18-07-2011, 06:59 AM
Non family members that is.
The current crop consists of: Natalie Bancroft, a 31-year-old opera singer inherited as part of the Dow Jones deal; Jose Maria Aznar, former president of Spain, Peter Barnes, a veteran of Big Tobacco with Philip Morris and now a very busy Australian-based NED, being chairman of Ansell, Metcash and Samuel Smith & Son; Viet Dinh, academic lawyer and former assistant US attorney general under George W Bush; John Thornton, former president of Goldman Sachs and now "Professor and Director of Global Leadership" at Tsinghua University in Beijing; Andrew Knight, a former journalist and editor of The Economist, now chairman of J Rothschild Capital Management, and the only independent director with media experience; and 79-year-old venture capitalist, Thomas J Perkins.Quote:
Rod Eddington also is a director, but it might be difficult to call him an independent, being a former Murdoch employee at Ansett. Eddington's CV includes spells on other boards Rio and Allco - that, in my opinion, tended to go along with strong executives on matters that didn't end well for shareholders.
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