Our Structure

We strive to strengthen the financial and operational performance of our existing business, as well as use strategic investments and environmentally responsible energy solutions to build value for our shareholders.

Updated October 2009

• Shareholding Ministers
  • The Hon. Stephen Robertson MP

    The Hon. Stephen Robertson MP

    BArts (Hon), BModern Asian Studies

    Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy

    Stephen Robertson was elected to State Parliament as the Member for Stretton in 1992. He was appointed the Minister for Mines and Energy in April 2009. Previously, Stephen was Queensland's Minister for Health and worked in a number of research and advocacy positions in the trade union movement including State Secretary and National President of the United Firefighters Union of Australia. Read more
  • The Hon. Andrew Fraser MP

    The Hon. Andrew Fraser MP

    LLB, BComm (Hons)

    Queensland Treasurer

    Andrew Fraser was elected as the Labor MP for the state electorate of Mount Coot-tha in February 2004. Re-elected in September 2006 to his second term as the State Member for Mount Coot-tha, Andrew was promoted to the ministry and was the youngest person since 1891 to enter the Queensland Cabinet. He was sworn in as the Minister for Local Government, Planning and Sport in September 2006. One year later Andrew became Queensland Treasurer in the new Bligh Government. Appointed at 30, he is the youngest Minister to hold the Treasury portfolio since 1915. Read more
• Board of Directors
  • Denis Byrne

    Denis Byrne

    LLB, Chairman

    Tenure: 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2012

    

    Denis Byrne practised commercial law for 27 years, with wide experience in the corporate, infrastructure and resources areas. Since 1997, he has pursued a corporate career.

    Denis has substantial chairmanship and senior executive experience. He is currently a Director of Jimfitz Custodian Pty Ltd, Asia Pacific Nickel Pty Ltd, Shenhua Australia Holdings Pty Ltd and Shenhua Watermark Coal Pty Ltd. 

    Denis served for 10 years on the Australian Takeovers Panel and seven years on the New Zealand Takeovers Panel. Denis was also President of the Queensland Law Society from 1985–86, President of the Law Council of Australia, the peak federal body representing Australian lawyers in 1988–89, former Managing Partner of Freehill Hollingdale & Page and inaugural Chairman of the Queensland Gas Appeals Tribunal until the expiration of the terms of all members in 2003. He also served as a member of the Prime Minister’s Rail Taskforce.

    Denis has served as Chairman of a number of national committees within the horticulture industry. He subsequently served as a Director of Horticulture Australia Limited from 2001 to 2004. Denis was also a previous Chairman of the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (Commonwealth), a Director of Ball Solutions Group (a subsidiary of Ball Corporation US), Blue Energy, ZeroGen Pty Ltd and a Director of Advanced Magnesium Limited.

  • Tony Andersen

    Tony Andersen

    BE, MIE (Aust)

    Tenure: 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2012

    

    Tony Andersen is the principal of Andersen Advisory which provides consultancy services to the energy sector.

    His career in the energy sector spans 37 years. In that time, he progressed from a mechanical engineer to senior management positions at Tarong, Callide and Swanbank power stations. Following the formation of CS Energy in 1997, Tony held various General Manager roles and was responsible for the development and delivery of the Joint Venture Callide C Project, the Swanbank E Gas Combined Cycle Project, the Kogan Creek Project and the demolition of Swanbank A. He has steered CS Energy’s clean coal development to establish the internationally funded Callide A Oxyfuel Project. For most of 2007, Tony held the position of Acting Chief Executive.

    He left CS Energy early in 2008 to establish Andersen Advisory.

    In addition to holding various director roles on subsidiary boards of CS Energy and the Callide Joint Venture, Tony has held the positions of Chair of the Queensland Overseas Foundation and Chair of the Advisory Board  for Environmental Engineering at Griffith University. He is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

     

  • Graeme Crow

    Graeme Crow

    B.Com, LL.B. (Hons)

    Tenure: 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2011

    Graeme Crow is a Barrister in private practice who has broad commercial experience. Graeme has practised in personal injury, commercial and estate litigation for the past 17 years. He currently holds appointments as a panel Barrister to WorkCover Queensland, Suncorp and several other major insurers and a large international mining corporation.

    Prior to his career in law, Graeme worked as an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand Brisbane before taking up an appointment as a Judge’s Associate.

    After completing his Bachelor of Commerce in 1987, Graeme worked as a tutor in financial and managerial accounting and law at The University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology and lectured and tutored in commercial and corporate law at CQ University.

    Graeme is currently the Chairman of the Rockhampton Leagues Club Ltd and a director of Ladregis Pty Ltd.

  • Laurie Gillespie

    Laurie Gillespie

    GAICD, Chairman Human Resources and Workplace Health and Safety Committee

    Tenure: 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2011

    Laurie Gillespie is a former General Secretary of the Queensland State Service Union. Laurie has more than three decades of experience in the trade union movement as administrator and advocate in both the public and private sectors.

    He has also served two terms as a member of the Queensland Heritage Council, in the second instance as Deputy Chair. He is a former Councillor and currently Returning Officer of the National Trust of Queensland. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
    

     

  • Julie Leaver

    Julie Leaver

    BCom, FCPA MAICD, Chairman Audit and Risk Management Committee

    Tenure: 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2012

    

    Julie Leaver is an accountant with significant expertise in financial and management accounting, project management, accounting standards and corporate governance. She has held senior roles in both the telecommunications and mining industries.

    During her 10 years with Telstra Corporation, Julie was responsible for preparing the Group's financial statements, annual reports and US prospectus. She was the Telstra Group coordinator of the US prospectus for T2, the second tranche of the sale of the federal government's interest in its ownership of Telstra.

    Julie's experience also extends to 15 years with the former MIM Group, membership of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and project management and corporate governance roles. Julie is a former director of CS Energy.

  • Mark Williamson

    Mark Williamson

    Assoc. Dip. Ind. Eng and MAICD

    Tenure: 5 July 2001 to 30 September 2011

    Mark Williamson currently holds the position of Director, Northern Region for SingTel Optus. Prior to this appointment, Mark held senior executive roles in the electricity, IT, telecommunications and airline industries. His professional career has been primarily in sales and marketing and in general management at state, national and international levels.

    Mark is an experienced director who has served on a number of boards, including North Queensland Cowboys Rugby League Club, Brisbane Marketing Ltd, Hamilton Island Airport Ltd, Brisbane Visitors’ and Convention Bureau, AFTA (Qld), Starlight Children’s Foundation (Qld) and the Mackay Port Authority. He is currently a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
    

• Chief Executive Officer
  • Wayne Collins

    Wayne Collins

    BEng, BBus

    Acting Chief Executive Officer

    In December 2009, Wayne was appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer of Stanwell. Wayne has worked in the electricity industry for 28 years. During this time, he has held a variety of engineering, managerial and business development roles, principally associated with power generation.

    Wayne was Chief Operating Officer at Stanwell from May 2008 to December 2009, responsible for managing the organisation's plant operations. He has been a senior executive with Stanwell for 12 years, undertaking a range of General Manager roles including Business Services, Asset Management and Technical Services and Business Development.

• Management Team
  • Garry Button

    Garry Button

    BCom (UNSW), FCPA , FFTP, MAICD

    Chief Financial Officer

    Garry joined Stanwell in March 2008 as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Garry is responsible for the strategic direction and operational performance of Stanwell's finance, performance management, financial risk management and procurement functions. Prior to joining Stanwell, Garry held several senior financial and corporate roles within Queensland Rail, Fairfax and Unilever Australia. He is a Fellow of both CPA Australia and The Finance and Treasury Association (where he is also a past national President and NSW Chapter Chairman).

    Garry is a director of Blue Energy and a non-executive director of the not-for-profit company, Brisbane Boarders Limited. 
    

  • Ian Gilbar

    Ian Gilbar

    BEng (Electrical)

    Acting Chief Operating Officer

    From 1 April 2010, Ian Gilbar has taken over from Trevor Hooper as the Acting Chief Operating Officer (COO) for a three month period.

    Ian has 26 years experience in the electricity industry in various engineering and technical management roles.

    During the past three years at Stanwell, Ian has been heavily involved in the renegotiation of the Gladstone IPPA.

  • Derek Hannigan

    Derek Hannigan

    BEng (Civil) MBA

    General Manager Business Development

    Derek has previously worked as a consulting structural design engineer, a mechanical projects engineer for a mining company, and a senior management consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Derek joined Stanwell more than seven years ago into the role of Manager Group Procurement. This role was created to deliver a change to single and more strategic procurement function, then expanded to include the energy resources functions. The creation of opportunities to grow the business based on analysis of suitable fuel resources provided the opportunity for Derek to move into a business development role. Derek has overseen Stanwell's Business Development division in a full time capacity since October 2006 and was appointed General Manager in 2008. Stanwell is creating investment opportunities in gas, clean coal, and renewable energy.
  • Brad Neven

    Brad Neven

    MBA (HRM), ComDec, MAHRI, MIRSQ

    General Manager Business Services

    Brad Neven has worked for Stanwell for more than 10 years. His career with the corporation has included human resource and managerial roles, including Employee Relations Manager.

    In May 2008, Brad was appointed General Manager Business Services, responsible for managing health and safety, risk, information and communication technology, land and property, environment and human resources.
    

  • Michael O'Rourke

    Michael O'Rourke

    BLaw, BCom, GDip Applied Finance and Management, GDip Company Secretarial Practice

    Acting General Manager Trading

    Michael joined Stanwell in 1998 as Legal Counsel. In this role, Michael was responsible for the strategic direction and operational performance of Stanwell's legal team. In 2002, Michael was appointed Stanwell's Company Secretary/Legal Counsel. As Company Secretary, Michael reported through to the Stanwell Board on all secretariat related matters. In 2008, Michael was appointed General Manager Corporate Services, responsible for the internal departments of secretariat, legal, internal audit, insurance and quality.