About Us

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  Paula Dwyer
  Chairman since June 2011 and Non Executive Director since August 2005

  Bachelor of Commerce; Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia; Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD); Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia

  Paula Dwyer is a Director of Suncorp Group Limited and Leighton Holdings Limited. She is also a Member of the Takeovers Panel and Deputy Chairman of the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute.

  Ms Dwyer had an executive career in finance holding senior positions in investment management, investment banking and chartered accounting with Ord Minnett (now JP Morgan) and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

  Ms Dwyer was formerly a director of Foster's Group Limited, Healthscope Limited, David Jones Limited, Astro Japan Property Group Limited and is a former member of the Victorian Casino and Gaming Authority and of the Victorian Gaming Commission from 1993 to 1995.

  Ms Dwyer is Chairman of the Victorian Joint Venture Management Committee and Chairman of the Tabcorp Nomination Committee. She is a member of the Tabcorp Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and Tabcorp Remuneration Committee.

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  David Attenborough
  Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer since June 2011

  Bachelor of Science; Masters of Business Administration (Honors)

  David Attenborough joined Tabcorp in April 2010 as Managing Director - Wagering. He became Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer when Tabcorp’s demerger of Echo Entertainment Group Limited was completed in June 2011.

  Mr Attenborough was previously the Chief Executive Officer (South Africa) of Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Limited, the leading wagering operator in South Africa. His previous experience also includes the development of casino, bookmaking and gaming opportunities for British bookmaking company Ladbrokes (formerly part of the Hilton Group Plc).

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  Jane Hemstritch
  Non Executive Director since November 2008

  Bachelor of Science (First Class Honors); Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia; Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; Fellow of AICD; Member of Chief Executive Women Inc.

  Jane Hemstritch is a Director of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Lend Lease Group and Santos Limited. She is also a Director of the Victorian Opera Company, Deputy Chairman of The Global Foundation, a Member of the Research and Policy Council for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia, and a Member of the Council of the National Library of Australia.

  Mrs Hemstritch was Managing Director - Asia Pacific for Accenture Limited where she was a member of Accenture’s global executive leadership team and headed up its business portfolio in Asia Pacific spanning twelve countries.

  Mrs Hemstritch is Chairman of the Tabcorp Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and a member of the Tabcorp Nomination Committee.

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  Justin Milne
  Non Executive Director since August 2011

  Bachelor of Arts; Member of AICD

  Justin Milne is a Director of Basketball Australia Limited and Commissioner of the National Basketball League. He is also Chairman of pieNETWORKS Limited, a Director of Quickflix Limited, a Board Member of the Sydney Children’s Hospital Advisory Network and Chairman of the Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation Building Appeal.

  Mr Milne had an executive career in telecommunications, marketing and media. From 2002 to 2010 he was Group Managing Director of Telstra’s broadband and media businesses, and headed up Telstra’s BigPond New Media businesses in China. He is also a former Chief Executive Officer of OzEmail and the Microsoft Network.

  Mr Milne is a member of the Tabcorp Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and Tabcorp Nomination Committee.

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  Zygmunt Switkowski
  Non Executive Director since October 2006

  Bachelor of Science (Honors); PhD (Nuclear Physics); Fellow of AICD

  Zygmunt Switkowski is a Director of Suncorp Group Limited, Oil Search Limited and Lynas Corporation Limited. He is also Chancellor of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Chairman of Opera Australia. He is a former director of Healthscope Limited and is the immediate past Chairman of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.

  Dr Switkowski was the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Telstra Corporation Limited from 1999 to 2005, and is a former Chief Executive Officer of Optus Communications. He worked for Kodak (Australasia) for 18 years, serving as the Chairman and Managing Director from 1992 to 1996.

  Dr Switkowski is Chairman of the Tabcorp Remuneration Committee. He is also a member of the Tabcorp Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and Tabcorp Nomination Committee.

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  Steven Gregg
  Will be appointed as a Non Executive Director following receipt of all necessary regulatory approvals

  Bachelor of Commerce
  
  Steven Gregg is a Director of Goodman Fielder Limited, Chairman of Austock Group Limited, and a Director of thoroughbred bloodstock company William Inglis & Son Limited. He is also Consultant and Senior Adviser to the Grant Samuel Group and a Director of The Lorna Hodgkinson Sunshine Home.
  
  Mr Gregg had an executive career in investment banking and management consulting, having held senior executive roles including Senior Executive Vice President, Global Head Investment Banking with ABN Amro Bank, and Partner and Senior Adviser to McKinsey Group.

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