Board of Directors

Snowy Hydro Limited Board of Directors are as follows:

Bruce Hogan AM

Appointed 15 May 2006
Chairman

Mr Hogan is a director of NSW Treasury Corporation . He is a former Joint Managing Director of Bankers Trust Australia Limited, former Chairman of Adelaide Casino and a former director of Energy Australia, Coles Myer Limited, Metcash Limited, Funds South Australia and GIO Australia Limited. He is also a former Chairman of State Super Financial Services Australia Ltd.

Terry V Charlton

Appointed 27 June 2001
Managing Director

Terry Charlton is Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Snowy Hydro Limited.  Formally he was the Commissioner of Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, and Chief Executive Officer of Snowy Hydro Trading Pty Ltd from 1999 to 2002.  Previous experience in energy and utilities includes President of Edison Mission Energy, United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Group General Manager, Tubemakers of Australia Limited – Water, Oil and Gas Division.

Katherine (Kathy) Hirschfeld

Appointed 25 February 2011
Non Executive Director

Kathy Hirschfeld is a Chemical Engineer with almost 20 years in leadership and executive roles with BP in Australia, the UK and Turkey. Kathy was Managing Director of BP’s Bulwer Island Oil Refinery and a non-executive director of New Zealand Refining Company from 2005 until 2010. Prior to that she was Refinery Manager of BP’s joint venture refinery in southern Turkey where she managed the closure of the refinery and conversion to a marketing terminal. She is a director of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority and a Senator of the University of Queensland.

David Klingberg, AO

Appointed 18 December 2003
Non Executive Director

David holds a variety of executive appointments with both public and private bodies.  David has a strong background in engineering through a long association with Kinhill Limited.  Kinhill Limited was a large and successful professional engineering organisation operating as consultants and contractors in the resources and public infrastructure sectors in Australia.  He is a director of Barossa Infrastructure Ltd, Codan Limited, and E & A Limited. He is Chairman of Centrex Metals Limited and the South Australian Premier’s Climate Change Council, and a Board member of Renewables SA. He is a former Chancellor of the University of South Australia. David has substantial professional expertise in project evaluation, project management and project systems, and the structuring of major infrastructure projects.

Peter Lowe

Appointed 15 May 2006
Non Executive Director

Mr Lowe is currently on the boards of Aurora Energy Pty Ltd, Western Australia Network Holdings Pty Ltd, Citywide Services Pty Ltd, Norfolk Group Limited, Meridian Wind Macarthur Pty Ltd, United Energy Distribution Holdings Pty Ltd and Multinet Group Holdings Pty Ltd.  He was appointed to the board of Red Energy Pty Ltd in March 2007.  He has also held a board role at Southern Hydro Pty Ltd and GasNet Limited.  Mr Lowe’s executive experience includes roles as CFO of Australian and United States publicly listed utilities and Managing Director of Utilicorp Australasia.

Michael Ihlein

Appointed 10 August 2012

Non Executive Director

Mr Ihlein was appointed to the Board on 10 August 2012.  He is a non executive director and Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee of CSR Limited and a non executive director and Chair of the Risk & Audit Committee of Westfield Retail Trust.  He previously spent six years at Brambles Limited as an executive director with roles as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.  Prior to that he had a 26 year career with Coca-Cola Amatil Limited including seven years as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director and numerous senior operational and financial roles in both Australia and overseas.  He is also Chair of the Australian Theatre for Young People.

Joycelyn Morton

Appointed 10 August 2012

Non Executive Director

Ms Morton was appointed to the Board on 10 August 2012.  She is a non-executive director of Argo Investments Limited, Thorn Group Limited and Noni-B Limited.  She is also a board member of the Business School Divisional Board of the University of Sydney.  Her former roles include being a non-executive director of Crane Group Limited and Count Financial Limited and executive positions with Woolworths Limited, The Shell Company of Australia, Shell International BV and with Coopers and Lybrand (now Price Waterhouse Coopers).

Noel Cornish

Appointed 10 August 2012

Non Executive Director

Mr Cornish is currently a director of IMB Limited, director of NorthStarBSL LLC, director of TataBSL Limited, member of the Council of the University of Wollongong , President NSW Council and National Vice President of the Australian Industry Group.  His former roles include Chief Executive of BlueScope Steel Limited’s Australian and New Zealand steel manufacturing businesses, President NorthstarBHP LLC in Ohio USA and Group General Manager Whyalla Steelworks in South Australia.