Robert (Rob) Ian Chapman, AssocDipBus FAICD, FFSIA Chair

Rob was appointed to the Board as Chair on 25 February 2014 and prior to this enjoyed an extensive executive career within the financial services industry, having acted as both the Chief Executive Officer of St. George Banking Group (2010 to 2012) and the Managing Director of BankSA (2002 to 2010). Prior to these roles Rob had previously worked in Prudential Corporation, Colonial State Bank and the Commonwealth Bank across a variety of positions.

Rob currently serves as a Director on a number of prominent South Australian Boards including: Adelaide Football Club (Chairman), T-Ports (Chairman), Barossa Infrastructure Ltd (Chairman), Coopers Brewery Limited (Director), EFIC (Director), ICAM Funds (Director) and AFL Max (Director) and is also the past Chairman of BankSA, having resigned this position in July 2014.

Rob is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Financial Services Institute of Australasia and holds an Associate Diploma in Business from the South Australian Institute of Technology.

Special responsibilities

• Chair of the Board
• Member of the Property, People and Customer Committee
• Member of the Infrastructure Committee
• Member of the Audit & Compliance Committee
• Member of the Remuneration Committee

Brenton Cox Managing Director

Brenton has been part of Adelaide Airport’s Executive team since 2013 including as Managing Director since 2021. Prior to joining AAL, Mr Cox was a non-executive director of Sydney Airport and Hobart Airport and worked as an executive with Macquarie Airports and Macquarie Capital in London and Sydney.

Mr Cox has a Masters of Law from the University of Cambridge in the UK and three undergraduate degrees from Adelaide University including a First Class Honours degree in Law and degrees in Commerce and Finance. He currently sits on the Boards of the SA Property Council, SA Freight Council, is the Chair of Seymour College Board’s Finance, Risk and Compliance Committee and is on the Adelaide University Business School Advisory Board.

Special responsibilities

• Managing Director

John Frederick Ward BSc, FAICD, FAIM, FAMI, FCILT Director

John joined the Board on the 28 August 2002 as a non executive director nominated by UniSuper Limited. He is a professional company director and corporate advisor. He retired as the General Manager Commercial of News Limited in 2001.

Prior to joining News Corporation in 1994 he was Managing Director and Chief Executive of Qantas Airways Limited culminating a 25 year career with the airline in a variety of corporate and line management roles covering Australia, Asia, Europe and North America. He is an Honorary Life Governor of the Research Foundation of Information Technology and Director of Brisbane Airport Corporation. John is the immediate past Chairman of Wolseley Private Equity.

Special responsibilities

• Chair of the Remuneration Committee
• Member Audit & Compliance Committee
• Member of the Property, People and Customer Committee
• Member of the Infrastructure Committee

James (Jay) Brendan Hogan MBA, AFAMI, JP Director

Jay was appointed on the 29 July 2009 as a non executive director nominated by Statewide Super. Jay has over 40 years’ experience in the property development and construction industry around Australia and overseas across a broad range of property asset classes. Jay is currently Chairman of Mercure Kangaroo Island Lodge, Bremerton Vintners and Sevenhill Wines. He currently has personal interests in property development, wine and tourism ventures.

He was previously Chairman of the Land Management Corporation in South Australia from 1996 to 2004, Chairman of the South Australian Housing Trust Board, Chairman of the Torrens Catchment Water Board, Deputy Chairman of Homestart Finance Board and Past President of the Urban Development Institute of Australia. In 1998 he was awarded Life Membership of the Urban Development Institute of Australia in recognition of his contribution and services to the development industry.

Special responsibilities

• Chair of the Infrastructure Committee
• Member of the Property, People and Customer Committee

Alan Wu, Director

Alan was appointed on 23 February 2022 as a non-executive director nominated by First Sentier Investors.

Alan has more than 20 years’ experience in investing and managing infrastructure businesses across airports, roads, water, waste, power and car parks.

Alan is currently Director of Infrastructure Investments at First Sentier Investors and has significant non-executive board experience, including as Chair of Sydney Metro Airports looking after Bankstown and Camden Airports, and as Director of International Parking Group and SA-based Water Utilities Australia.

Alan has a Master of Commerce (Funds Management) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) from the University of New South Wales.  He is a CFA Charter Holder and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Special Responsibilities:

• Member of the Infrastructure Committee
• Member of the Property, People and Customer Committee
• Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee

Michael Gorman, BSc(Arch), BArch, MBA, AMP

Michael was appointed on 5 December 2017 as a non executive director nominated by UniSuper Ltd. Michael has experience in both real estate and public equity and debt markets. He has held roles as Chief Investment Officer and Deputy CEO of a significant Australian Real Estate Investment Trust. Michael’s experience extends beyond the investment in real estate to the master planning, management and development of large public property assets, including shopping complexes, as well as monitoring the ongoing management of retail environments to optimise the customer experience.

