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Board of directors

Thomas Parry - Chairman
Kerry Schott - Managing Director
John Brown - Non-Executive Director
John Fletcher - Non-Executive Director
Brian Gilligan - Non-Executive Director
Ralph Kelly - Non-Executive Director
Bob Pentecost - Non-Executive Director
John Priest - Non-Executive Director
Greg Stewart - Non-Executive Director

Dr Thomas G Parry AM (Chairman) – BEc (Hons), MEc, PhD

Thomas Parry
Chairman

Term of appointment: 18 October 2006 to 31 May 2010. Appointed as Chairman on 1 June 2007

Chair of the Regulatory and Reform, and Remuneration Committees. Member of the Finance, and Public Health and Research Committees.

Tom is a consultant to Macquarie Capital Funds Group. He was Foundation Executive Chairman of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW (IPART) and its predecessor, the Government Pricing Tribunal of NSW from 1992 to 2004.

Tom was an ex officio Commissioner of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, a member of the NSW Council on the Cost and Quality of Government, and the Foundation NSW Natural Resources Commissioner. He is Chairman of First State Super and a Director of the Australian Securities Exchange's Market Supervision Company.

He was also on the Board of NSW Health's Clinical Excellence Commission and South East Area Health.

Dr Kerry Schott (Managing Director) – BA (Hons), MA, D Phil

Kerry Schott
Managing Director
Sydney Water

Term of appointment: 2 August 2006 - for a term equivalent to her appointment as Managing Director

Kerry is a member of the Infrastructure Australia Board and Chairman of the Water Services Association of Australia. She was previously Deputy Secretary, NSW Treasury, Office of Infrastructure Management. Kerry was a non-executive director of the Sydney Water Board from 1997 to 2001.

She spent 15 years as an investment banker, including in roles as Managing Director of Deutsche Bank and Executive Vice President of Bankers Trust Australia. She has worked as an economic policy adviser with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Commonwealth Government and as an academic at University College London and at Oxford University.

Kerry was Chairman of the NSW Environment Protection Authority and the NSW Film and Television Office, a director of the Film Finance Corporation Limited and director of Australian Airlines Limited. She has been a member of the Corporations and Securities Panel and a Trade Practices Commissioner.

John Brown (Non-executive Director) – BCom, FCA, MAICD

John Brown
Non-Executive Director of
Sydney Water

Term of appointment: 7 September 2004 to 6 September 2010

Chair of the Board's Audit and Risk Committee and a member of the Regulatory and Reform Committee.

John was formerly a KPMG Partner and head of KPMG's NSW Government Practice. John is the independent Chairman of the Audit Committees of the NSW Government Departments of Education and Commerce, a member of the Audit Committees of the Department of Defence and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and a director of Integrated Research Ltd and Gift of Life Foundation Limited.

John Fletcher (Non-executive Director) – BSc, MBA, FAICD

John Fletcher
Non-Executive Director of
Sydney Water

Term of appointment: 7 April 2008 to 6 April 2011

Member of the Audit and Risk, and Finance Committees.

John is a director of Babcock & Brown Power Group and APA Group.

He was previously a director with Integral Energy Australia and Foodlands Australia Limited. John has held a number of executive roles at The Australian Gas Light Company including CFO and Group Manager Investments.

Brian Gilligan (Non-executive Director) – BA, DipEd, MA, FAICD

Brian Gilligan
Non-Executive Director of
Sydney Water

Term of appointment: 12 May 2004 to 6 September 2010

Chair of the Environment Committee and member of the Regulatory and Reform Committee.

Brian is a director of the Hunter Valley Research Foundation and an independent member of the Audit Committee for Parks Australia.

His former appointments include Director-General, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (1998-2003), Executive Director Operations, NSW Environment Protection Authority (1996-98), and Director, Hunter Water Corporation (1989-92).

Ralph Kelly (Non-Executive Director) – BCom, MBA, SF Fin, FAICD

Ralph Kelly
Non-Executive Director of
Sydney Water

Term of appointment: 21 September 2001 to 6 September 2010

Member of the Audit and Risk, Environment, Finance, and Remuneration Committees.

Ralph has been in investment banking for over 30 years, with particular experience in corporate finance advice, infrastructure and listed capital raisings. He is principal of Pennant Advisory Services Pty Ltd, Chairman of Australis Managed Investments Limited, a director of IOR Group Limited and its subsidiaries, and a director of Ausflag Limited.

Bob Pentecost (Non-executive Director) – AM, BE (Civil), GDA, MAICD

Bob Pentecost
Non-Executive Director of
Sydney Water

Term of appointment: 8 October 2007 to 7 October 2010

Member of the Environment, and Public Health and Research Committees.

Bob has worked in the private sector as a director on several boards, and also in government, giving advice at ministerial and cabinet level.

Recently, Bob was the Chief Executive Officer of Rail Infrastructure Corporation. He has filled similar roles at Network Design & Construction (telecoms), Merlin International Properties and the Darling Harbour Authority. He was also a director of Hamilton Island Pty Ltd.

Bob was awarded membership to the Order of Australia for services to the Building and Construction Industry in 1991.

He is a member of the Industry Advisory Network University of Technology Sydney.

John Priest (Non-executive Director) – BBus, FCPA, FAICD

John Priest
Non-Executive Director of
Sydney Water

Term of appointment: 21 September 1998 to 30 November 2008

Chair of the Finance Committee and member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

John was formerly of Coca Cola Amatil Limited where he held the positions of Executive Director, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Corporate Development. John is Chairman of Apollo Life Sciences Limited and a director of Opera Foundation Australia Limited.

Dr Greg Stewart (Non-executive Director) – MBBS, MPH, FRACMA, FAFPHM

Greg Stewart
Non-Executive Director of
Sydney Water

Term of appointment: 1 December 2005 to 30 November 2008

Chair of the Public Health and Research Committee.

Greg is the director of Population Health, Planning and Performance in the Sydney South West Area Health Service. His was previously Deputy Director-General, Population Health; Chief Health Officer, NSW Health; Chief Executive Officer of Wentworth Area Health Service, and Director of the Public Health Unit of South Western Sydney Area Health Service. Greg is a member of the NSW Medical Board, the Board of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Council of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine.