43 AGL Energy Limited Annual Report 2011 Term: Non–executive  Director since December  2010. Independent: Yes. Committees: Member of  the Audit and  Risk Management  Committee, People and  Performance Committee,  and the Nominations  Committee. Directorships: Chairman of  QBE Insurance Limited  (commenced in 2010),  Director of St Vincent’s  Health Australia Limited  (commenced in 2010),  Director of the State  Library of NSW Foundation  (commenced in 1997),  Deputy Chairman of Centre  for Independent Studies  (commenced in 2010) and a  member of the Salvation  Army Australian Eastern  Territorial Advisory Board  (commenced in 2006). Experience: Previous  appointments include  Director of St Vincent’s  Mater Health Sydney  (commenced in 2001 and  retired in 2009), Director of  Coles Group Limited  (commenced in 2005 and  retired in 2007), Telstra  Corporation Limited  (commenced in 2001 and  retired in 2007), TAB  Limited (commenced in  1997 and retired in 2004),  Energy Australia  (commenced in 1997 and  retired in 2005), Crane  Group (commenced in 1997  and retired in 2004), Snowy  Hydro Trading Limited  (commenced in 1997 and  retired in 1999), Member of  the State Library of NSW  Council (commenced in  1997 and retired in 2006).  Term: Non–executive  Director since  October 2006. Independent: Yes. Committees: Chair of the  Safety, Sustainability and  Corporate Responsibility  Committee, member of the  People and Performance  Committee, and the  Nominations Committee. Directorships: Director of  Westfield Retail Trust  (commenced in 2010),  Director of Fairfax Media  (commenced in 2010),  Director of Tourism  Australia (commenced in  2009), Kathmandu Holdings  Limited (commenced in  2009). Vice President of  The Art Gallery of New  South Wales. Experience: Extensive  experience as a non– executive Director and  Senior Executive in a  number of consumer  oriented industries including  retail, aviation and tourism,  most recently ten years  with Qantas Airways Limited  from which she retired in  2004. Previous non– executive appointments  include Director of Australia  Post (commenced in 2001  and retired in 2009), The  Coles Group Limited  (commenced in 2003 and  retired in 2007), Perpetual  Limited (commenced in  2004 and retired in 2007),  Primelife Corporation  Limited (commenced in  2003 and retired in 2005),  St Vincent’s & Mater Health  Sydney and CARE Australia. Term: Non–executive  Director since February  2006. Independent: Yes. Committees: Chair of the  People and Performance  Committee, and member of  the Nominations  Committee. Directorships: Chairman  of Goodman Fielder Limited  (commenced as a Director  in 2005) and Chairman of  Treasury Wine Estates  Limited (commenced  in 2011). Experience: Previously  Managing Director of  National Foods Limited,  Director of Foster’s Group  Limited (commenced in  2004 and resigned in 2011),  Director of Pacific Brands  Limited (commenced in  2004 and retired in October  2009) and of The Australian  Gas Light Company  (commenced in 2004 and  retired in October 2006). Term: Non–executive  Director since August 2007. Independent: Yes. Committees: Member of  the Audit and Risk  Management Committee,  the Safety, Sustainability  and Corporate  Responsibility Committee,  and the Nominations  Committee. Directorships: Chairman of  Platinum Capital Limited  (commenced as a Director  in 2009), and Chairman of  AWE Limited (commenced  as a Director in 2009). Experience: An energy  industry expert with more  than 30 years of technical,  financial and managerial  experience in the energy  sector. He founded and was  Managing Director of  Australian Worldwide  Exploration Limited (now  AWE Limited). He also held  prior positions of Director of  Sunshine Gas Limited  (commenced in 2007 and  resigned in 2008), Business  Development Manager of  Command Petroleum,  Consulting Energy Advisor  to Prudential–Bache  Securities, General Manager  of Petroleum Securities  Australia Limited and was an  expert technical advisor to  News Corporation Limited. Term: Non–executive  Director since March 2009 Independent: Yes Committees: Chair of the  Audit and Risk Management  Committee, and member of  the Nominations  Committee. Directorships: Executive  Director of Telstra  Corporation Limited  (commenced in 2009).  Member of the Financial  Reporting Council and a  Board member of the  Melbourne International  Jazz Festival. Experience: Appointed as  Chief Financial Officer and  Group Managing Director,  Finance & Administration of  Telstra (commenced in  2003). In this role he is  responsible for finance,  treasury, risk management  and assurance, investor  relations, taxation and  corporate security and  investigations. In his  previous role as Director,  Finance, he contributed to  T1 and T2, cost reduction  programs, growth  strategies, debt raising,  capital management and  organisation restructures. Age 65 Age 64 Age 56 Age 60 Age 58 Belinda Hutchinson  AM, BEc, FCA, FAICD John Stanhope  BCom (Economics and  Accounting), FCPA, FCA, FAICD,  FAIM Bruce Phillips  BSc (Hons), PESA, ASEG Max Ould  BEc Sandra McPhee  Dip Ed, FAICD