Information on Directors

Mr James MacKenzie, BBus, FCA, FAICD

Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr James MacKenzie has been Chairman of the Mirvac Group Board since November 2005. Mr MacKenzie led the transformation of the Victorian Government's Personal Injury Schemes as Chairman of the TAC and Victorian WorkCover Authority from 2000-2007. Previously, he held senior executive positions with ANZ Banking Group, Norwich Union and Standard Chartered Bank. He is also Chairman of Pacific Brands Limited and a Director of Melco Crown Entertainment Limited and was a director of Hunter-based Donaldson Coal. Mr MacKenzie is a Chartered Accountant and was a Partner in both the Melbourne and Hong Kong offices of an international accounting firm now part of
Deloitte. In 2003 he was awarded the Centenary Medal for services to public administration.

 

Mr Barry Tudor, BEc, CA, MBA, MAICD

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

Mr Barry Tudor was prior to his appointment, Director - Australian Assets for Noble Energy, responsible for Noble Group’s coal assets in Australia and the group’s strategic expansion into coal asset ownership.  Mr Tudor was formerly the Chief Financial Officer of Gloucester, and was a key contributor to the company’s growth to an ASX200 company.  He started his career at KPMG, followed by a variety of senior regional and international roles.  Mr Tudor holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Macquarie University, and a Master of Business Administration degree from MGSM.  He is a Chartered Accountant and a Member of the Institute of Company Directors in Australia.

 

Mr David Brownell

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr David Brownell is an organization and strategy consultant, and formerly Senior Vice President in Boston Consulting Group's Melbourne Office and the Asia-Pacific Leader of BCG's Organization Practice Group. Mr Brownell was previously a Director of Hunter colliery Donaldson Coal. In 1987 he established the Organization Practice of Pappas Carter Evans and Koop, the Australian-based corporate strategy consulting firm that merged with BCG in 1990. He began his consulting career in the London office of McKinsey and Co in 1967. During the early 1970s he established a specialist consulting firm focused on the management of decentralized organizations including
retailers, transport companies, hospitals and service centres.

 

Mr Ricardo Leiman

Non-Executive Director

Mr Ricardo Leiman is the Noble Group Chief Operating Officer and holds MBAs from the University of Rochester NY, U.S.A. and the University of Nyenrode, the Netherlands as well as an Economics degree from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He started his career with Credit Lyonnais Bank in Brazil followed by management positions with Louis Dreyfus in Brazil, Eximcoop in the Netherlands and Trader Classified Media in London and Paris. In 2002 he rejoined Louis Dreyfus as COO North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and Asia, later becoming COO Soft Commodities.

 

Mr William Randall

Non-Executive Director

Mr William Randall is Noble Group Head of the Coal & Coke division. Mr. Randall holds a Bachelor degree in Business, major in International Marketing.  He started his career at Noble in Australia, transferring to Asia in 1999 where he established Noble's coal operations, mining and supply chain management businesses. Following his appointment as Director Noble Energy Inc in 2001, Mr. Randall continued to build the global coal and coke marketing network and asset pipeline. He was appointed global head of Coal & Coke in 2006 and became a member of the Noble Group Executive Board in 2008.

 

Mr Greg Fletcher

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Greg Fletcher has been a Chartered Accountant for 30 years including 16 years as a Senior Partner at Deloitte specialising in external audit, internal audit and risk management. Following his retirement from Deloitte, Mr Fletcher was appointed to the Board of Railcorp in April 2009 and currently serves on the Panel of Audit and Risk Committee Independent Chairs and Members for NSW public sector entities. Mr Fletcher has significant experience with listed Australian companies having been responsible for providing external audit and internal audit services to some of Australia’s largest listed companies with operations both in Australia and globally.