The Board

H Kevin McCann AM
Independent Non-executive Chairman

Kevin McCann joined the Board as Chairman in February 2000. He is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit, Remuneration, and Health, Safety and Environment, committees.

Kevin is Lead Independent Director of Macquarie Group Limited; a director of Macquarie Bank Limited. He is serving as acting Chairman of both companies from 1 December 2008 to 31 August 2009 and is a director of BlueScope Steel Limited. Kevin is also the Chairman of the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust a Commonwealth agency. He is a member of the Takeovers Panel, Council Member of the National Library of Australia; Councillor of the NSW Division, Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee of the AICD.

His community activities include Chairmanship of the Development Council of the National Library of Australia and the Law Foundation, University of Sydney. Kevin was a partner of Allens Arthur Robinson (and its predecessor firm Allen Allen & Hemsley) from 1970 to 2004 and Chairman of Partners from 1995 to 2004.

He was previously Chairman of Healthscope Limited (a listed integrated health provider), a director of Pioneer International Limited, (building materials and products), Ampol Limited (refiner and retailer of petroleum products) and the State Rail Authority of New South Wales and served on the Defence Procurement Advisory Board (advising the Defence Material Organisation on defence procurement policy).

Kevin has a Bachelor of Arts and Law (Honours) from Sydney University and a Master of Law from Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Grant A King
Managing Director

Grant King was appointed Managing Director of Origin Energy at the time of its demerger from Boral Limited, in February 2000, and was Managing Director of Boral Energy from 1994. Prior to joining Boral, he was General Manager, AGL Gas Companies. Grant is Chairman of Contact Energy Limited (since October 2004), a councillor of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, a former director of Envestra Limited (1997-2007) and former Chairman of the Energy Supply Association of Australia Limited. Grant has a Civil Engineering Degree and a Master of Management.

Bruce G Beeren
Non-executive Director

Bruce Beeren joined the Board as an executive director in March 2000. He retired from this position on 31 January 2005 and continues on the Origin Energy Board as a non-executive director. He is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nomination committees. With over 30 years experience in the energy industry, he was Chief Executive Officer of VENCorp, the Victorian gas system operator, and held several senior management positions at AGL, including Chief Financial Officer. He is a director of Contact Energy (since October 2004), Coal & Allied Industries Limited (since July 2004), Equipsuper Pty Limited (since August 2002) and ConnectEast Group (since March 2009). He is a former director of Envestra Limited (2000-2007) and Veda Advantage Limited (2004-2007). Bruce has degrees in Science and Commerce and a Master of Business Administration. He is a Fellow of CPA Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Trevor Bourne
Independent Non-executive Director

Trevor Bourne joined the Board in February 2000. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nomination and Health, Safety & Environment committees. He retired in December 2003 as Chief Executive Officer of Tenix Investments Pty Limited, prior to which he was Managing Director of Brambles Australia Limited. Trevor is Chairman of Hastie Group Limited (since November 2004) and a director of Caltex Australia Limited (since March 2006). He is a former director of Coates Hire Limited (2004-2008) and Lighting Corporation Limited (2004-2008). He has a Mechanical Engineering degree and a Master of Business Administration.

Helen M Nugent AO
Independent Non-executive Director

Helen Nugent joined the Board in March 2003 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination committees. An experienced professional non-executive director, she is currently Chairman of Swiss Re Life and Health (Australia) and Funds SA. She is also a non-executive director of Macquarie Group Limited (since August 2007), Macquarie Bank Limited (since June 1999) as well as Freehills. She is also Chancellor of Bond University.

Previously, she was a director of UNiTAB (1999-2006), Director of Strategy at Westpac Banking Corporation and a partner with McKinsey & Company, specialising in financial services and mining. Helen has a Bachelor of Arts degree (Honours) and a Doctorate of Philosophy. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Roland Williams CBE
Independent Non-executive Director

Roland Williams joined the Board in February 2000. He is Chairman of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee and a member of the Audit and Nomination committees. He retired in June 1999 as Chairman and Chief Executive of Shell Australia Limited prior to which he was Managing Director, Shell International Gas, and President, Shell Coal International. Roland is a director of Boral Limited (since 1999) and holds a Chemical Engineering degree (Honours) and a Doctorate of Philosophy. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Institution of Chemical Engineers and a Companion of the Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers.

Gordon M Cairns
Independent Non-executive Director

Gordon Cairns joined the Board on 1 June 2007 and is a member of the Remuneration, Nomination and Health, Safety and Environment committees. He has extensive Australian and international experience as a senior executive, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of Lion Nathan Limited, and has held senior management positions in marketing and finance with Pepsico, Cadbury Schweppes and Nestlé.

Gordon is currently a director of Westpac Banking Corporation (since July 2004), The Centre for Independent Studies and World Education Australia and is a senior advisor to McKinsey & Company and Caliburn Partnership. He holds a Master of Arts (Honours) from the University of Edinburgh.

Karen Moses
Executive Director, Finance and Strategy

Karen Moses joined the board as an executive director in March 2009. As Executive Director, Finance and Strategy she is responsible for the finance, tax and accounting functions, our interactions with capital markets and information technology. In addition to corporate strategy and transactional activity, she has oversight of overall Origin risk including operational HSE, commodity risk, compliance and insurance. Prior to joining Origin, Karen previously held development and trading roles in the Exxon Group (1983-1994).

Karen is currently a Director of Energy and Water Ombudsman (Victoria) Limited (since October 2005), Australian Energy Market Operator Limited (since July 2009) and Contact Energy Limited (since October 2004) and chairs Contact’s HSE Committee. Karen is a former director of VENCorp (2007-2009) and the Australian Energy Market Operator (Transitional) Limited (September 2008 – July 2009). Karen holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Diploma of Education from the University of Sydney. Karen is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Chief Executive Women.

John H Akehurst
Independent Non-executive Director

John Akehurst joined the Board in April 2009. His executive career was in the upstream oil and gas and LNG industries initially with Royal Dutch Shell and then as Chief Executive of Woodside Petroleum Limited.

John is currently a member of the Board of the Reserve bank of Australia and a director of CSL Limited, the University of Western Australia Business School and the Curtin University Sustainable Development Institute. He is chairman of the National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases and of the Fortitude Foundation, a former chairman of Alinta Limited and Coogee Resources Limited and a former director of Oil Search Limited. He holds a Masters in Engineering Science from Oxford University and is a fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.