Company: Brambles Limited Title: Brambles 2019 Annual General Meeting Date: 10 October 2019 Time: 2:00PM AEDT
Company: Brambles Limited Title: Brambles 2019 Annual General Meeting Date: 10 October 2019 Time: 2:00PM AEDT Start of Transcript Stephen Johns: Well, it’s two o’ clock. We might get underway, thank you. So, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Stephen Johns, your Chairman. It’s my pleasure to welcome you today, and to declare the 2019 Brambles AGM open. There are copies of the notice of meeting and of the minutes of our last AGM in the registration area. With your agreement, I propose to take the notice of meeting as read. Thank you. I would now like to introduce your Directors and senior executives. On my far left is Elizabeth Fagan, George El-Zoghbi, Brian Long, the Chairman of our Audit Committee, our Chief Financial Officer Nessa O’Sullivan, and our Chief Executive Officer, Graham Chipchase. From my far right is Jim Miller, Scott Perkins, Tahira Hassan, David Gosnell, Tony Froggatt, the Chairman of our Remuneration Committee, and Robert Gerrard, our Company Secretary. David is retiring at the conclusion of today’s meeting after serving for more than 10 years on the Board. I’ll make comments on David’s retirement in my formal address, but I’ll note now that David has made a significant contribution to the Board during his period of office, and we will miss him. Jim was appointed during the year and stands for election today. George and Tony stand for re-election, each of whom have the unanimous support of their fellow Directors. Long sitting with us in the front with us here, Sue Horlin and Eliza Penny from our external auditors PwC.
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