Dennis Millard – Chairman
Andrew Brent
Anthony Cann
John Worby

The Nominations Committee is chaired by Dennis Millard and its other members are Andrew Brent, Anthony Cann and John Worby. Andrew Brent was appointed to the Committee on 22 September 2008.

The Committee’s terms of reference, which are available below, set out the responsibilities of the Committee, which include reviewing the composition of the Board including the skills, knowledge and experience of the directors; ensuring plans are in place for orderly succession planning for directors and senior management; and identifying and nominating candidates to fill board vacancies.

The Committee met once during the year to consider these matters.  

Click here for Nominations Committee terms of reference (pdf download)

Attendance at Board/Committee meetings

The following table shows the number of scheduled and additional Board meetings and Committee meetings held during the year ended 31 August 2009 and the attendance record of individual directors. The additional Board meetings were held to consider new contract gains and the acquisitions of Bertrams and certain assets of Dawson News.

^a)  Includes nine meetings held by telephone conference call.
^b)  Dennis Millard was re-appointed to the Audit Committee on 18 November 2008.
^c)  Andrew Brent was appointed to the Audit, Nominations and Remuneration Committees on 22 September 2008. 

The Board has met twice since 31 August 2009 and all the directors attended both meetings. In addition, the Audit Committee has met once and the Nominations and Remuneration Committees have met twice since 31 August 2009.