Director Profiles

 Board Committees

Audit, Risk &
Compliance

 Remuneration &
Nomination 

 Non-executive Deputy Chairman

 Non-executive Director

 CARLOS S DOS SANTOS ^{CA (SA)}

Non-executive Chairman, Member of the Remuneration, & Nomination Committee

Date of appointment to Metcash Limited: 18 April 2005. Mr dos Santos is a chartered accountant and is a director of various companies trading in Africa and the Far East.  He has had 40 years’ industry experience and has been involved with the Metcash business as a Director since May 1998.  

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Non-executive Deputy Chairman, Chairman of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee

Date of appointment to Metcash Limited: 18 April 2005. Mr Peter Barnes is Chairman of Ansell Ltd, a Director of News Corporation and Chairman of Samuel Smith & Sons Pty Ltd.  Mr Barnes was formerly an executive with Philip Morris International Inc.  He held several senior management positions in Australia and overseas - including Managing Director Lindeman Holdings Ltd and President, Asia Region of Philip Morris.

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 ANDREW REITZER ^{B COMM MBL}

Non-executive Director, Member of the Audit Risk & Compliance Committee

Date of appointment to Metcash Limited: 8 February 2007. Mr Butler has extensive experience in investment banking gained as an Executive Director of Bankers Trust’s Corporate Finance group and as Executive Vice President of its Private Equity group.  He is presently a Non-executive Director of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited, APN Property Group Limited and Position Partners Pty Ltd.  He was previously a Non-executive Director and Chairman of Ausdoc Group Limited, Freightways Express Limited, Hamilton Island Limited, Members Equity Bank Pty Limited, Industry Super Holdings Pty Ltd and Verticon Group Limited. 

NEIL D HAMILTON ^{LLB (UWA)}

Non-executive Director, Member of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee

Date of appointment to Metcash Limited: 7 February 2008. Mr Hamilton is based in Perth and Sydney and has over 28 years’ experience in the legal profession and in business with substantial experience in a number of industries including investment/funds management, insurance, banking and resources.  Mr Hamilton is Chairman of IRESS Market Technology Limited, Mount Gibson Iron Limited and Northern Iron Limited. 

MIKE JABLONSKI

Group Merchandise Director

Date of appointment to Metcash Limited: 18 April 2005. Mr Jablonski has 38 years’ experience in the food industry.  Previous positions include: 1984 Merchandise Executive Foods of OK Bazaars; 1987-1991 Merchandise and Marketing Director of Score Food Holdings Ltd, 1992-1996 Deputy Group Merchandise Director of Metro Cash and Carry, 1996-1998 Director of Distribution and Retail Development of Metro Cash and Carry Limited.  Mr Jablonski is the Group Merchandise Director of Metcash Limited.  He is responsible for the Group’s Merchandise Supplier relationships, and the income derived therefrom.

Finance Director

Date of appointment to Metcash Limited: 18 April 2005. Qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1966.  From July 1967 to November 1979 with Adcock Ingram Ltd in Head Office - promoted over time to Group Company Secretary and then Finance Director.  Consulting January 1980 to March 1983 - business management and tax.  Caxton Ltd 1983-1997 - Finance Director; Managing Director; Chairman.  Chairman of other publicly quoted companies.  Metcash Trading Limited, Metcash Limited - May 1998 to date - Finance Director.  Mr Jankelowitz has spent over 35 years in corporate offices of listed companies.  He was a member of the Income Tax Special Court in South Africa for 20 years (1977-1997).

RICHARD A LONGES ^{BA (SYDNEY), LLB (SYDNEY), MBA (NSW)}

Solicitor (non-practising), Non-executive Director, Chairman of the Audit Risk & Compliance Committee

Date of appointment to Metcash Limited: 18 April 2005. Mr Richard Longes has been a Director of a number of public companies and a member of various government bodies and inquiries for more than 20 years.  He is currently Chairman of Austbrokers Holdings Ltd and a Director of Boral Limited and Investec Bank (Australia) Ltd.  Mr Longes was formerly a co-founder and principal of the corporate advisory and private equity firm, Wentworth Associates, and prior to that a partner of Freehill Hollingdale & Page, solicitors. 

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Non-executive Director, Member of the Audit Committee

Date of appointment to Metcash Limited: 18 April 2005. Mr Rubin is a chartered accountant and is a director of various companies trading in Africa.  He has had 27 years’ industry experience and has been involved with the Metcash business as a Director since May 1998.