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David Peever BEc, MSc (Mineral Economics) – Independent Chairperson
David is also a Non-Executive Director of the Australian Foundation Investment Company.
He was previously:
• A member of the Foreign Investment Review Board
• Chair of the Naval Group
• Chair of Cricket Australia and World Twenty20 2020 Ltd
• A Director of the International Cricket Council
• A Director of The Stars Foundation
• Until July 2017, the Chair of the Minister of Defence’s First Principles Review of Defence and following the acceptance of the review by Government the Oversight Board which helped guide implementation of the Review’s recommendations;
• A Director of the Business Council of Australia
• Vice Chairman of the Minerals Council of Australia.
David retired as Managing Director of Rio Tinto Australia in October 2014 after 27 years with Rio Tinto.
During his career with Rio Tinto, David worked across a range of disciplines including strategy and planning, industrial relations, operations, sales and marketing, business improvement, shipping, and policy.
David worked in many parts of Australia and across most of Rio Tinto's commodity suites. His Rio Tinto career also saw him live in Singapore, Los Angeles and London. He travelled extensively with Rio Tinto and has done business in most parts of the world.
Dick Benschop – Non-executive Director
Dick was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Royal Schiphol Group in 2018. He held this role until November 2022.
Dick studied History at the Vrije University in Amsterdam and worked in various functions in the Dutch Parliament and in the Dutch Labour Party. In 1994, Dick founded his own consultancy firm before returning to politics as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Dutch Government from 1998 to 2002.
Dick joined Shell in 2003 and worked for Shell Energy Europe before moving to Kuala Lumpur in 2006 overseeing the Gas & Power business in Malaysia. In 2009, he took up the role of Vice President Strategy for the Royal Dutch Shell Group. From 2011 to 2016, he was President Director of Shell Netherlands, followed by Vice President Non-Operated Ventures in Shell International.
Dick holds multiple Board roles, including at the Mission Possible Partnership.
Robert Carsouw – Non-executive Director
Robert is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Royal Schiphol Group.
Prior to starting his journey at Schiphol, Robert worked at Procter & Gamble and for 23 years at McKinsey & Company in various roles, since 2011 as a Senior Partner. He served clients mainly in the public sector and in the mobility/logistics sector. In addition, Robert worked with clients on digital transformations across a wide range of sectors.
Robert was co-founder and Chair of the Supervisory Board of Social Enterprise NL and co-founder and Vice-Chair of LittleBitz.
Robert is a graduate of the Erasmus University in Rotterdam and has a master’s degree in Econometrics/Computer Science.
Brad Geatches BCom, MAICD – Non-executive Director
Brad has over 30 years of senior executive experience in underground mining, airports, and seaports, including 16 years as CEO of four corporations.
From 2007 to 2016, Brad was CEO of Perth Airport and in that capacity led a $1.1 billion capital investment program that greatly expanded the airport's capacity and transformed the airport's customer experience.
Prior to this, Brad was CEO of Cairns Port Authority, the operator of the Cairns airport and seaport. Through these capacities, Brad has developed expertise in governance, financial and risk management, land use and infrastructure planning, capital development and life cycle asset management of complex facilities with high levels of public engagement.
Brad is currently a Director of MATES in Construction WA, a charity providing mental health and suicide prevention services to workers in the construction and mining industries. He is also Director of Canberra Airport and is Deputy Chair Pilbara Ports Authority, having served as Chair from May 2019 to June 2024, He has previously served as a Director of Perth Zoo Authority and Genotyping Australia Pty Ltd.
Belinda Gibson BEc, LLB, LLM, FAICD, FGIA – Non-executive Director
Belinda is also a Director of Humbli and the Yalari group of companies. She also serves as a member of the ASX Cash Equities Clearing and Settlement Advisory Group and as Chair of the Professional Conduct Oversight Committee of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Belinda previously served as a Director of Ausgrid (representing the NSW State interests in the Ausgrid partnership) and the Chair of the Power of Engineering Inc. Advisory Committee. Since April 2024, she has served as President of Power of Engineering Inc. and remains a member of the Advisory Committee.
