About Us: Board of Directors
Hon. Mark Vaile
Non–Executive Director & Chairman of CBD
Mr Vaile was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia from June 2005 to November 2007. He was elected to the Australian Parliament in 1993 and resigned in July 2008. He was Minister for Trade from July 1999 to September 2006 and was responsible for negotiating Australia’s free trade agreements with the United States, Singapore and Thailand. He has held the ministerial portfolios of Transport and Regional Development (twice) and Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Mr Vaile was elected leader of the National Party in June 2005.
Mark is a Director of Virgin Airlines, Chairman of the Advisory Board of Pallisade Regional Infrastructure Fund, Director of Sinoz Asia Pacific, Director of Yi Er San Limited, Director of the Advisory Board of Rabo Bank and Director of Stamford Land Holdings Limited.
James Anderson
Non–Executive Director
Mr Anderson has had a long and extensive career in chartered accounting, investment banking and funds management.
James spent many years working for Ernst & Young in the U.S.A. and London.
He has held senior executive positions in structured finance with a number of investment banks, including Security Pacific Australia Ltd and Kleinwort Benson Australia Ltd, and was also a member of the Council of University of New South Wales.
More recently James has operated a boutique funds management business, A&T First 200 Fund.
He holds a B.Comm Hons, M. Comm and C.A.
Todd Barlow
Non–Executive Director
Mr Barlow is currently the Managing Director of Pitt Capital Partners. Todd has extensive experience in corporate finance, including: mergers and acquisitions, corporate investing, financial structuring, and capital raisings.
Todd is a qualified lawyer and has previously worked as a corporate lawyer in a major Australian law firm.
During his career, Todd has worked in Hong Kong and Sydney and advised local and international companies on transactions totalling more than $10 billion.
He holds a LLB (Hons) and a B.Bus
Gerry McGowan
Managing Director
Mr McGowan is a former executive of TNT and Mayne Nickless. He formed Impulse Transport Group in 1982 having won a contract with John Fairfax to distribute their products around Australia. Gerry acquired Travcour, a specialised travel industry courier in 1985, which he subsequently sold to Mayne Nickless in 1988. In 1992, he formed Impulse Airlines having bought a failed regional carrier from its administrators. Impulse grew to become the largest privately owned regional carrier in Australia. In 2000 Impulse became Australia’s third airline when it launched jet services between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Impulse employed approximately 1500 staff.
Qantas purchased Impulse in 2001 and subsequently relaunched the airline as Jetstar. Currently Gerry is Managing Director of CBD Energy. He has been involved in the company for four and a half years, initially as a Non-Executive Chairman. He became an executive in 2006 and led a restructure and turn around of the Group. He is also Executive Chairman of TRW Holdings Pty Limited, an investment company with exposure to the energy, primary production and aviation industries.
