TOM DERY
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Mr Dery was appointed to the Board on 17 September 2008 and appointed as Chairman on 27 February 2009. He began his working career with Qantas Airways Limited in 1967 as a Commercial Trainee in the market research department. After obtaining a degree in Commerce (Economics) from the University of New South Wales and an MBA from Stanford University in the USA, he co-founded the advertising agency The Campaign Palace. In 1979, Mr Dery accepted an appointment as Visiting Fellow in Marketing at Monash University prior to joining Ansett Transport Industries. Mr Dery rose to the role of Assistant General Manager for Ansett Airlines with responsibility for all commercial and strategic activities responding to the challenges of airline deregulation. In the early 1990s, he was named Marketing Man of the Year and further assumed responsibility for Ansett associated businesses, East West Airlines, Ansett New Zealand, Diners Club and Traveland. In 1995, Mr Dery established Whybin Dery & Partners and, following its sale to DDB Needham, he was appointed Managing Director of that firm's Melbourne operation. Mr Dery was then appointed Chairman Asia Pacific for M&C Saatchi and was responsible for the establishment of offices throughout the region. He was appointed Chairman of M&C Saatchi Worldwide on 1 January 2009. He is also currently Chairman of Asia Pacific for M&C Saatchi and the Australian Cancer Research Foundation and is a Director of The Communications Council, Queenwood School for Girls and the Dean's Advisory Council at University of NSW.

ROB GURNEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Mr Gurney was appointed CEO of the Jetset Travelworld Group and to the Board on 27 August 2012. Mr Gurney will succeed Peter Lacaze on his retirement on 30 September 2012. Mr Gurney has broad commercial and operational experience in the travel and tourism industry, both in Australia and overseas, having held a number of senior roles within Qantas Airways Limited and British Airways. His most recent position was Group Executive Qantas Airlines Commercial where he was responsible for, amongst other things, global sales, marketing, distribution and channel management. Mr Gurney was instrumental in developing and implementing both corporate sales and online strategies resulting in Qantas attaining a market leading position in these segments. He has extensive commercial and operational experience in both outbound and inbound leisure and business travel. Mr Gurney has served on a number of tourism and travel related boards including the Asian-based Tour East Group (a leading business and leisure travel business), Australian Tourism Export Council, Tourism Western Australia and Tourism & Transport Forum Australia.

ELIZABETH GAINES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CFO

Ms Gaines was appointed Chief Financial Officer of The Jetset Travelworld Group on 1 October 2010 and to the JTL Board on 30 June 2011. Prior to joining The Jetset Travelworld Group, Ms Gaines was the Chief Financial Officer of the Stella Group, Chief Finance and Operations Director of UK-based Entertainment Rights Plc and was previously Chief Executive Officer of Heytesbury Pty Limited. Ms Gaines has held senior treasury and finance roles at BankWest in Australia and Kleinwort Benson in the UK and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young. Ms Gaines is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and Master of Applied Finance degree. Ms Gaines is a Director of STS UK Holdco I Pty Limited (and its subsidiaries), Global Voyager Holdings Pty Limited (and its subsidiaries), Mantra Group Holdings I Pty Limited and Global Voyager Group Admin Pty Limited. Ms Gaines is also Rob Gurney’s alternate director of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents Limited.
 

STEPHEN BENNETT
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mr Bennett was appointed to the Board on 28 April 2011. He has more than 30 years corporate and investment banking experience having held senior management positions with Commonwealth Bank, Bankers Trust and UBS, in Australia and Hong Kong. Mr Bennett has acted for public and private companies in mergers and acquisitions, acquisition financing and corporate restructurings across all industry sectors and currently holds the position as Group Treasurer for Consolidated Press Holdings Limited. He holds an Accounting Diploma and a Graduate Diploma in Management (Macquarie University).

ANDREW CUMMINS
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mr Cummins was appointed to the Board on 30 September 2010. Mr Cummins worked as a consultant with CVC Capital Partners in 1998 and 1999 and joined the partnership of CVC Asia Pacific Hong Kong when it was formed in 2000. Mr Cummins is currently Director of CVC Capital Partners (Asia Pacific) Pty Ltd and several CVC portfolio companies. Prior to working with CVC, Mr Cummins was an Executive Director of Inchcape Plc, and Fosters Brewing Group/Elders IXL, and a partner of McKinsey & Company. Mr Cummins has a Bachelor’s degree from Monash University, Australia, a Graduate Business Degree from the University of Newcastle, Australia, and an MBA from Stanford University in the USA. Mr Cummins is Chairman of STS UK Holdco II Pty Ltd, Mantra Group Holdings I Pty Ltd, Global Voyager Holdings Pty Ltd, Rocla Concrete Tie, Inc and is a director of Nine Entertainment Co Pty Ltd and Asia Bottles Holdings Limited and was a previous director of Inchcape Plc from 1992 to 1997 and Fosters Brewing Group Ltd/Elders IXL from 1985 to 1991.

ADRIAN JOHN
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mr John was appointed to the Board on 26 May 2011. He joined Qantas in 2010 as Executive Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions and Investments. In that role he is responsible for managing Qantas' internal mergers and acquisitions team and advising Qantas' Executive Committee in relation to the development and execution of Qantas' investment and growth strategy with a particular focus on acquisitions and divestments. Prior to joining Qantas, Mr John had been a partner in Ernst & Young where he advised a wide range of listed and unlisted companies and private equity across multiple industry sectors on a variety of corporate finance and strategic matters including mergers and acquisitions, transaction due diligence, valuations, capital management and strategy development. Mr John also served a period of time as a member of the Board of Partners of Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young's peak governance body. Mr John received a BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering from Manchester University, and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.

BRETT JOHNSON
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mr Johnson was appointed to the Board on 27 February 2009. He joined Qantas Airways at the time of its privatisation in July 1995 as General Counsel. Mr Johnson is responsible for legal risk management in the Qantas Group and manages the Qantas legal department. Mr Johnson is a member of the Qantas Executive Committee involved in the day-to-day management of the Qantas Group with particular responsibility for providing commercial legal support to the Qantas CEO and Board. He is a member of the ASX Appeals Tribunal. Mr Johnson was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1982 and has more than 30 years legal experience in Australia and overseas. Mr Johnson was a director of Asia Pacific Limited from December 2011 to May 2012 and Kai Medical Inc until November 2012 and is a director of Scott Corporation Limited.

JAMES MILLAR AM
NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Mr Millar was appointed to the Board on 30 September 2010. Mr Millar is an experienced corporate executive, advisor and director of a number of Australian companies and organisations. He has more than 35 years’ experience as both a corporate insolvency executive, with expertise across a number of industries, and as Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young, one of Australia’s leading professional service firms. Mr Millar has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of NSW, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Mr Millar is Chairman of Fantastic Holdings Limited and a director of Mirvac Ltd, Mirvac Funds Limited, and Fairfax Media Limited. Mr Millar is a member of the External Advisory Panel of ASIC, a member of Grant Samuel’s Advisory Board and Chairman of The Smith Family.