Mr James Strong was appointed Chairman of IAG in August 2001. He is also Chairman of Woolworths Limited, Rip Curl Group Pty Limited, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Australian Business Arts Foundation. He is a Director of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation.

Mr Strong was Chief Executive and Managing Director of Qantas Airways Limited from 1993 to 2001. Previous positions he has held include Group Chief Executive of DB Group Limited in New Zealand, National Managing Partner and later Chairman of law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Chief Executive of Trans Australian Airlines (later Australian Airlines) and Executive Director of the Australian Mining Industry Council.

Mr Strong has been admitted as a barrister and solicitor.

Mr Strong is Chairman of the IAG Nomination, Remuneration & Corporate Governance Committee.

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Mr Michael Hawker was appointed Chief Executive Officer of IAG in December 2001.

Before joining IAG, Mr Hawker was Group Executive, Business and Consumer Banking at Westpac Banking Corporation. Previous positions include Executive Director of Citibank International PLC in Europe and Deputy Managing Director of Citibank Limited in Australia.

Mr Hawker was listed by Euromoney as one of the top 50 bankers under the age of 40. In 2000, he was awarded the Australian Banking & Finance Magazine – Millennium Banker of the Year Award and the Best Insurance Executive Award in 2003 and 2004. He is a recipient of an Australian Sports Medal, having played 25 Rugby Union Internationals for the Australian Wallabies.

Mr Hawker is the Deputy President of the Insurance Council of Australia, a Director of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Banking & Finance, member of the Federal Treasury's Consumer and Financial Literacy Taskforce, member of the Business Council of Australia, and Chair of the New South Wales Juvenile Diabetes Walk to Cure annual fundraising event and the Giant Steps Foundation. He was previously the Chairman of the Australian Financial Markets Association.

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Mr John Astbury was appointed as a Director of IAG in July 2000.

Mr Astbury is a Director of Woolworths Limited. Mr Astbury has been appointed as a Director of AMP Limited effective from 1 September 2004.

Mr Astbury was previously the Finance Director of Lend Lease Corporation Limited and a Chief General Manager of National Australia Bank Limited. He has a long career in banking and financial services in both the UK and Australia.

Mr Astbury is Chairman of the IAG Audit Committee and serves on the IAG Nomination, Remuneration & Corporate Governance Committee.

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Mr Geoffrey Cousins was appointed as a Director of IAG in July 2000 and has more than 26 years experience as a company director.

Mr Cousins was previously the Chairman of George Patterson Australia and is a former Director of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, the Seven Network and Hoyts Cinemas group. He was the first Chief Executive of Optus Vision and, before that, held a number of executive positions at George Patterson, including Chief Executive of George Patterson Australia.

Mr Cousins is a consultant to the Prime Minister on the communication of Government policy.

Mr Cousins is a member of the IAG Audit Committee.

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Ms Dominique Fisher has been a Director of IAG since June 2000 and a Director of Insurance Australia Limited (formerly NRMA Insurance Limited) since 1996.

Ms Fisher has wide-ranging business experience to general management level, and more than 20 years experience in electronic commerce and telecommunications and now manages her own business. Her business, EC Strategies, advises companies, primarily in Australasia and the United States, on electronic commerce strategies, on major commercial transactions and on business application of technology and commercialisation of software and other technology.

Ms Fisher is also a Director of the Playbox Theatre and the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation Victoria. She was previously Chairman of the Management Committee, Royal Hospital for Women, a Director of AIDS Fundraising Management and the Communications and Media Law Associations and a Trustee of the Sydney Opera House Trust.

Ms Fisher serves on the IAG Risk Management & Compliance Committee.

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Mr Neil Hamilton was appointed as a Director of IAG in June 2000 and as a Director of Insurance Australia Limited (formerly NRMA Insurance Limited) in 1999.

Mr Hamilton is the Chairman of Sons of Gwalia Ltd, Iress Market Technology Limited, Western Power Corporation, Western Australia Land Authority (Landcorp) and Integrated Group Limited. Mr Hamilton is a member of the IAG Risk Management & Compliance Committee.

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Ms Anne Keating was appointed as a Director of IAG in June 2000 and a Director of Insurance Australia Limited (formerly NRMA Insurance Limited) in 1996.

Ms Keating is currently a Director of STW Communications Group Ltd, Macquarie Goodman Management Limited, Macquarie Leisure Management Limited, Macquarie Leisure Operations Ltd, and SSR Holdings Pty Ltd. She is an Advisory Council member of ABN AMRO Australia and New Zealand, an inaugural Board member of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, and a delegate to the Australian American Leadership Dialogue. She also manages her own consulting business, Anne Keating Consulting.

Ms Keating was the General Manager, Australia for United Airlines from 1993 to 2001.

Ms Keating is a member of the IAG Audit Committee.

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Mr Rowan Ross was appointed as a Director of IAG in July 2000 and acted as the Chairman from April to August 2001.

Mr Ross is currently Chairman of Sydney IVF Limited. He is the former Chairman of Bankers Trust Investment Bank, former National President of the Securities Institute of Australia and former Chairman of the Sydney Dance Company and the Australian Major Performing Arts Group. He has more than 30 years experience in investment banking and is an Executive Director of Macquarie Bank Limited.

Mr Ross is Chairman of the IAG Risk Management & Compliance Committee and serves on the IAG Nomination, Remuneration & Corporate Governance Committee.

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