Alan Carpenter

Executive General Manager, Corporate Affairs

Alan Carpenter has an arts degree, majoring in politics, from the University of Western Australia.

He was appointed as Wesfarmers’ Executive General Manager, Corporate Affairs, in December, 2009.

Alan was Premier of Western Australia from January 2006 until September 2008 and, during eight years in Government, also served as Minister for State Development and Trade, Energy, Science and Innovation, Education and Training, Indigenous Affairs, Federal Affairs, Public Sector Management and Sport and Recreation. He spent a total of 13 years in the West Australian parliament. Prior to that he worked as a journalist with the Seven Network and ABC news and 7.30 Report. He has also lectured and tutored in Australian politics at the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle.

Alan also sits on the Board of the Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Australia (DADAA).

Ian McLeod

Managing Director, Coles

Ian joined Coles as Managing Director in May 2008 and is responsible for the Coles supermarkets, liquor and convenience businesses.

Prior to this, Ian was Chief Executive Officer of Halfords Group plc. Halfords is the UK's leading retailer of car parts, leisure and cycling products. In 2000 and 2001, Ian was on the Executive Board of Wal-Mart Germany as Chief Merchandise Officer and immediately before that was Managing Director of Asda's largest operating division with responsibility for 40 superstores and about 20,000 employees where he guided its performance to be the strongest in the company.

Prior to the Wal-Mart takeover in June 1999 Ian held various senior roles and Asda management board positions including Productivity Director, Trading Director responsible for Ambient Grocery (the company's biggest trading division) and Trading Director for bakery, frozen food, dairy and in-store restaurants. He was one of only two Asda managers promoted to this level after Archie Norman took over as Asda CEO.

Outside his experience in retail, Ian also spent two years as CEO of Celtic plc, the listed company controlling Celtic Football Club.

Ian completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 1999.

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John Gillam

Managing Director, Home Improvement and Office Supplies

John Gillam holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia; is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and also qualified as a chartered accountant.

He was appointed Managing Director of the Home Improvement division in August 2004 and became the Managing Director of the expanded Home Improvement and Office Supplies division in November 2007. He is also a director of a number of Wesfarmers group subsidiaries and related companies and a member of the Heartwell Foundation Board.

John commenced at Wesfarmers in 1997 in a commercial role in business development and then became Chief Financial Officer at Bunnings. John was appointed Company Secretary of Wesfarmers in July 2001 and subsequently Managing Director of CSBP in July 2002 before returning to Bunnings in 2004. Prior to Wesfarmers, John was General Manager of Medical Corporation Australia where he worked following his initial career in corporate finance and corporate recovery at KPMG.

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Launa Inman

Managing Director, Target

Launa Inman holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours and a Masters of Commerce in Strategy and Economics.

Launa was appointed Managing Director of Target in 2005, with leadership of 25,000 employees and more than 285 Target and Target Country stores.

Prior to this appointment Launa was Managing Director of Officeworks, responsible for more than 80 Officeworks Superstores and Officeworks BusinessDirect.

Launa previously held senior leadership roles in Australia's Big W and with large South African-based retail companies, Pages and Edgars.

Launa was awarded 2003 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year and winner of the Commonwealth Government Private and Corporate Sector Award. She completed the Advanced Management Program at Wharton in 2004. She is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Chief Executive Women Inc, Australian Institute of Management and World Retail Congress Advisory Board.

In March 2009 Launa joined the Board of The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation aimed at protecting children from violence.

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Guy Russo

Managing Director, Kmart

Guy was Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of McDonald's Australia between 1999 and 2005, and President of McDonald's Greater China region between 2005 and 2007. Guy started at McDonalds in 1974, working his way through the ranks while completing management development training at McDonald's in-house university as well as at Macquarie University Graduate School of Management in Sydney. He held all key operations positions within the Australian business including Regional Manager of the largest market, NSW/ACT, from 1991; in 1995 he became a Vice President of McDonald's Australia and in 1997 was appointed advisory director to the Australian Board. During this time he also served on numerous international task forces within the global corporation. After leaving McDonalds in 2007, Guy ran his own consulting firm advising public and private ventures with commercial interests in China, as well as other markets.

