Chairman of Austereo Pty Ltd since 1997. First entered radio in 1993 as Managing Director of the Triple M Network before becoming Managing Director of the enlarged group following its merger with Austereo in 1994. Founder and Managing Director of the Clemenger Harvie advertising agency from 1974 to 1993. Director Clemenger BBDO 1975 to 1992. Mr Harvie serves on the board of Village Roadshow Limited, the Mazda Foundation Limited and Art Exhibitions Australia Limited.
Member Executive Committee
Other Listed Public Company Directorships in previous 3 years: Village Roadshow Limited, since 20 June 2000
John R. Kirby B.Econ., AASA, CPA Non-executive Director
Member of the Board since 19 January 2001
Holds a Bachelor of Economics and is a Certified Practising Accountant with over 40 years experience in the entertainment industry. Chairman Village Roadshow Limited. Director Village Roadshow Corporation Pty Ltd.
Member Remuneration Committee
Other Listed Public Company Directorships in previous 3 years: Village Roadshow Limited, since 12 August 1988
Robert G. Kirby B.Comm Non-executive Director
Member of the Board since 19 June 2001
Deputy Chairman of Village Roadshow Limited, with over 30 years experience in the entertainment and media industries. Through the launch of Roadshow Home Video, Mr Kirby was the driving force behind the Australian video revolution of the 1980’s and 1990’s. He is a pioneer of new cinema concepts in both Australia and internationally and has been at the forefront of Village Roadshow’s successful diversification into theme parks, radio and film production. Chairman of Village Roadshow Corporation Pty Ltd, currently Deputy Chairman of Peter MacCallum Cancer Foundation and Member of Patrons Council, Epilepsy Foundation, and Patron of Victorian Arts Centre.
Other Listed Public Company Directorships in previous 3 years: Village Roadshow Limited, since 5 July 2001
Graham W. Burke Non-executive Director
Member of the Board since 19 January 2001
Managing Director Village Roadshow Limited, a position he has held since 1988 with unrivalled experience in the entertainment and media industries. Mr Burke has been one of the strategic and creative forces behind Village Roadshow’s development and founded Roadshow Distributors with Roc Kirby. He was also a founding director of radio station 2day FM, and spent four years as the original Commissioner of the Australian Film Commission. Director Village Roadshow Corporation Pty Ltd.
Chairman Remuneration Committee
Other Listed Public Company Directorships in previous 3 years: Village Roadshow Limited, since 9 September 1988
Peter E. Foo B. Econ Non-executive Director, Age 54
Member of the Board since 25 February 2004
Mr Foo was Group COO of Village Roadshow Limited, from March 2007 to 4 August 2009. Mr Foo had over 30 years experience in the management and finance of all facets of Village Roadshow, having joined the Company in 1978. A former member of Village Roadshow Limited’s executive committee, he was also on the Board of all Village Roadshow’s major subsidiary companies.
Member Audit Committee
Other Listed Public Company Directorships in previous 3 years: Village Roadshow Limited, from 12 February 1998 to 19 March 2007 Sydney Attractions Group Limited, from 15 February 2008 to 7 May 2008
Guy Dobson Chief Executive Officer
Guy Dobson is a veteran of Commercial Broadcasting having worked in the industry in excess of 25 years. Guy studied at Radio School in Brisbane before securing his first radio position as an On- Air Announcer in Gladstone at age 17. The following years saw Guy in various on and off air roles, with networks in Canada, UK, and Australia. In 2005, Guy rejoined Austereo in his current position as Group Program Director/ Head of Content, where his experience & knowledge in radio programming has been the driving force in bringing Austereo to the forefront of broadcasting excellence.
Member of the Executive Committee
R. David Mattingly Independent Non-executive Director
Member of the Board since 16 January 2001
Founder and Chairman of the Young & Rubicam Mattingly advertising agency. Mr Mattingly has over 25 years experience in the advertising industry and is a Director of the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association of the United States. Mr Mattingly is also a Director of a number of private companies.
Member Remuneration Committee Member Audit Committee
Other Listed Public Company Directorships in previous 3 years: Nil
Christopher J. Newman B Econ, B Comm Independent Non-executive Director
Member of the Board since 1 February 2005
Executive Director of corporate finance and advisory company Balnave Corporate Limited, Mr Newman has extensive experience in investment management, merger and acquisition and corporate finance activities. For more than 20 years prior to becoming a public company director, Mr Newman was a member of the Australian Stock Exchange Limited.
Chairman Audit Committee
Other Listed Public Company Directorships in previous 3 years: Gunns Limited, since 24 September 2001 Coneco Limited (formerly Palm Springs Limited), since 30 November 2004 Webjet Limited 1 December 2006 Chairman Prime Financial Group Limited,(merged with AVFM Limited), since 26 October 2006
Julie E. Raffe FCA (UK), FFIN, AICD Alternate Non-executive Director
Chief Financial Officer, Village Roadshow Limited. Fellow Institute of Chartered Accountants. Prior to joining Village Roadshow, Ms Raffe was an audit manager at Horwath & Horwath in Australia and the United Kingdom. Alternate Director for Mr R. Kirby since 29 August 2001 and for Mr P Foo since 25 February 2004. Ms Raffe is a director of public listed HFA Accelerator Plus Ltd and the North East Housing Service Ltd.
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Alternate member of Audit Committee
Other Listed Public Company Directorships in previous 3 years: HFA Accelerator Plus Ltd from 24 July 2007.
Tim Carroll Alternate Non-executive Director
Chief Marketing Officer, Village Roadshow Limited. Member of Village Roadshow Executive Committee, Director Roadshow Group, Director Warner Village Theme Parks and Director Sydney Attractions Group. Alternate Director for Mr G. Burke since 19 June 2001.
Other Listed Public Company Directorships in previous 3 years: Nil
Chris Chard Alternate Non-executive Director
Managing Director of both Roadshow Entertainment and Roadshow Television and is a director of Roadshow Films Pty Ltd. Board member and Chairman for the pay tv company The Movie Network Channel. Mr Chard has 19 yearssenior management experience in the entertainment industry including film, TV, music, interactive games and DVD distribution and has taken Roadshow Entertainment to a market leading position in Australia and New Zealand in the DVD sector. He spent 4 years with the Virgin Group before joining Roadshow in 1992. Alternate Director for Mr J. Kirby since 24 April 2004.
Other Listed Public Company Directorships in previous 3 years: Nil
Company Secretaries
Kathryn J. Gramp BA Acc; FCA, FCSA, AAICD, MFTA Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Ms Gramp joined the Group in 1989 and has over 19 years radio experience as a finance executive. Fellow Institute of Chartered Accountants and Fellow Institute Chartered Secretaries Australia. Acts as a Director on Austereo’s Australian joint ventures. Ms Gramp serves on the board of Bedford Industries Inc and Powerstate Credit Union.
Member Executive Committee
Philip S. Leggo B Bus, CA, FAICD Group Company Secretary Village Roadshow Ltd
Mr Leggo has over 25 years experience in the media and entertainment industries, is a member of Village Roadshow Limited’s Executive Committee and a director and secretary of all Village Roadshow’s major subsidiaries, including the Austereo group.
