Graeme Barclay

MAICD, F Fin, CA, MA (Hons)
Chairman

Graeme is a former CEO and Chartered Accountant with more than 35 years’ experience in professional services, investment banking, broadcast infrastructure and telecommunications.

Over the past 20 years Graeme has held Executive Chairman or Group CEO roles at BAI Communications, Transit Wireless LLC (New York), Nextgen Networks, Metronode data centres and Axicom group (formerly Crown Castle Australia), and for 8 years during this period was also an executive director in Macquarie Group’s infrastructure team. In these roles, Graeme was responsible for all aspects of strategy, M&A, sales and business development, contract delivery and operations, as well as implementing the appropriate capital structure and raising equity and third-party debt for these businesses in Australia, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, USA and New Zealand.

Over the past 20 years in these businesses, Graeme led and completed more than 20 acquisition and divestment transactions including the sale of Nextgen Networks to Vocus for $820 million in 2016 and the sale of Metronode to Equinix for $1.04 billion in 2018. In his role as Chairman of Uniti Group Limited (ASX: UWL), he led the company from a market capitalisation of $30 million at IPO in February 2019 to the successful divestment via a Scheme of Arrangement to a consortium of investors led by HRL Morrison and Brookfield Asset Management at an enterprise value of $3.8 billion in August 2022.

Included in his prior board appointments are: Arqiva Limited (institutionally owned UK telecommunications infrastructure group), Chairman of the main board and of the Audit and Risk committee for Nextgen group (Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan majority owned fibre network and data centre owner), NED and member of the Audit and Risk Committee of Axicom Group (institutionally owned mobile tower operator), and Chairman of Uniti Group Limited (ASX:UWL) (fibre to the premise network owner).

Graeme was appointed to the Codan board in 2015 and became Chairman in February 2023.

Graeme holds an honours economics degree, is a Chartered Accountant, a fellow of FINSIA and a member of AICD.

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Alf Ianniello

Wharton GCP, GradCertMgmt, BEng(Electronics)
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Alf joined Codan as the Managing Director and CEO in January 2022, bringing with him extensive international experience in the packaging, defence and automotive industries, most notably holding senior positions with Schefenacker Vision Systems and British Aerospace. This international experience saw Alf manage major facilities in China, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, and South Africa.

Prior to this appointment, Alf was CEO of the Adelaide-based Detmold Group for 14 years and positioned Detmold to become a leading international packaging solutions provider with revenues reaching US$450 million. Alf has also held board positions with SME’s, Tertiary Institutions and Local Government.

Alf attended the Wharton Business School Global CEO Program at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Management and Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) from the University of South Australia and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Kathy Gramp

BA (Acc), CA, FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of Board Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee

Kathy was appointed to the board of Codan in November 2015. She has had a long and distinguished executive career and over 24 years of board experience across a diverse range of complex organisations and industry sectors. She has significant experience as Chair of Audit & Risk Committees.

Prior to joining Codan, Kathy was CFO of Austereo Ltd. She joined Austereo in 1989 and retired in June 2011. In that time the company grew from 2 radio stations to the largest commercial radio network in Australia, and the leader in Digital and Online Media. Leadership roles and responsibilities included business planning & re-engineering, debt & equity raising, acquisitions & integration, capital investment, major IT projects, corporate governance, risk management, financial management, tax & accounting, change management and investor & key stakeholder relations. Further experience was gained through exposure to international markets such as Greece, UK, USA, South Africa, Argentina, Malaysia, and New Zealand.

Kathy was a Director of Uniti Group Limited (ASX:UWL), Chair of Audit & Risk Committee and member of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee until August 2022. Uniti, a diversified provider of telecommunication services, listed in February 2019 and through acquisition and organic growth, increased its enterprise value from around $30 million at the time of listing to $3.8 billion in August 2022 when the business was sold to a consortium of financial investors. She is a Director of QANTM IP Limited (ASX: QIP), appointed 11 May 2022 and also serves as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. QANTM is the owner of a group of leading intellectual property and trademark services businesses operating in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Kathy holds a BA Accounting, is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a member of Chief Executive Women.

