Board of Directors
PMP’s Board is responsible for setting strategic direction and establishing the company’s corporate policies. It oversees the company’s financial position and monitors the business on behalf of the shareholders. The Board also addresses issues relating to internal controls and approaches to risk management. Responsibility for day-to-day activities is delegated to the Chief Executive.
PMP has five non-executive Directors including the Chairman. Appointments to the Board must be approved by a majority of shareholders at PMP’s Annual General Meeting and each Director (except the Chief Executive) must stand down and seek re-election at least every three years.
Retirement age for Directors is 72, although annual extensions are available with shareholder approval. Newly appointed Directors must seek re-election at the first general meeting of shareholders following their appointment.
Graham J Reaney B Com, CPA
Chairman
Date Appointed:
13/09/2002
Mr Reaney's business experience spans 30 years during which time he has held a number of senior corporate appointments, including Managing Director of National Foods Limited and Managing Director and Operations Director of Industrial Equity Limited. He is currently a Director of St George Bank Ltd and AGL Energy Limited.
Mr Reaney was a Director of So Natural Foods Limited (February 2001 to October 2006) and The Australian Gas Light Company (1988 to October 2006).
Peter George B Com, LLB
Executive Director
Date Appointed:
19/12/2002
Mr George is an experienced executive and non-executive director with an extensive background in telecommunications, media and corporate finance including four years on the board of Australia's second largest telecommunications carrier, Optus Communications.
He was also Executive Director - Strategy and Policy Development at Cable and Wireless Optus Ltd (1998 to 2001) and Non-Executive Director of B Digital from (January 2004 to November 2006). Mr George is currently Executive Chairman of Nylex Limited and a non-executive Director of Asciano Limited.
Matthew Bickford-Smith
Non-Executive Director
Date Appointed:
20/07/2009
Mr Bickford-Smith was CEO of Ridley Corporation Limited until December 2007. He was previously with the Man Group and was MD of the Australian operations. Before moving to Australia Mr Bickford-Smith was based in Hong Kong with responsibility for managing risk relating to the Man Group’s sugar business within the region.
He joined the Man Group in 1981 as Manager of business development for the sugar division where he gained experience assessing business opportunities in SE Asia, South America and Eastern Europe. Before moving to the Man Group he spent five years with Phibro the commodity trading arm of Salomon Brothers.
Mr Bickford-Smith is a Director of Eastern Agriculture Australia and The Julain Burton Burns Trust.
Mr Bickford-Smith was previously Managing Director of Ridley Corporation Limited November 2000 to December 2007, and a Director of Reclaim Industries Limited December 2008 to April 2009.
Ian L Fraser FCPA, FAICD
Non-Executive Director
Date Appointed:
04/04/2003
Mr Fraser has significant operational experience in positions such as Managing Director of Pioneer Sugar Mills Limited, Managing Director Clyde Industries Limited, Managing Director Australia Chemical Holdings Limited and Managing Director TNT Australia Pty Limited. He has substantial international experience having worked and lived in South East Asia and the United States.
He is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Forest Place Group Limited and a Non-Executive Director of Structural Systems Limited, Nylex Limited and Legend Corporation Limited.
Mr Fraser was previously a Director of B Digital Limited (May 2006 to December 2006), Occupational and Medical Innovations Limited (November 2004 to January 2007), Promentum Limited (January 2005 to April 2007) and Lighting Corporation Limited (June 2006 to January 2008).
Dato’ Ng Jui Sia
Non-Executive Director
Date Appointed:
21/11/2007
Dato’ Ng Jui Sia is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Singapore based Fraser & Neave Group Company, Times Publishing Limited - Singapore’s largest printing and publishing company. He has held financial and general management roles in businesses operating across the US, UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Dato’ Ng Jui Sia joined Fraser & Neave in September 1995 and held the position of General Manager F&N Coca-Cola in Singapore and then Malaysia until 2006 when he was appointed to his current position. He is a Non-Executive director of a number of subsidiaries of the F&N Group.