Board of Directors

Graham Kraehe, AO (Order of Australia)

BEc
Graham Kraehe, a Director since May 2002, is Chairman of the Board. He has an extensive background in manufacturing and was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Southcorp Limited from 1994 to February 2001. Mr. Kraehe is a Board Member of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Brambles Industries Limited, Djerriwarrh Investments Limited, and the Innovation Economy Advisory Board for Victoria. Previously, he was Chairman of National Australia Bank Limited, and served as a Director of News Corporation.

Ron McNeilly

BCom, MBA, FCPA
Ron McNeilly is Deputy Chairman of the Board having been appointed in May 2002. Mr. McNeilly has over 30 years of experience in the steel industry. He joined the BHP Group in 1962 and held a range of positions including Executive Director and President BHP Minerals, Chief Operating Officer, General Manager Transport, General Manager Long Products Division and General Manager Whyalla Works. He is the Chairman of Melbourne Business School Limited and Worley Parsons Limited, a Director of Alumina Ltd and a former Director of Ausmelt Limited, QCT Resources Limited and Tubemakers of Australia Limited. Mr. McNeilly is also Vice President of the Australia Japan Business Cooperation Committee and a member of the Council on Australia Latin America Relations.

Apart from his extensive commercial experience with a range of businesses within the BHP Group, Mr McNeilly gained practical experience of the Company's business when he occupied the position (within the BHP Group) of Executive General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the BHP Steel division between May 1991 and September 1997.

Paul O'Malley

BCom, M. App Finance, ACA
Mr. O'Malley was appointed Managing Director and CEO on November 1, 2007, and a Director of the Board in August 2007. He joined the Company as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in December 2005, and in this role was responsible for leading the Company’s finance and IT functions including mergers and acquisitions, treasury, tax, accounting, audit and investor relations. Mr. O'Malley was formerly the CEO of TXU Energy, a subsidiary of TXU Corp based in Dallas, Texas, and held other senior management roles within TXU including Senior Vice President and Principal Financial Officer and, based in Melbourne, Chief Financial Officer of TXU Australia. Before joining TXU, Mr. O'Malley worked in investment banking and consulting.

Diane Grady

BA (Hons), MA (Chinese Studies), MBA
Diane Grady has been a Director of the Company since May 2002. She is currently a Director of Woolworths Limited and was formerly a Director of Lend Lease Corporation Limited, the Lend Lease US Office Trust and Wattyl Ltd. She is also a Governor of Ascham School in Sydney, a former Trustee of the Sydney Opera House, a former Director of the Australian Institute of Management (New South Wales). Previously, Ms. Grady was a partner with McKinsey & Co where she spent 15 years consulting to clients in a broad range of industries on strategic and organisational issues.

Kevin McCann

BA LLB (Hons), LLM
Kevin McCann, a Director since May 2002, was Chairman of Allens Arthur Robinson, a national law firm until the end of 2004. He was a partner of the firm from 1970 until 2004, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, mineral and resources law and capital markets transactions. Mr. McCann is Chairman of Healthscope Limited, Origin Energy Limited, and the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust and is a Director of Macquarie Bank Limited. He is also a member of the Takeovers Panel.

Tan Yam Pin

BEc (Hons), MBA
Mr. Tan was appointed to the Board in May 2003 and resides in Singapore. A chartered accountant by profession, he was formerly a Managing Director of one of South-East Asia's leading public companies, Fraser and Neave Group and Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary company, Asia Pacific Breweries Limited. Mr. Tan has been a Member of the Public Service Commission of Singapore since 1990. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of International Enterprise, Singapore, Keppel Land Limited, Singapore, and Chairman of PowerSereya Limited (Singapore). Mr Tan is also a former member of the Supervisory Board of the East Asiatic Company A/S, Denmark.

Daniel Grollo

Daniel Grollo was appointed to the Board of BSL in September 2006. Mr. Grollo is the Chief Executive Officer of Australia's largest privately owned development and construction company, Grocon Pty Ltd. He is also a Director of the Green Building Council of Australia and is a former President of the Victorian Division of the Property Council of Australia.