of McDonalds Australia Limited and former Director of Westpac Banking Corporation, Solution 6 Holdings Limited and the University of New South Wales Foundation Limited.

Current Chairman of Mortgage Choice Limited and a Director since 5 April 2004.
Current Chairman of Reverse Corporation Limited and a Director since 1 October 2002. 

Bachelor of Commerce (University of New South Wales). Fellow of CPA Australia.
Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

Director of Seven Group Holdings Limited since February 2010.

Appointed Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Seven Group Holdings Limited on 28 April 2010.

Director of Seven West Media Limited (formerly West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited) since 25 September 2008.

Director of Seven Network Limited since November 1997.

Director of Seven Media Group Pty Limited since December 2006.

Director of WesTrac Pty. Limited since 1990. Chairman of Coates Group Holdings Pty Limited.

Director of National Hire Group Limited from 10 December 2004 to 12 May 2008. Alternate Director of National Hire Group Limited from 12 May 2008 to 2 June 2010.

Director of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited since 10 September 2009.

Deputy Chairman of Australian Capital Equity Pty Limited and Group companies.   

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Director of Seven Group Holdings Limited since April 2010.

Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Seven West Media Limited since 16 May 2011.

Director of Seven Network Limited since April 2003 and the Network’s Chief Executive Officer, Broadcast Television. 

Chief Executive Officer of the Seven Media Group since December 2006. Director of Seven Media Group Pty Limited since December 2006.

Bachelor of Arts, (Macquarie University), majoring in Economic and Financial Studies.

Former Chairman of Pacific Magazines. Former Chief Executive Officer of the Nine Network. Former Director of Australian News Channel Pty Limited.

Former Director of Free TV Australia Limited.  Former Director of Yahoo!7.

Director of Seven Group Holdings Limited since February 2010.

Chief Executive Officer, WesTrac Group.

Managing Director WesTrac Pty Limited since November 2000.

Over thirty years experience with the WesTrac Group and over forty years experience in the equipment industry. Prior to joining the WesTrac Group, roles were held with Hastings Deering and Morgan Equipment.

Director of Coates Hire and National Hire.

National President of the Australian Institute of Management.

Director of Seven Group Holdings Limited since April 2010.

Director of Seven Network Limited since August 1993.

Member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee, Member of the Independent & Related Party Committee.

Former Chair and Chief Executive of Southdown Press; former Chief Executive Magazines, PMP Limited; former Director of News Limited, ING Australia Limited and Tourism Victoria.

Former Member of the board of the Australian Cancer Research Foundation, the Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria and former Trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria.

Director of Seven Group Holdings Limited since June 2010.

Group Managing Director, Coca-Cola Amatil Limited since 12 November 2001. 

Chairman of the Independent & Related Party Committee, Member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee.

Director of St. George Bank Limited from December 2004 to December 2008.

Over fourteen years experience in the global wine industry including Managing Director of Beringer Blass (the wine division of Foster’s Group Limited) and Managing Director of Cellarmaster Wines Group between 1987 and 1997.

Council Member of the University of New South Wales Council since 2006. 

Director of Seven Group Holdings Limited since June 2010.

Chairman of Magellan Financial Group Limited.

Member of the Audit & Risk Committee, Member of the Independent & Related Party Committee. 

Considerable experience in business management, capital allocation, risk management and investment. A former investment banker and corporate and banking lawyer, with broad experience in the financial and corporate sectors over many years. 

Formerly Chairman of the investment bank UBS Australasia; having previously been its Chief Executive Officer.

A member of the Federal Treasurer’s Financial Sector Advisory Council and a former member of the Business Council of Australia and director of the International Banks & Securities Association.

A director of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited since 8 March 2006.

A director of Magellan Financial Group Limited since 21 November 2006 and a director of Magellan Flagship Fund Limited since 29 September 2006.

Director of Seven Group Holdings Limited since April 2010.

Director of Seven Network Limited since September 2003.

Appointed Commercial Director for Seven Network Limited in May 2003.

Director of Seven Media Group Pty Limited since December 2006.

Former partner of law firms Gilbert & Tobin, Turnbull McWilliam and Allen Allen & Hemsley specialising in media and commercial law. Former Director BSkyB, Executive Director News International Television and General Counsel, News International plc.

Director of Australian News Channel Pty Limited.

Director of Engin Limited since 31 October 2006 (company de listed on 8 August 2011). Alternate Director of Seven West Media Limited (formerly West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited) since 4 November 2008.

Director of Vividwireless Group Limited (formerly Unwired Group Limited) since 14 January 2008.

Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney.

Chairman, Sydney University Law School Advisory Committee.

Council Member, St Pauls College, University of Sydney.

Honorary Governor – The Thalidomide Foundation Limited.

Mr Stokes is an Executive Director of Seven Group Holdings Limited (since April 2010) and a Director (since February 2010).
 
Director of WesTrac Pty Limited; Director of Seven Network Limited (since December 2005);  Seven Media Group Pty Limited (since December 2006);  Alternate Director of Seven West Media Limited (formerly West Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited since 4 November 2008);  Chairman of Vividwireless Group Limited (formerly Unwired Group Ltd since 8 January 2008);  Director of  Yahoo!7 Pty Limited;  Director of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited (since September 2009);  Director of Engin Limited (since 31 October 2006, company de listed on 8 August 2011).

Director of Iron Ore Holdings Pty Limited (since January 2011).
 
Mr Stokes is a Director of the Australian Institute of Management (WA), the Perth International Arts Festival, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute Council and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.

Director of Seven Group Holdings Limited since June 2010.

Member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee, Member of the Independent & Related Party Committee.

Director of JB Hi-Fi Limited since 28 April 2011.

Chief Executive Officer and Director of JB Hi-Fi Limited from June 2000 to May 2010.

Over twenty years experience in retailing.

Co-founder of Rabbit Photo and Smith Kodak Express.

Director of Kodak (Australasia) Proprietary Limited from 30 July 1998 to 20 July 2000.

Director of Seven Group Holdings Limited since April 2010.

Director of Seven Network Limited since July 1995.

Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee, Member of the Independent & Related Party Committee. PhD, University of Sydney. M.Com, University of Canterbury. Fellow of CPA Australia, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. Director, Kaplan Higher Education Pty Limited. Deputy Chairman, Australian Scholarships Foundation.

Emeritus Professor of Accounting, former Dean of Economics, and Director of the Graduate School of Business and the Foundation of the Graduate School of Business at the University of Sydney. Former Chairman and Director of Australian National Business School Limited.

Company Secretary of Seven Group Holdings Limited since April 2010.

Company Secretary of Seven Network Limited since July 2005.

Solicitor holding a current practising certificate with degrees in Arts and Law (Hons) from the University of Sydney. Legal Counsel with Seven Network Limited for the past eleven years, advising broadly across the company, and formerly a solicitor at Clayton Utz. He has completed a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance and is a qualified Chartered Company Secretary and a member and associate of Chartered Secretaries Australia.