Utilities Trust of Australia
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Utilities of australia pty ltd Board
Geoff Coffey, Chairman
Geoff Coffey was General Manager of John Holland Development and Investment Pty Ltd before retiring as an executive in December 2003. Geoff has extensive experience in finance, investment, construction and infrastructure. He is currently a non-executive director of Pacific Hydro Ltd, Macarthur Cook Ltd, CEOS Pty Ltd, Forestry Tasmania and the Tasmanian Irrigation Development Board, acts as a consultant to a number of companies and State Government Departments, and was formerly a director of the Australian Council for Infrastructure Development Pty Ltd and of Asia Pacific Transport Pty Ltd. Geoff is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants, an associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Trevor Boucher AO, Non-executive Director
Trevor Boucher is a former Commissioner of Taxation, leaving in 1993 after having served in that statutory office for eight and a half years. For two years, from 1993 to 1995, he served as Australia's Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris. Trevor has been a director of a number of industry superannuation investment funds. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Graham Dunstan, Non-executive Director
Graham Dunstan retired in July 2006 from the management team of Emergency Services Super (ESS), having been Chief Executive Officer of that organisation for 12 years and more recently as its Chief Investments Officer. Prior to joining ESS, Graham held senior actuarial and management positions with National Mutual (now AXA) and earlier in his career he was a consulting actuary. His significant involvement in the superannuation industry includes six years on the board of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). He has also been a board member of the A and B Venture Fund, representing ESS' interests in that entity. Graham was appointed to the UTA Trustee Board on 17 August 2006 and is a member of the Audit Committee.
Peter Edmonds, Non-executive Director
Peter Edmonds was Chairman or director of Statewide Superannuation Trust between 1992 and 2007 and Chairman or member of its Investment Committee. Peter was also a director of Statewide Financial Management Services Pty Ltd. He is currently a director of Port of Portland Pty Ltd. From 1994 to 2001, Peter was CEO of the South Australian Ports Corporation, and from 1988 to 1994 was CEO of South Australian Cooperative Bulk Handling. Prior to this, he worked in senior executive roles in Australia, South East Asia and North America in manufacturing, services, mining and banking. Peter is a past Chairman of the South Australian Freight Council and past President of the Association of Australian Port and Marine Authorities. He is a member of the Audit Committee.
Denis Hogg AM, Non-executive Director
Denis Hogg held the position of Chief Executive of Epworth Foundation from 1986 until early 2007. He is currently the Chair of HESTA Super Fund, and holds a number of directorships in private companies.
Denis holds the degrees of Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Business Administration, all from the University of Melbourne. He has a wide range of experience in a number of industries, and in 2006, he was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution to the Private Hospital industry. Denis joined the UTA Trustee Board in March 2007.
Robert Hugh, Non-executive Director
Robert Hugh is the Solicitor Director of the Sydney legal firm, Hugh & Associates and was appointed to the Board on 23 January 2006. A practising solicitor and chartered accountant, Robert specialises in corporate law, finance and securities. He is a director of United Super Pty Limited, which acts as trustee of the public offer superannuation fund CBUS (Construction and Building Unions Superannuation). He is also a director of various private trading and investment companies and the immediate past Secretary General of the International Federation of Asian and Western Pacific Contractors Association.
Robert is a Notary Public, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Fellow of the Taxation Institute of Australia and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, The Supreme Court (England and Wales), High Court of Australia and various state Supreme Courts of Australia.
Peter Taylor, Executive Director
Peter Taylor joined Hastings in March 2000 and was the Responsible Executive for The Infrastructure Fund from July 2000 to June 2006 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Utilities Trust of Australia in January 2004, a continuing role which he now shares with Richard Hoskins. In August 2006, Peter relocated to New York to establish Hastings' North American business. Peter leads Hastings efforts in the US, with a focus on North America, Hastings' strategic relationships and partnerships to further Hastings managed funds' objectives in the areas of new investment opportunities, equity asset management and capital raising. In recent years Peter provided leadership on key outcomes for the Group, including the acquisition and merger of the United Kingdom water companies, Mid Kent Water and South East Water, the development of the Zachry relationship and the Southwest Generation acquisition. During Peter's time with Hastings, he has been a director of Perth Airport, Queensland Airports Limited, NT Airports Limited, Interlink Roads, Port of Portland, Epic Energy, Global Renewables, Mid Kent Water and South East Water.
Prior to joining Hastings, Peter worked in the Structured Asset Finance division at Deutsche Bank and at a number of chartered accounting firms in Brisbane and Sydney.
Peter holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) from the Queensland University of Technology, majoring in business and taxation law and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Tony Tuohey, Non-executive Director
Tony Tuohey has been a director of Vision Super (formerly LAS) since 1995, a $4.2 billion fund covering the Local Government and other Statutory Authorities and is currently Chair of the Investment Committee. Tony is Chair of the Regional Infrastructure Fund established by Vision Super, is a former director of the Development Australia Fund and is the Chair of Regional Windfarms, which owns the Wonthaggi Windfarm through a Special Purpose Vehicle on behalf of Vision Super. Tony was appointed to the UofA Board on 1 January 2007.
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