Board of directors

• Board
• Executive
• Management structure

Thomas Parry - Chairman
Kevin Young - Managing Director
John Brown - Non-Executive Director
Richard Fisher - Non-Executive Director
John Fletcher - Non-Executive Director
Brian Gilligan - Non-Executive Director
Bruce Morgan - Non-Executive Director
Bob Pentecost - Non-Executive Director
Greg Stewart - Non-Executive Director

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

Term of appointment: 1 June 2010 to 30 September 2013. Appointed as Chairman on 1 June 2007.

Chair of the Corporate Governance, People and Remuneration, Regulatory and Reform Committees. Member of the Finance and Asset Management and Public Health and Research Committees.

Tom was a consultant to Macquarie Capital Funds Group until August 2009. 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. He 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 was also a member of the Board of NSW Health's Clinical Excellence Commission and South East Area Health.

Tom is currently Chairman of Australian Energy Market Operator, Chairman of First State Super, a director of the Sydney Opera House Trust, a director of the Australian Securities Exchange's Compliance Company, a director of Powerco NZ, and a Member of the Advisory Council of the SMART Infrastructure Facility at the University of Wollongong.

Kevin Young (Managing Director) - B Eng (Hons), MBA, FIE Aust, CPENG, FAICD

Term of appointment: 1 August 2011 - for a term equivalent to his appointment as CEO/Managing Director.

Ex-officio member of all committees.

Kevin is the Managing Director of Sydney Water. Kevin was previously the Managing Director of Hunter Water for 7 years.

Kevin has a degree with honours in engineering and a Master of Business Administration. Kevin is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Kevin has over 30 years’ experience working for the private sector and Government authorities within Australia and overseas.

Kevin was previously Chairman of the Water Services Association of Australia whose members serve over 17 million Australians every day with water and wastewater services.

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

Term of appointment: 7 September 2010 to 30 September 2013

Chair of the Board's Audit and Risk Committee. Member of the Corporate Governance, People and Remuneration and Regulatory and Reform Committees.

John was previously a partner with KPMG for over 26 years and since then has been appointed to be the chair or member of the audit committee of a number of NSW and Federal public sector entities. John is also a director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Integrated Research Ltd and is a Director of The Gift Of Life Foundation Ltd.

Richard Fisher (Non-executive Director) - AM, MEc, LLB

Term of appointment: 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014

Member of the Audit and Risk, Corporate Governance and People and Remuneration Committees.

Richard is General Counsel of The University of Sydney and is an Adjunct Professor in its Faculty of Law. Richard is the immediate past Chairman of Partners at Blake Dawson and specialised in corporate law during his 25 years as a partner of that firm. He has been a director of InvoCare Limited since 24 October 2003.

He is a former part-time Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission and was an International Consultant for the Asian Development Bank. Richard is a Member of the Library Council of NSW.

Richard holds a Master of Economics from the University of New England and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney.

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

Term of appointment: 7 April 2011 to 31 March 2014

Chair of the Finance and Asset Management Committee. Member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

John is a director of APA Group. He was previously a director with Integral Energy Australia, Foodlands Australia Limited, Alinta Energy Group (formerly Babcock & Brown Power Group) and Natural Gas Corporation Holdings Limited (New Zealand).

John has held a number of executive roles at the Australian Gas Light Company including Chief Financial Officer and Group Manager Investments.

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

Term of appointment: 7 September 2010 to 31 May 2012

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

Brian is Assistant Commissioner with the NSW Natural Resources Commission, a Director of the Hunter Valley Research Foundation, Chair of the Board of the University of Newcastle's Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment 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).

Bruce Morgan (Non-executive Director) - BComm

Term of appointment: 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2014

Member of the Audit and Risk and Finance and Asset Management Committees.

Bruce has been the Chairman of PwC Australia since 1976 and was a Managing Partner there for 2½ years to Dec 2005. He is also a Member of PwCIL Global Board since 2009. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Bruce was awarded a Batchelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) at the University of NSW.

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

Term of appointment: 8 October 2010 to 30 September 2013

Member of the Customer and Environment, Finance and Asset Management, People and Remuneration 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 is a director of Allconnex Water and was 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.

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

Term of appointment: 1 December 2011 to 30 November 2012

Chair of the Public Health and Research Committee and Customer and Environment Committee.

Greg is the Director of Population Health for the NSW Health Reform Transition Organisation (Western). He was previously Chief Health Officer of NSW; 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 Council, the Board of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Council of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine.