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 July 2011

• Shareholding Ministers
• Board of Directors
  • Graham Carpenter

    Graham Carpenter

    MBA, FAICD, FCA

    Chair

    Graham Carpenter is Chair of the Board of Stanwell Corporation Limited and is a member of the People and Safety and the Audit and Risk Management Committees. He is a former Chair of Tarong Energy Corporation Limited.
    
    He is also on the Board of Metro South Medicare Local Limited.
    
    Graham is a Chartered Accountant and former Partner (1998-2004) of BDO, a firm for which he continues to provide consulting services. He brings accounting and financial management expertise as well as experience with corporate governance. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
    
    Graham currently chairs a number of audit and risk management committees or equivalent for Department of Premier and Cabinet, South Bank Corporation, Queensland Police Service, Scenic Rim Regional Council, Local Government Association of Queensland and the Urban Land Development Authority. He also is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee for Hassad Australia Limited.
    
    Graham is also a member of the Audit Finance and Risk Committee for Construction Skills Queensland.
    
    Graham's other past experience includes senior positions with Queensland and Victorian Treasuries, as Northern Territory Auditor-General and as a Partner of a Chartered Accounting firm in South Australia/Northern Territory.
    
  • Kym Collins

    Kym Collins

    MBA, BEng (Elec), GAICD

    Director

    Kym Collins is a director of Stanwell Corporation Limited and a member of its People and Safety Committee. Kym was Chair of Tarong Energy Corporation Limited (Tarong Energy) for the period March to June 2011 and had been a Director of Tarong Energy since 2005. 

    Kym is also a director of Green Cross Australia, an international organisation enabling companies and the community to prepare and respond to climatic changes and natural disasters.

    Kym is an experienced electrical engineer and project manager from the commercial construction industry, including having led Siemens Ltd Building Automation in Queensland.

    She has also served as a committee member of the Institute of Hospital Engineers, Little Athletics, St Aidan's Old Girls Association and C&K Kindergartens.

    Kym has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Master of Business Administration, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Course.
    

  • Graeme Crow SC

    Graeme Crow SC

    BCom, LLB (Hons)

    Director

    Graeme Crow is a director of Stanwell Corporation Limited and member of its People and Safety Committee. He is also currently Chairman of the Rockhampton Leagues Club and a panel Barrister to WorkCover Queensland, Suncorp, Allianz, several other major insurers and a large international mining corporation.

    Graeme is a Barrister who has practised in personal injury, commercial and estate litigation for the past 21 years. Graeme was appointed Senior Council in 2010.

    Prior to his career in law, Graeme worked as an accountant with Coopers & Lybrand Brisbane. He was then appointed 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. He also lectured and tutored in commercial and corporate law at Central Queensland University.

  • Ann Fitzpatrick

    Ann Fitzpatrick

    BA, LL.B, GAICD

    Director

    Ann Fitzpatrick is a director of Stanwell Corporation Limited and member of its People and Safety Committee.
    
    Ann has practised as a lawyer for 25 years and for the past two years has been sitting as a Tribunal member, first in the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal and currently in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT).
    
    For 13 years, Ann was a partner in two major law firms. A partner of McCullough Robertson for ten years, Ann retired from private practice in 2008. Ann's speciality is as an employment, industrial and anti-discrimination lawyer, with a large part of her work at QCAT involving conciliation and determination of building disputes and anti-discrimination matters.
    
    In the first half of her career, Ann practiced as a commercial litigator within intellectual property and construction law.
    
  • Russell Kempnich

    Russell Kempnich

    BEng (Mech)

    Director

    Russell Kempnich has more than 30 years experience in coal resource evaluation, process plant design, construction and commissioning gained both in Australia and internationally. A founding partner and non-executive Chairman of Sedgman Limited, Russell led the organisation's growth from a consulting and engineering firm to a market leader in coal preparation, design and construction. He was also responsible for the expansion of the company's operations internationally.

    Russell commenced his career in 1977 as an engineer with the Australian Coal Industry Research Laboratories where he was responsible for the coal preparation pilot facilities at Maitland, NSW.

  • Julie A Leaver

    Julie A Leaver

    BCommerce, FCPA, MAICD

    Director

    Julie Leaver has extensive financial expertise gained through her former executive roles in the telecommunications and mining industries as well as various board positions. She has worked in Companies listed on the ASX, the US SEC and with State and Federal Government Owned Corporations.

    During her 10 years with Telstra Corporation, Julie had responsibility for the Group's financial reporting requirements in Australia and the US. 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 extends to 15 years with former mining group MIM, including five years in Mount Isa, and membership of the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB).

