Board of Directors

Dr Ian Pollard

BA (Macquarie University); MA (Oxford University); D Phil (International Management Centre); Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia
Non-Executive Chairman, Independent Director
Age: 54 years
Dr Pollard was appointed to the board on 1 July 2004, and became chairman on 1 January 2005. He has a broad background in corporate finance and advice, private equity investment and public company governance. He was Managing Director of the formerly publicly listed Development Capital of Australia Limited (later DCA Group Limited) from 1989 to 1998 and Managing Director of Development Finance Corporation Limited in 1986- 1987.
 
Dr Pollard is a member of the ASX Corporate Governance Implementation Review Group and has authored three books on corporate finance.
 
Other current directorships of listed companies:
Milton Corporation Limited
Previous directorships of listed companies within the last 3 years:
DCA Group Limited (resigned December 2006)
Just Group Limited (Chairman)
 
Other previous directorships of listed or unlisted companies of note:
OPSM Group Ltd (Listed)- Retail industry- From 1992 to2003.
GIO Australia Holdings Ltd (Listed)- Insurance industry- From1992 to1999


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Ms Christina Gillies

MAICD, MACS
Non-Executive Director, Independent Director
Age: 64 years
Ms Gillies was appointed a director on 26 July 2005. She has had extensive business management and Information Technology experience spanning a 40 year career.
 
Prior to her board career, Chris was Group Executive, Group Services at St George Bank where her role included managing the integration with Advance, Chief Information Officer for the Bank of Melbourne and Victorian Director of the DMR Group, an international IT consulting company, where she specialized in mergers and acquisitions and in designing and implementing major IT change programs to deliver business results. Chris has over 10 years experience as a director and more than 35 years experience in business management and information technology.
 
Other current directorships of listed companies:
Oakton Limited
Commsecure Limited
United Customer Management Solutions Limited (IT Committee and Remuneration Committee Chair)
 
Previous directorships of listed companies within the last 3 years: Nil
Other previous directorships of listed companies:
2000 –2002          CPT Global Ltd   - (Audit and Remuneration Committees)
 
Other directorships or positions of note:
2001 – Present     Asgard Wealth Solutions Ltd (subsidiary of St George Bank) (Audit Chair)
2004 – Present     United Customer Management Solutions (IT and Remuneration Committees Chair)
1997 – 2005         Centrelink Director - (IT Committee Chair)
1999 - 2001         St George Staff Retirement Fund and Advance Insurance Agencies
2000 –2002          CPT Global Board   - (Audit and Remuneration Committees)
 
Committees
2006 – Present     Department of Finance (Canberra) IT Committee Chair
2002 – Present     Bendigo Bank IT Committee
2001 – Present     Centrelink IT Committee
 
Pro Bono Boards
2006 – Present     Multiple Sclerosis Limited (Vic, NSW and ACT) (Board Chairman)
2001 - Present      Australian Homecare Services (IT Committee Chair)
2004- Present       Multiple Sclerosis Australia Research
2005- Present       Vic ICT for Women
1990 – 2006`       Multiple Sclerosis Society of Victoria


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Mr Grant Harrod

BA, Dip Bus Mgmt, MBA
Managing Director, Executive Director
Age: 46 years
Mr Harrod was appointed Managing Director of the Company on 5 August 2002. He joined Corporate Express in 1996 and during his time with the Company has held a variety of positions including National Manager, Sales and Marketing and General Manager, IT Solutions Division. Prior to joining the Company, Mr Harrod spent 11 years in the I.T. industry in manufacturing, sales and marketing. He also spent seven years in the office products industry in sales, marketing and general management.
 
Other current directorships of listed companies: Nil
Previous directorships of listed companies within the last 3 years: Nil
Other previous directorships of listed or unlisted companies of note: Nil


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Mr (David) Malcolm Keefe

BSc.(Hons) University Of London
Executive Director
Age: 57 years
Mr Keefe was appointed to the board on 1 September 1999. He has over 30 years of general management experience in a variety of businesses including information technology, print, and office products businesses. He established the Company’s print management business and has over the past several years been actively involved in mentoring the management teams across all of the Company’s lines of business. He is currently its Chief Operating Officer. Prior to joining the Company, Mr Keefe was Chief Executive Officer of Kalamazoo (Aust) Pty Limited. He has also held senior management positions with the Swire Group in Hong Kong and with Kalamazoo PLC in the United Kingdom.
 
Other current directorships of listed companies: Nil
Previous directorships of listed companies within the last 3 years: Nil
Other previous directorships of listed or unlisted companies of note: Nil

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Mr Anthony Larkin

FCPA; FAICD
Non-Executive Director, Independent Director
Age: 66 years
Mr Larkin was appointed to the board on 1 July 2004. He had a successful career with BHP spanning 39 years, during which he held various senior finance executive roles including General Manager Accounting, General Manager Finance BHP Minerals, and Corporate Treasurer. While employed by BHP, he was seconded to the role of Chief Finance Officer with Fosters Brewing Group for 4 years.
 
In 1998 Mr Larkin was appointed to the position of Executive Director Finance with Orica Limited from which he retired in 2002.
 
