Board

Mr. Harrison Young - Chairman
(Non Executive Director and Chair of the Nominations Committee) who was appointed as Director and Chairman of NBN Co on 15 March 2010. Mr. Young is currently a Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and serves on the Court of Directors of the Bank of England. He is also Chairman of Better Place (Australia) Pty Limited. Mr. Young has significant investment banking and regulatory experience in Australia, Asia and the USA. From 1997 to 2003 he was a Managing Director and Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, based in Hong Kong and in 2007 retired as Chairman of Morgan Stanley Australia. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Young was based in Beijing as Chief Executive of China International Capital Corporation, a joint venture investment bank in which Morgan Stanley had an investment. From 1991 to 1994 he was a senior officer of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Washington DC.  Mr. Young is a Director of the New York based Financial Services Volunteer Corps. Mr. Young's current term will expire on 14 March 2013.

Ms Diane Smith-Gander (Deputy Chair and Chair of the People and Performance Committee) who was appointed to the Board on 5 August 2009, and appointed as Deputy Chair on 15 December 2011, is a director of Wesfarmers Limited, Transfield Services Limited and CBH Group Limited and, is on the Board of the University of Western Australia Business School. Ms Smith-Gander was previously the head of Westpac's Business & Technology Solutions & Services Division. Before joining Westpac, Ms Smith-Gander was a partner with McKinsey & Company in the USA, where she led major transformation projects with a focus on post merger integration and organisational restructuring. Ms Smith-Gander is a past Chairperson of the Board of Basketball Australia and of the Australian Sports Drug Agency. Ms Smith-Gander's current term will expire on 4 August 2012. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Mr. Michael (Mike) Quigley - Chief Executive Officer
(Executive Director) who was appointed as the interim Chairman and a Director of NBN Co on 24 July 2009 after a distinguished 36-year career at the French telecommunications giant, Alcatel. Mr. Quigley's term as a Director and the interim Chairman of NBN Co concluded with the appointment of Mr. Harrison Young as Chairman on 15 March 2010 at which time Mr. Quigley was reappointed as a Director. Mr. Quigley's current term as a Director expires on 14 March 2013. Mr. Quigley was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of NBN Co on 20 July 2009. After starting his career in research and development, Mr. Quigley took on progressively more senior positions in Alcatel culminating in his appointment as Alcatel's President and Chief Operating Officer in 2005. Mr. Quigley was educated at the University of NSW and graduated with a Bachelor of Science majoring in Mathematics and Physics, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunications. Mr. Quigley is also a Director of Neuroscience Research Australia.

Mr. Clement (Clem) Doherty
(Non Executive Director) BSc. BE (Elec) UNSW and MBA, Stanford University who was appointed as a Director on 22 December 2009, is Chairman of Like Minded Individuals, an early stage technology investor. He retired as a Director of McKinsey & Company in 1996, where he led the Asia-Pacific Telecommunications, Electronics, Media & Multimedia Sector and was jointly responsible for the Global Telecommunications Sector. Mr. Doherty was interim CIO of ResMed during 2006. He is an Advisory Board member of the Centre for Policy Development, the Australian Innovation Research Centre and Network Insight Group. Mr. Doherty is also a Member of the Australian Statistical Advisory Council. Mr. Doherty's current term will expire on 21 December 2012.

Mr. Terrence (Terry) Francis
(Non Executive Director and Chair of the Implementation Committee) who was appointed on 22 December 2009, commenced his career in infrastructure and mine design and project management. This was followed by over twenty years in corporate finance including as Senior Vice President and CEO of Bank of America in Australia, Executive Director of Deutsche Bank Australia and Vice President of Continental Illinois National Bank. Over the past ten years Mr. Francis has worked as a Non Executive Director and as an advisor to government and business, especially in project financing and delivery. He is currently a Board member of the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority, ANZ Specialist Asset Management Limited and Boom Logistics Limited. He is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Institution of Engineers Australia and the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. Mr. Francis' current term will expire on 21 December 2012.

Mr. Peter Hay
(Non Executive Director) who was appointed on 5 August 2009, is a professional Company Director serving on the Boards of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Alumina Limited, GUD Holdings Limited, Myer Holdings Limited and the Epworth Foundation.  He is also Chairman of the Advisory Board of Lazard in Australia.

He is a former Chief Executive Officer of law firm Freehills and has had a distinguished 35 year legal and investment banking career. For many years Mr. Hay practised company law specialising in mergers and acquisitions and has advised many of Australia's largest corporations. Mr. Hay has also advised governments and government-owned enterprises on industry reform and energy sector privatisation. Mr. Hay's current term will expire on 4 August 2012.

Ms Siobhan McKenna
(Non Executive Director and Chair of the Communications Committee) who was appointed on 5 August 2009, is a Director of Prime Media Group and The Australian Ballet. Ms McKenna is the Managing Partner of Illyria Pty Ltd and is on a leave-of-absence as a Commissioner of the Productivity Commission. Previously Ms McKenna was a partner at international management consulting firm McKinsey & Company where she specialised in advising telecommunications and media companies. She was also a Member of the Advisory Board of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. Ms McKenna's current term will expire on 4 August 2012.

Mr. Gene Tilbrook
(Non Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee) was appointed on 5 August 2009. Mr. Tilbrook is Chairman of TransPacific Industries and a member of the Boards of Fletcher Building; QR National; and GPT Group (each ASX listed). From 2002 to May 2009 Mr. Tilbrook was an executive director of Wesfarmers Limited, where for a long period he led its business development group with responsibilities across acquisitions, investments, corporate planning and systems. He is a Councillor of Curtin University and the Australian Institute of Company Directors, WA; and a member of the Boards of the Perth International Arts Festival, the Bell Shakespeare Company and the Committee for Perth. Mr. Tilbrook's current term will expire on 4 August 2012.

Mr Richard (Rick) Turchini
(Non Executive Director) who was appointed as a director on 14 September 2011. Mr Turchini is a civil engineer who has more than 40 years experience in the construction industry. He retired from the construction firm Leighton Contractors in 2003, leaving his position as a Company Director and General Manager for New South Wales and the ACT. From 2005 to mid 2010 Mr Turchini was Managing Director of Baulderstone, a construction company that employs more than 1,300 people across Australia. Mr Turchini is also an honorary Director of Infrastructure Partnerships Australia. Mr Turchini's current term will expire on 13 September 2014.