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Robert Scott

Managing Director, Wesfarmers Insurance

Rob Scott holds a Master of Applied Finance degree from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Australian National University. He has a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investments and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Rob worked for Wesfarmers in 1993/94 in the finance and accounting team. Before rejoining Wesfarmers in business development in 2004 he worked with Deutsche Bank AG in Hong Kong and Sydney in various investment banking roles. These roles involved cross border mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, financing and restructuring.

Rob was appointed Deputy Managing Director of Wesfarmers Insurance in February 2007 and Managing Director in July 2007. Rob is a director of a number of Wesfarmers group subsidiaries. Rob is also a director and Deputy President of the Insurance Council of Australia.

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Stewart Butel

Managing Director, Wesfarmers Resources

Stewart holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology), Graduate Diploma in Business, Diploma of Mining, and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. In addition he holds both NSW and QLD Mine Managers Certificates.

He has worked in the coal mining industry in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. He joined Wesfarmers in 2000 following Wesfarmers' acquisition of the Curragh mine. In June 2002 he was appointed Managing Director of Wesfarmers Premier Coal and in April 2005 became Director Coal Operations for Wesfarmers Energy. Stewart was appointed Managing Director of Wesfarmers Resources (formerly Wesfarmers Coal) in September 2006.

Stewart is a director of a number of Wesfarmers subsidiaries and is also on the board of the Queensland Resources Council. He was previously on the Executive Council of the WA Chamber of Mines and Energy and served on the South West Development Commission in Western Australia.

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Olivier Chretien

Managing Director, Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety

Olivier Chretien holds an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale Paris, France and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD.

Olivier has worked in logistics project management roles with an engineering contractor, Jacobs Serete. He then spent nine years in management consulting with The Boston Consulting Group in France and Australia. He joined Wesfarmers as General Manager Commercial, Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety in February 2006.

Olivier was appointed Managing Director of Wesfarmers Industrial and Safety in November 2007.

He is a director of a number of Wesfarmers Group subsidiaries and related companies.

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Ian Hansen

Managing Director, Chemicals and Fertilisers

Ian Hansen was appointed Managing Director of the Chemicals and Fertilisers division in October 2007.

Prior to this, Ian was General Manager of the division’s chemicals business where he was responsible for the commercial activities of the ammonia, ammonium nitrate, sodium cyanide and industrial chemicals businesses.

He has worked within the Chemicals and Fertilisers division for more than 20 years during which time he has held a wide range of operational and commercial management roles across the division.

Ian is a director of a number of Wesfarmers Group subsidiaries and is a board member of the Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association as well as the Australian Institute of Management in Western Australia.

He holds a Bachelor of Science with a double major in chemistry from the University of Western Australia and is a graduate of the INSEAD Advanced Management Program.

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Tom O'Leary

Managing Director, Wesfarmers Energy

Tom holds law degrees from the University of Western Australia and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

He joined Wesfarmers' Business Development team in 2000 and, following the acquisition of Howard Smith in 2001, project managed the integration of Bunnings and Hardwarehouse before returning to Business Development in 2002 as General Manager of the team. He has led a number of major acquisitions and divestments since that time, including the Coles acquisition, and was appointed Executive General Manager, Business Development and joined Wesfarmers' Executive Committee in 2006.

Prior to joining Wesfarmers, Tom worked in London for 10 years, initially in finance law with Allen & Overy, and then in investment banking and private equity at Japanese securities firms Nomura and Nikko.

In July 2009 Tom was appointed Managing Director of the Group's Energy Division. He is also a director of a number of Wesfarmers Group subsidiaries and related companies and has been a director of the Clontarf Foundation since 2006. The Clontarf Foundation is a not for profit organisation promoting education in the indigenous community.

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