 
Other current directorships of listed companies:
Oz Minerals Limited – appointed March 2004, Chairman Audit Committee, member Remuneration and Appointments Committee, member Integration Committee
Incitec Pivot Limited – appointed May 2003, Chairman Audit and Risk Committee, member Health, Safety and Community Committee
Eyecare Partners Limited – appointed August 2007, Chairman Audit and Risk Committee
Previous directorships of listed companies within the last 3 years: Chairman Ausmelt Limited, Chairman Wolfden Resources Inc
Other previous directorships or positions of note:
Orica Limited (Listed)- Chemicals industry- From 1998 to 2002- Executive Director Finance
Incitec Limited (Listed)- Fertiliser Chemicals industry- From 2000 to 2003-  Chairman
Qenos holdings Pty Ltd (Unlisted)-Petrochemicals industry- From 2000 to 2003- Chairman
Australian Vinyls Corporation (Unlisted)- Plastics industry- From 2000 to 2002- Chairman
Essential Services Commission (Victorian Government Agency)- From 2002 to 2006- Commissioner 


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Mr Grant Logan

BCA, Victoria University, CPA NZ, AICD member
Executive Director
Age: 56 years
 
Mr Logan was appointed a director on 15 December 2004. He has extensive business and financial experience, and has held senior executive positions with a number of international, private and publicly listed companies. During his career he has held direct accountability for finance, M&A, audit, treasury, legal, secretariat, corporate communications and IT functions . 
 
Mr Logan has been the Finance Director/ Chief Financial Officer at Corporate Express for 4 years. As CFO his responsibilities also cover the Company’s project management office, which is charged with managing all major projects undertaken by the Company. Prior to Corporate Express Mr Logan held the CFO position with Goodman Fielder. In this role, he helped implement a new strategic direction for the company, and oversaw a major overhaul of Goodman Fielder’s financial and corporate governance processes and systems, as well as the sale of non-core businesses worth more than $700 million. Prior to that he was with Philips Electronics as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Australia and New Zealand, after being promoted from the CFO role.  From 1989 to 1994, Mr Logan was CFO of Bayer Australia.
 
Other current directorships of listed companies: Nil
Previous directorships of listed companies within the last 3 years: Nil
Other previous directorships of listed or unlisted companies of note: Nil

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Mr Bjorn Maarud

MBA from the Norwegian School of Management, Bachelors degree in engineering from Oslo University College
Non-Executive Director, Non-Independent Director
Age: 52 years

 

Mr Maarud was appointed a director on 15 May 2008.

 

Mr Maarud is currently the Regional President, Nordic region, for Corporate Express NV (“CENV”). He is responsible for the management and strategic development of the Nordic and Baltic states businesses of CENV, an area with annual sales of 3.6 billion NOK, and 1,200 employees.

 

He is a director of the Bertel O. Steen Group, a leading Norwegian importer and distributor of motor vehicles and sports wear. He is chairman of Micro Matic Norge AS a Norwegian importer and marketer of components and systems for the management and control of heating and ventilation technical installations.

 

He has previously held several directorships with companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

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Mr John Randall

ACIS, FAIM.
Non-Executive Director, Independent Director
Age: 64 years
Mr Randall was appointed a director on 3 January 2006. He has a strong background in logistics and general management.
 
Prior to the sale of the business to Canadian interests in December 2005, Mr Randall was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of P&O Cold Logistics Limited. He held the Chief Executive position since 1995, and was Chairman from 2002. P&O Cold Logistics, whilst part of the larger P&O conglomerate, was a division with world wide operations, managed globally from Sydney, with revenues of almost $600m, 50 distribution centres across the world and 3,000 employees.
 
Mr Randall began his career with P&O in 1981, and has held general management, finance and marketing roles since that time. He was been a director of P&O Australia from January 1997 to December 2005, and for a number of years sat on the Executive Committee of the UK parent company. 
 
Other current directorships of listed companies: Nil
Previous directorships of listed companies within the last 3 years: Nil
Other previous directorships of listed or unlisted companies of note: Pure Logistics Group Limited (transportation company)


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Mr Peter Ventress

Masters degree in Modern History & Modern Languages (Oxford University, UK) and MBA (Open University London, UK).
Non-Executive Director, Non-Independent Director
Age: 48 years
Mr Ventress was appointed to the board on 3 December 2008. He is currently the President of Staples International, overseeing Staples’ businesses in Europe, South America, Asia and Australia. He previously served as CEO of Corporate Express N.V. leading up to the acquisition of the company by Staples in July 2008. He also served as a member of the Executive Board of Corporate Express. From 1999 - 2007 Peter held a number of senior management roles including: President Corporate Express Europe 2005 - 2007; President Corporate Express Canada 2002 - 2005; Regional President Corporate Express Europe 2001 - 2002; and President Buhrmann France 1999 - 2001. Prior to Corporate Express, Mr Ventress served in a number of general management positions in the UK paper industry.
Other current directorships of listed companies:
Nil
Previous directorships of listed companies within the last 3 years: Corporate Express NV
 
Other previous directorships of listed or unlisted companies of note: Nil


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Mr Garry R Whatley

BBus (Accounting and Information Technology), MBA, GAICD
Alternate Director and Chief Information Officer
Age: 49 years
 
Mr Whatley was appointed an alternate director to Mr Keefe on 15 September 2003. He has over 24 years’ experience in the information management and technology industry. Prior to joining Corporate Express, he held the role of General Manager, Information Technology, Telecommunications and E-business for Sony Australia Limited. Mr Whatley has also provided consultancy/professional services to a number of medium to large Australian organisations in the corporate and government sectors.
 
Other current directorships of listed companies: Nil
Previous directorships of listed companies within the last 3 years: Nil
Other previous directorships of listed or unlisted companies of note: Nil

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