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Sarah Adam-Gedge

BBus (Acc), CA, GAICD, Member IoD (NZ)
Independent Non-Executive Director

Sarah was appointed to the Board in February 2023. She has expertise in digital and technology businesses with an executive background that includes 12 years at IBM Global Business Services, and 8 years as CEO of Avanade Australia, Publicis Sapient Australia and Wipro Limited Australia and New Zealand.

Sarah has extensive international experience as a result of leadership roles in global information technology companies, and significant experience driving growth initiatives, working with customers and in different markets. Prior to joining IBM, Sarah was a Consulting Managing Partner at PWC, and Audit and Business Consulting Partner at Arthur Andersen. Sarah is a Chartered Accountant and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

She is a Director of Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) where she serves as Deputy Chairman, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. She is also on the board of Cricket Australia as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cricket Advisory Committee.

 

 

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Heith Mackay-Cruise

BA (Econ), FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director

Heith was appointed to the Board in March 2023 and has been involved in the media, education and technology sectors over the past 25 years.

Heith is currently the non-executive Chair of Straker Translations Limited (ASX:STG), a global artificial intelligence and machine learning business, and a non-executive Director of Southern Cross Media Group Limited (ASX:SXL) where he is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee and Chair of the People & Culture Committee. Heith is also a non-executive National Director of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Heith is a previous non-executive Chair of LiteracyPlanet, hipages Group (ASX:HPG) and the Vision Australia Foundation as well as a previous non-executive Director of LifeHealthcare and Bailador Technology Investments (ASX:BTI). In Heith’s prior executive career, he was the founding CEO of Sterling Early Education, the Global CEO and Managing Director of Study Group, and CEO for PBL Media New Zealand. Heith also held senior executive positions with Australian Consolidated Press and worked in sales and marketing roles for PepsiCo around Australia.

Heith is a mentor with Kilfinan Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of New England.

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Graeme Barclay

MAICD, F Fin, CA, MA (Hons)
Chairman

Graeme is a former CEO and Chartered Accountant with more than 35 years’ experience in professional services, investment banking, broadcast infrastructure and telecommunications.

Over the past 20 years Graeme has held Executive Chairman or Group CEO roles at BAI Communications, Transit Wireless LLC (New York), Nextgen Networks, Metronode data centres and Axicom group (formerly Crown Castle Australia), and for 8 years during this period was also an executive director in Macquarie Group’s infrastructure team. In these roles, Graeme was responsible for all aspects of strategy, M&A, sales and business development, contract delivery and operations, as well as implementing the appropriate capital structure and raising equity and third-party debt for these businesses in Australia, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, USA and New Zealand.

Over the past 20 years in these businesses, Graeme led and completed more than 20 acquisition and divestment transactions including the sale of Nextgen Networks to Vocus for $820 million in 2016 and the sale of Metronode to Equinix for $1.04 billion in 2018. In his role as Chairman of Uniti Group Limited (ASX: UWL), he led the company from a market capitalisation of $30 million at IPO in February 2019 to the successful divestment via a Scheme of Arrangement to a consortium of investors led by HRL Morrison and Brookfield Asset Management at an enterprise value of $3.8 billion in August 2022.

Included in his prior board appointments are: Arqiva Limited (institutionally owned UK telecommunications infrastructure group), Chairman of the main board and of the Audit and Risk committee for Nextgen group (Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan majority owned fibre network and data centre owner), NED and member of the Audit and Risk Committee of Axicom Group (institutionally owned mobile tower operator), and Chairman of Uniti Group Limited (ASX:UWL) (fibre to the premise network owner).

Graeme was appointed to the Codan board in 2015 and became Chairman in February 2023.

Graeme holds an honours economics degree, is a Chartered Accountant, a fellow of FINSIA and a member of AICD.

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Alf Ianniello

Wharton GCP, GradCertMgmt, BEng(Electronics)
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Alf joined Codan as the Managing Director and CEO in January 2022, bringing with him extensive international experience in the packaging, defence and automotive industries, most notably holding senior positions with Schefenacker Vision Systems and British Aerospace. This international experience saw Alf manage major facilities in China, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, and South Africa.

Prior to this appointment, Alf was CEO of the Adelaide-based Detmold Group for 14 years and positioned Detmold to become a leading international packaging solutions provider with revenues reaching US$450 million. Alf has also held board positions with SME’s, Tertiary Institutions and Local Government.

Alf attended the Wharton Business School Global CEO Program at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in Management and Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic Engineering) from the University of South Australia and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

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Kathy Gramp

BA (Acc), CA, FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of Board Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee

Kathy was appointed to the board of Codan in November 2015. She has had a long and distinguished executive career and over 24 years of board experience across a diverse range of complex organisations and industry sectors. She has significant experience as Chair of Audit & Risk Committees.

Prior to joining Codan, Kathy was CFO of Austereo Ltd. She joined Austereo in 1989 and retired in June 2011. In that time the company grew from 2 radio stations to the largest commercial radio network in Australia, and the leader in Digital and Online Media. Leadership roles and responsibilities included business planning & re-engineering, debt & equity raising, acquisitions & integration, capital investment, major IT projects, corporate governance, risk management, financial management, tax & accounting, change management and investor & key stakeholder relations. Further experience was gained through exposure to international markets such as Greece, UK, USA, South Africa, Argentina, Malaysia, and New Zealand.

Kathy was a Director of Uniti Group Limited (ASX:UWL), Chair of Audit & Risk Committee and member of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee until August 2022. Uniti, a diversified provider of telecommunication services, listed in February 2019 and through acquisition and organic growth, increased its enterprise value from around $30 million at the time of listing to $3.8 billion in August 2022 when the business was sold to a consortium of financial investors. She is a Director of QANTM IP Limited (ASX: QIP), appointed 11 May 2022 and also serves as Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. QANTM is the owner of a group of leading intellectual property and trademark services businesses operating in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Malaysia.

Kathy holds a BA Accounting, is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a member of Chief Executive Women.

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Sarah Adam-Gedge

BBus (Acc), CA, GAICD, Member IoD (NZ)
Independent Non-Executive Director

Sarah was appointed to the Board in February 2023. She has expertise in digital and technology businesses with an executive background that includes 12 years at IBM Global Business Services, and 8 years as CEO of Avanade Australia, Publicis Sapient Australia and Wipro Limited Australia and New Zealand.

Sarah has extensive international experience as a result of leadership roles in global information technology companies, and significant experience driving growth initiatives, working with customers and in different markets. Prior to joining IBM, Sarah was a Consulting Managing Partner at PWC, and Audit and Business Consulting Partner at Arthur Andersen. Sarah is a Chartered Accountant and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

She is a Director of Austal Limited (ASX: ASB) where she serves as Deputy Chairman, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee and is a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. She is also on the board of Cricket Australia as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cricket Advisory Committee.

 

 

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Heith Mackay-Cruise

BA (Econ), FAICD
Independent Non-Executive Director

Heith was appointed to the Board in March 2023 and has been involved in the media, education and technology sectors over the past 25 years.

Heith is currently the non-executive Chair of Straker Translations Limited (ASX:STG), a global artificial intelligence and machine learning business, and a non-executive Director of Southern Cross Media Group Limited (ASX:SXL) where he is a member of the Audit & Risk Committee and Chair of the People & Culture Committee. Heith is also a non-executive National Director of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Heith is a previous non-executive Chair of LiteracyPlanet, hipages Group (ASX:HPG) and the Vision Australia Foundation as well as a previous non-executive Director of LifeHealthcare and Bailador Technology Investments (ASX:BTI). In Heith’s prior executive career, he was the founding CEO of Sterling Early Education, the Global CEO and Managing Director of Study Group, and CEO for PBL Media New Zealand. Heith also held senior executive positions with Australian Consolidated Press and worked in sales and marketing roles for PepsiCo around Australia.

Heith is a mentor with Kilfinan Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and has a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of New England.

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