She was a Corporate and Securities Partner with the global law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques for 20 years. She particularly focused on transaction strategies, partnerships and joint venture arrangements and governance issues. In 2007, she was appointed Commissioner and then Deputy Chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (‘ASIC’), with primary responsibility for oversight of the capital markets. In 2013, she left ASIC and established her independent corporate advisory and legal business.
She is a former Director of Airservices Australia, the air traffic control agency, GetSwift Limited, Chief Executive Women Inc, The Sir Robert Menzies Memorial Foundation, Thorn Group Ltd and Citigroup Australian retail bank.
David Kenny LLB, BCom, MBA – Non Executive Director
David is a Senior Principal in the Global Infrastructure Division at Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC).
David has extensive airport sector experience, having served on the boards of several capital city and regional airports in Australia, the United Kingdom and Turkey. David also represents QIC as a director of Powerco, the second-largest gas and largest electricity distributor in New Zealand.
David holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, and Master of Business Administration degrees from Tulane University (USA) and Universidad de Chile.
Marigold Look BAcc, CFA, GDipAppFin, GAICD – Non-executive Director
Marigold is an Executive Director at IFM Investors and has over 20 years of experience in investment evaluation, asset management, corporate finance, and valuations. Marigold is responsible for managing IFM Investors’ low carbon infrastructure assets.
Since joining IFM Investors in September 2006, Marigold has been involved in executing and managing various investments in Australia and globally across a broad range of infrastructure sectors including energy, transportation (airports, ports, toll roads) and social infrastructure.
Prior to joining IFM Investors, Marigold held roles with stockbroking firm Wilsons as an equities research analyst, and with PwC specialising in corporate valuations and strategy consulting.
Marigold has previously represented IFM Investors on the Boards of Airport Development Group (NT Airports), where she was also Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee, as well as Axiom Education (NSW Schools PPP) and Eastern Distributor (M1 toll road).
Alison Quinn – Non-executive Director
Alison is a professional non-executive director with over 25 years' experience as a CEO and senior executive in the real estate, property development and aged care / seniors' sectors.
Through her roles with public, private and government organisations Alison has developed valuable operational and commercial expertise in the areas of property investment, funding, infrastructure and development and stakeholder management.
Uniquely, Alison has significant expertise on the impacts and challenges of Australia’s ageing population and has been at the forefront of thought leadership on the housing, care and other service needs of older Australians.
Alison brings to the board a depth of experience in developing strategies that drive sustainable growth, a strong customer perspective and a passion and understanding of how property as an enabler can deliver financial and non-financial outcomes for stakeholder benefit.
Lyell Strambi – Non-executive Director
Lyell has a wealth of experience in the aviation sector both in Australia and abroad, spanning 40 years.
In June 2022, Lyell concluded his tenure as CEO and Managing Director of Australia Pacific Airports Corporation (APAC). Having been appointed in September 2015, during his time at APAC he was responsible for the operation and development of both the Melbourne and Launceston airports and for overseeing a direct workforce of 300 staff and assets valued in excess of $10 billion.
Prior to his role at APAC, Lyell was the Chief Executive Officer of Qantas Airways Domestic, a role he held for three years following four years as the airline’s Group Executive Operations. Between 2001 and 2008 Lyell was based in London, working in senior roles at Virgin Atlantic that included Executive Director — Airline Services and followed by six years as Chief Operating Officer.
Lyell is also a director of the Aurizon group and has been appointed Chair of Aurizon Network Pty Ltd since October 2021.
Alan Wu MCom, CFA, GAICD – Non-executive Director
Alan is Director at Igneo Infrastructure Partners (Igneo). He is responsible for the management of transport and utilities infrastructure assets, as well as sourcing, evaluating and securing investment opportunities within the infrastructure team. He currently serves as a Director on the Boards of Adelaide Airport Group and coNEXA Infrastructure Partners. He has previously served as a Director of Bankstown and Camden Airports and the International Parking group of companies.
Alan has been involved in the investment, management and divestment of infrastructure assets, as well as portfolio management since 2000. Prior to being appointed Director, Alan held various roles within the team including Head of the Analytics. Alan was also actively involved in the establishment and growth of Igneo’s flagship infrastructure funds in Australia.
