Airservices Australia is wholly owned by the Australian Government and is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. The Board is responsible for deciding the objectives, strategies and policies to be followed by Airservices Australia , and ensuring that Airservices Australia performs its functions in a proper, efficient and effective manner.

Board Functions

David Forsyth, BE (Aero), GradDip, FRAeS

Chairman

Mr Forsyth was appointed to the Board on 28 January 2005 and appointed as Chair on 3 June 2008. His current term expires 2 June 2010.

Mr Forsyth is an aeronautical engineer with over 30 years experience in airline operations and aviation engineering. He is a former Qantas Airways Executive General Manager responsible for flight operations, engineering and maintenance and previously General Manager, Qantas Regional Airlines covering four wholly-owned subsidiaries to 47 destinations Australia-wide.

Mr Forsyth is a Board Member of Aviation Australia, the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (South Eastern Section) and President of the Royal Aeronautical Society Australian Division.

Christine Goode, PSM

Deputy Chair

Ms Goode was appointed to the Board on 28 January 2005 and her current term expires on 30 April 2009.

Ms Goode has extensive public sector experience in transport, communications and executive management, working at Federal Department Deputy Secretary and Chief Executive Officer levels.

Ms Goode is currently a member of the ACT Public Trustee Investment Advisory Board.

Robert Maher, AM, BA (ANU)

Mr Maher was appointed to the Board on 8 August 2006 and his current term expires on 7 August 2009.

Mr Maher is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon and the Australian National University in Canberra. He served with the Australian Army in Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam. For the past decade Mr Maher provided consulting advice to investment banks and to the commercial defence sector. He has wide experience in both the public and private sectors and has extensive knowledge of Australia's economic, business, political and legislative structure.

Mr Maher is a director of Brooker Consulting Company Pty Ltd.

Henk Meertens, AM, BArch

Mr Meertens was appointed to the Board on 28 January 2005 and his current term expires on 2 June 2010.

An architect, Mr Meertens has been actively involved in recreational and sport aviation for 25 years and has logged over 3000 hours flying time in gliders. Mr Meertens was President of the Australian Sport Aviation Confederation from 1996 to 2004 and he has represented the Australian sport and recreational aviation industry at international level and on a number of national forums and committees including Civil Aviation Safety Authority Regulatory Reviews.

Mr Meertens is a director of Rhibrae Pty Ltd, Wesky Pty Ltd and Cudgegong Soaring Pty Ltd.

Roxley McLennan, AO, AVM (Rtd)

Air Vice-Marshal Roxley McLennan retired from the Royal Australian Air Force in March 2006, after a distinguished military career that culminated in him serving as Deputy Chief of Air Force. He was appointed to the Board on 1 May 2006 and his current term expires on 30 April 2009.

Roxley has over 6,000 flying hours, the majority being on C130 Hercules aircraft in operational, check and training roles. He is committed to the vision of a single, national air traffic management system for Australia.

Roxley is Chief Executive of the South Australian Government’s Defence Unit.

Warren Mundy, BSc(Hons, UNSW) DipEc (Syd) PhD(Cantab) GradCertAppFin (Macq.) MCIT GAICD

Dr Mundy was appointed to the Board on 3 June 2008 and his current term expires on 2 June 2011.

Dr Mundy has recently returned to Australia having spent a year as Group General Manager Corporate Strategy with Infratil Airports Europe (IAEL) with a range of responsibilities across major strategic issues including airport planning and regulatory policy.

Dr Mundy has been a Director of Bluestone Consulting, providing advice to investors, providers, regulators and users of a wide range of infrastructure services and has been the principal regulatory and economic advisor to the Australian Council for Infrastructure Development. He has been the head of Strategy and Planning at Melbourne Airport developing and delivering Melbourne Airport’s commercial and regulatory strategy that ultimately saw the Commonwealth Government abolish price controls for Australian airports.

Dr Mundy has also worked for the consulting firm McKinsey and Company, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Western Australian Treasury Corporation and as a senior economic and political adviser. For a time, he was Head of the Economic Secretariat of the British Labour Party.

He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport, the Australian Economic Society and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a business advisor to the board of Sports Medicine Australia. He has been director of Vicforests (the Victorian Government’s native timber sales entity), the Airport Operators Association of the United Kingdom and James Watt College of Higher and Further Education in Scotland.

Alice Williams, BComm, CFA, FAICD, FCPA

Ms Williams was appointed to the Board on 28 January 2005 and her current term expires on 2 June 2010. She is Chair of the Board Audit Committee.

Ms Williams has over 20 years of senior management and Board level experience in corporate and Government sectors and investment banking, specialising in strategy and policy development, corporate advisory and funds management, competition policy and regulation. Ms Williams has also been a consultant to domestic and international airlines.

Ms Williams is a Director of Strategic Analytics (Australia) Pty Ltd, State Trustees Limited and State Trustees Financial Services Limited, VLine Passenger Corporation, Guild Insurance & Financial Services Holding Limited, Telstra Sale Company Limited, and is a Commissioner of the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission.

Greg Russell

Mr Russell was appointed Airservices Australia Chief Executive Officer on 19 July 2005.

Mr Russell was Chief Operating Officer at Athens International Airport until June 2005 and from 1999 to 2003 Director, Aviation Sydney Airport Corporation. Prior to that he was an executive with regional operator Hazelton Airlines for six years and became General Manager of the company. He has also held a range of management positions in private companies and Government organisations.

Mr Russell is Chairman of Airservices Australia’s wholly-owned subsidiary Airservices Pacific Incorporated.