Michael is a non executive director of both Charter Hall Retail Management Limited and GPT Funds Management Limited. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Property Institute and the Royal Society of Arts.

Special responsibilities

• Chair of the Property, People and Customer Committee
• Member of the Infrastructure Committee

Ms Lisa Brock, [CA]

Lisa was appointed on 25 May 2021 as an independent non-executive Director. Lisa has over 20 years senior executive experience with Qantas across a broad range of roles including Executive Manager Qantas Freight, Chief Commercial Officer Jetstar and more recently as Executive Manager Commercial Airports and Procurement. Lisa has held a number of other aviation and freight board roles including for Jetstar Pacific, StarTrack Express and Australian Air Express.

Lisa has a Masters of Applied Finance at Macquarie University, is a Chartered Accountant in England and Wales and holds an Honours Degree in Maths and Sport Science at the University of Birmingham.

Special Responsibilities

• Member of the Property, People and Customer Committee
• Member of the Infrastructure Committee
• Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee

Vivien Cheung, Director

Vivien Cheung was appointed on 30 August 2022 as a non-executive Director. Vivien brings considerable knowledge to the Board through her experience with IFM Investors’ Infrastructure team. She has developed a strong reputation for her aviation infrastructure asset management expertise.

Ms Cheung’s asset management responsibilities have included energy and utility assets, toll roads and major capital city airports across Australia, including more than six years’ experience managing IFM Investors’ investment in Adelaide Airport.

Ms Cheung holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics (finance and economics majors) at Monash University and brings strategic thinking, analytical decision making and a track record of industry advocacy to the role.

Special Responsibilities

• Member of the Property, People, and Customer Committee
• Member of the Infrastructure Committee

Mike Hirst was Managing Director and CEO of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited from 2009 to 2018, leading the bank through the Global Financial Crisis and substantially growing its retail base. He had previously worked as Treasury General Manager and Australian Financial Services Treasurer for Colonial Limited.

Mike also has considerable experience in both South Australia and across a wide range of directorships, currently with AMP, GMHBA Health Insurance and Racing Victoria, and previously with the Australian Banking Association, Colonial First State and the Federal Government Financial Sector Advisory Board, among others.

Special Responsibilities:

• Member of Audit and Compliance Committee
• Member of Infrastructure Committee
• Member of Property, People and Customer Committee

Brenton Cox
Managing Director

Responsible for providing and championing strategic initiatives, leadership development, driving proactive business development and engagement to deliver superior and sustainable stakeholder outcomes, ensuring a quality brand and custodian of a high quality corporate and customer service culture and facilities.

Alicia Bickmore
Executive General Manager, Corporate & General Counsel

The Executive General Manager – Corporate & General Counsel, is responsible for the legal, governance and corporate affairs functions including Environment; Community and Stakeholder Management; and Brand and Marketing.

Dermot O’Neill
Executive General Manager – People, Culture and Terminals

The Executive General Manager – People, Culture & Terminals, is responsible for Terminal Management; People and Culture; Training and Executive Services; and Aviation Business Development.

Emma Boulby
Executive General Manager – Airport Operations

Responsible for airside safety, security and facilities management, as well as the management of Parafield Airport. Co-ordinates the development of AAL’s strategy and leads process improvement and innovation initiatives across the business.

David Blackwell
Executive General Manager – Technology & Innovation

Responsible for Landside services (parking & transportation services); Information technology services, projects and infrastructure; Ecommerce, online customer engagement and experience; Digital / technology partnerships and ventures; Digital strategy development and execution; Data services and Business Intelligence; Innovation and process improvement; Corporate strategic planning; Cyber security;

James Sangster
Executive General Manager – Property

Responsible for the development and management of the property portfolio, including retail, leasing and tenancy management.

Kym Meys
Executive General Manger – Planning and Infrastructure

Responsible for future capacity planning and infrastructure delivery of both aviation and commercial developments and the development of infrastructure capital plans linking to the Airport Masterplan.

Joshua Golding
Chief Financial Officer

Responsible for all aspects of financial management, as well as strategic and business planning, sustainability and aeronautical pricing.

Tom Ganley
Executive General Manager – Parafield Airport

Responsible for leading Parafield Airport and ensuring safe, secure and efficient operations; driving proactive business development; managing delivery of the Master Plan; and stakeholder and community relations.