     

  • Stephen Rochester

    Stephen Rochester

    BEc, FCPA, MAICD

    Director

    Stephen Rochester was appointed as a director of Tarong Energy on 14 April 2011. He has more than 35 years experience in banking and finance, and is currently the Chair of the Queensland Treasury Corporation after 19 years as its Chief Executive Officer.
  • The Hon. Rodney Welford

    The Hon. Rodney Welford

    BA (Hons), LLB, Grad Dip Leg Prac, Grad Dip Ind Rel, MSc(Env Mgt)

    Director

    Rod Welford is a director of Stanwell Corporation Limited and member of its Audit and Risk Management Committee.
    
    Rod is a former Queensland Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Minister for Education and Training, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Environment and Heritage and Minister for Natural Resources. He is currently engaged in the fields of recycling, energy efficiency and renewable energy. Prior to his election to the Queensland Parliament, he was a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and Barrister of the High Court of Australia.
    
    Rod is also the Chief Executive of the Australian Council of Recycling, Chairman of the Energy Management Institute Ltd, Deputy Chairman of Astivita Renewables Limited, Chairman of the Electro Industry Group Queensland Limited, and Managing Director of Integrated Resource Planners.
    
• Chief Executive Officer
  • Richard Van Breda

    Richard Van Breda

    BCompt (Hons), CA(Z), CA(Aus), Dip. Fin. Serv. (RM)

    Acting Chief Executive Officer

    Richard was appointed Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in January 2012. Richard joined Tarong Energy in the role of Chief Financial Officer in April 2008 before being appointed in the position at Stanwell in July 2011.
    
    Prior to this, Richard was a partner with Deloitte, Zimbabwe and subsequently spent three years with a major mining and manufacturing company. During this time he was responsible for the treasury, financial management and reporting of a number of public companies.
    
    Richard is a skilled finance professional, with hands-on management experience in corporate and professional business entities. His areas of expertise include financial and management accounting, strategic planning, accounting standard interpretation and implementation, taxation management and planning, treasury management, project analysis and capital allocation.
• Executive Leadership Team
  • Jackie Barber

    Jackie Barber

    BSc (Chem)

    Executive General Manager Marketing and Trading

    Jackie has more than 18 years trading experience in deregulated electricity markets: first in the UK where she worked for Powergen Plc Ltd and in Australia for ETSA Power Corporation where she helped to establish an electricity retailing business in New South Wales.

    Jackie joined Tarong Energy in May 1999 where she led the Energy Contracting team responsible for optimising Tarong Energy's gross margin and providing stable cash flows for the generation portfolio. In July 2011, Jackie was appointed Executive General Manager Marketing and Trading for Stanwell.

  • Wayne Collins

    Wayne Collins

    BEng (Elect), BBus, CPEng, GAICD

    Chief Operating Officer

    Wayne Collins has worked in the electricity industry for 31 years in a variety of engineering, managerial and business development roles, principally associated with power generation. 
    Wayne has been a senior executive with Stanwell for 13 years, with previous management roles in business services, asset management and technical services, business development and operations.
    In July 2011, Wayne was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Stanwell, responsible for managing the organisation's plant operations, as well as health, safety and environment for the entire business.
    Wayne is a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee (ARMC), Capricorn Tourism and Economic Development Limited (CTEDL formerly RRDL) and the Compliance Committee of Capricorn Diversified Investment Fund.
  • Jenny Gregg

    Jenny Gregg

    MBA, BA, Grad Cert (BAdmin), GAICD

    Executive General Manager Human Resources and Stakeholder Engagement

    Before commencing with Stanwell in July 2011, Jenny was with Tarong Energy in the role of General Manager People and Communications since September 2008. Prior to this, Jenny worked for more than six years at SunWater, holding the position of Manager Human Resources and Acting General Manager Corporate.

    In a diverse career, Jenny has gained experience in the utilities, human services and health sectors both in line management and within the human resources field. Previous roles include State Manager (Queensland) and National Manager Human Resources for a national provider of professional human services.
    

  • Michael O'Rourke

    Michael O'Rourke

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

    Executive General Manager Governance and Corporate Strategy

    Michael has worked for Stanwell since 1998, initially as Legal Counsel and then as Company Secretary/Senior Counsel. In September 2007, Michael was appointed General Manager Corporate Services (and continued as Stanwell's Company Secretary/General Counsel). As General Manager Corporate Services, Michael was responsible for the secretariat, legal, internal audit, corporate communications, insurance and quality teams.
  • John Williamson

    John Williamson

    BA, LLB, FCIS, FAus IMM, MAICD

    Executive General Manager Integration

    In July 2011, John was appointed Executive General Manager Integration for Stanwell. In this role, he is responsible for the coordination of Stanwell's integration issues arising from the restructure of the three predecessor government-owned electricity generator corporations.

    John originally commenced as General Manager Corporate Governance of Tarong Energy in May 2007 where he was responsible for the secretariat, legal, risk management/compliance, and internal audit functions.

    Prior to joining Tarong Energy, John consulted on corporate governance and commercial matters for a range of clients. Other previous roles include Group General Manager Corporate Services and Company Secretary for Grainco Australia, and various senior management positions at MIM Holdings.