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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
The Directors of Spark Infrastructure Holdings No. 1 Limited (“SIH
No. 1” or “Company”) as the parent entity of Spark Infrastructure
provide this financial report for the year ended 31 December 2008
(“Financial Year”) for the following entities:
• SIH No. 1 and its controlled entities;
• Spark Infrastructure Holdings No. 2 Limited (“SIH No. 2”)
and its controlled entities;
• Spark Infrastructure Trust (“Spark Trust”); and
• Spark Infrastructure Holdings International Limited
(“Spark International”);
(together the above entities form “Spark Infrastructure”)
In order to comply with the requirements of the Corporations Act
2001, the Directors report as follows:
Directors
The persons listed below were Directors of the Company as at the
date of this report:
Stephen Johns (Chairman)
Cheryl Bart, AO
John Dorrian
Andrew Hunter
Hing Lam Kam
Timothy Keith (appointed 17 March 2008)
Anne McDonald (appointed 1 January 2009)
Don Morley
Dominic Chan (Alternate Director, appointed 11 December 2008)
In addition, Shaun Mays was a Director until his resignation on
17 March 2008 and Peter St George until his resignation on
31 December 2008.
The Directors’ qualifications, experience and special responsibilities
are provided below:
Stephen Johns BEc, FCA
Chairman and Independent Director
(appointed 8 November 2005)
Mr Johns had a long executive career with Westfield where he
held a number of positions including that of Finance Director from
1985 to 2002. He was appointed an executive Director of Westfield
Holdings Limited and Westfield Trust in 1985 and Westfield America
Trust upon its listing in 1996. He became a non-executive Director
of the three Westfield boards in October 2003. He is currently
a non-executive Director of the Westfield Group, which resulted
from the merger of the three listed entities in July 2004.
Mr Johns was a non-executive Director of Brambles Industries
Limited and Brambles Industries plc from August 2004 to December
2006, at which time he became a non-executive Director of
Brambles Limited, the new holding company of the Brambles
Group following a corporate reorganisation which became effective in
December 2006. He is also a Director of Sydney Symphony Limited.
Cheryl Bart AO, BCom, LLB
Independent Director (appointed 8 November 2005)
Ms Bart is a lawyer and has been a non-executive Director on
the board of ETSA Utilities (“ETSA”) since 1995.
She has significant utilities industry experience and is
Chairman of the Audit Committee of ETSA and a member of its
Compliance Committee.
Her other current directorship positions include ANZ Trustees Ltd,
Economic Development Board (SA), Global Properties Limited,
Shaw of Australia, and the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation
Foundation. She is Chairman of the Environment Protection
Authority (EPA), South Australian Film Corporation, the Adelaide
Film Festival and the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund.
Her previous directorships include Sydney Ports Corporation,
the Australian Sports Foundation, Soccer Australia, and the
Information Economy Advisory Board.
Ms Bart is a member of the Audit and Risk Management
Committee (“ARMC”).
John Dorrian BA, FCA, MAICD
RREEF Board Appointee and Non-executive Director
(appointed 24 August 2007)
John Dorrian is a Managing Director of Deutsche Bank AG,
Head of RREEF Alternative Investments Australia and Head
of RREEF Infrastructure Investments, Asia Pacific. RREEF is
the alternative investment management division of Deutsche
Asset Management, a member of the Deutsche Bank Group.
He is an Executive Director of Deutsche Asset Management
(Australia) Limited and a non-executive Director of a number
of Australian companies including, Australia Pacific Airports
Corporation Limited, CHEDHA Holdings Pty Limited (“CHEDHA”),
the holding company of CitiPower and Powercor Australia
(“Powercor”), CitiPower, Powercor and ETSA, Northern Gas
Networks Holdings Limited (UK) and the Port of Geelong.
Mr Dorrian is a member of the ARMC.
Andrew Hunter MA, MBA, MICAS, MHKICPA
CKI Board Appointee and Non-executive Director
(appointed 1 December 2006)
Mr Hunter is currently an executive Director and Chief Operating
Officer of CKI. In addition, he serves as Chief Financial Officer of
Cheung Kong Holdings Limited and is an executive Director of
Hong Kong Electric (Holdings) Limited.
Mr Hunter has more than 24 years experience in accounting
and financial management and holds a range of directorships in
CKI related companies. He is a Director of CHEDHA, CitiPower,
Powercor and ETSA.
Mr Hunter was an alternate Director for Mr Kam during the year
and up until 13 February 2009.
Mr Hunter is a member of the ARMC.
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