Paul DeSouza BCom, BBus(Acc)(Hons) – Alternate Non-executive Director for David Kenny
Paul is a Partner in the QIC Global Infrastructure team having been with QIC since 2006. Within QIC Global Infrastructure, Paul is a member of the Infrastructure Investment Committee and is the Chair of the Investment Management Committee.
Paul has more than 25 years of experience in investment management, banking and finance and professional services, including more than 16 years in the infrastructure sector where he has been involved in a broad range of transactions in Australia, Europe, Asia and North America across the transport, energy and utility and social infrastructure sectors.
Prior to joining QIC, Paul was a Director in the Infrastructure Advisory and Lending team at ING Bank in London and worked in the Corporate Finance and Audit Divisions of Deloitte, both in London and Australia.
Paul is on the board of the Evolution Healthcare Group. Paul is also an alternate director of the Titles Queensland group.
Paul previously served for more than six years on the board of the Port of Brisbane group of entities (including being the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee). Paul has also been a Director (or Alternate Director) of the Epic Energy Group of entities, the Nexus Hospitals group, MI Longbeach LLC (the project vehicle for the Long Beach Courthouse PPP project), Portobar Capital (investment entity for Grup Maritim TCB, a container terminal developer and operator) Westlink M7 toll road group of entities in Sydney, the Titles Queensland, and the Sea Swift groups.
Tony Harrington AM, BCom, FCA, SFFin – Alternate Non-executive Director for Dick Benschop
Tony has a distinguished career in financial and professional services, with over 35 years of business and strategic leadership experience, in Australia and internationally.
Tony was the Chief Executive of leading legal and consulting firm MinterEllison and represents Schiphol as an Alternate Director for Hobart Airport.
Prior to this, he was Managing Director of the fast-growing and innovative global investment bank, Moelis & Company. He also held a number of senior roles at PwC including Global Managing Partner, Strategy & Transformation at PwC and was a member of the PwC Global Executive Leadership Team. From 2000 to 2008, Tony was Australian Senior Partner and Chief Executive of PwC, coming into the position not long after the merger of Price Waterhouse with Coopers & Lybrand, and oversaw the successful cultural integration and significant growth of the merged firm in Australia. At Coopers & Lybrand, Tony was Deputy Chair of the firm and National Managing Partner of Taxation Services.
He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2011 in recognition of his charitable work.
Calvin Ker CA, BBus – Alternate Non-executive Director for Marigold Look and Lyell Strambi
Calvin is a Vice President at IFM Investors and has over 8 years of experience across the infrastructure sector.
Calvin is responsible for the origination, execution and management of infrastructure investments with a focus on aviation, technology and social infrastructure.
Prior to joining IFM Investors, Calvin held roles with EY’s Financial Services Team and IBM Australia.
Gerhard Vorster BSc (Civil Engineering), MBA (Cum Laude), MAICD – Alternate Non-executive Director for Robert Carsouw
Gerhard is the Managing Director of Quidni Advisory, a boutique strategy advisory firm. Working directly with boards and senior leaders, Gerhard guides businesses to reposition them in pragmatic yet unexpected ways. Previously, Gerhard was the Chief Strategy Officer for Deloitte Australia and Asia-Pacific, a position he held for five years.
Prior to that, Gerhard was the Managing Partner (Consulting) for the South African, East Asian, Australian, and Asia-Pacific practice regions. He has broad sector experience with a specific focus on growth, innovation, technology, and leadership. He is published widely on these topics.
Gerhard trained and practised as a professional engineer and spent some time at an investment bank prior to joining Deloitte in 1987. In addition to his MBA, he also completed several executive education programs at Harvard, Stanford, Kellogg, INSEAD, IESE and IMD.
Gerhard is the Chair of the Advisory Board of Bio Capital Impact Fund, a member of the Advisory Board of Intersective, a Director of Seeing Machines Limited and the Patron Emeritus of Good Design Australia. He was a Director of Georgiou Group and the inaugural Chair of the RMIT University College of Business Advisory Board.