Board of Directors

Board of Directors


The Westfield Group Board is common to each of Westfield Holdings Limited and the responsible entities of Westfield Trust and Westfield America Trust (the Westfield
Group Board).

Mr Frank P Lowy AC

Mr Frank P Lowy AC
Chairman
Frank Lowy is executive chairman and co-founder of the Westfield Group. He is the founder and chairman of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, a member of The Brookings Institution’s International Advisory Council, chairman of Football Federation Australia, and a member of the FIFA World Cup Organising Committee. Mr Lowy is chairman of the Westfield Group Nomination Committee.

 

Mr David H Lowy AM

Mr David H Lowy AM
Deputy Chairman
David Lowy was appointed non-executive deputy chairman of Westfield Holdings Limited in June 2000.  He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of NSW.  Mr Lowy joined Westfield in 1977 and was appointed executive director in 1981 and became managing director in 1987, a position he held until June 2000.  He is a principal of LFG Holdings, a director of Consolidated Media Holdings Limited and Crown Limited and the founder and president of Temora Aviation Museum.  Mr Lowy is chairman of the Westfield Group Board Risk Management Committee.

Mr Roy L Furman

Mr Roy L Furman
Roy Furman was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in July 2004 following the merger of Westfield Holdings Limited with Westfield Trust and Westfield America Trust.  He holds a degree in law from Harvard Law School.  Mr Furman is based in the US and is vice chairman of Jefferies and Company and chairman of Jefferies Capital Partners, a group of private equity funds.  In 1973 he co-founded Furman Selz – an international investment banking, institutional brokerage and money management firm and was its CEO until 1997.  Mr Furman is a member of the Westfield Group Remuneration Committee.

The Right Honourable Lord Goldsmith QC PC

The Right Honourable Lord Goldsmith QC PC
Lord (Peter) Goldsmith was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in August 2008.  Lord Goldsmith is a partner in the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.  For six years until June 2007, Lord Goldsmith served as the United Kingdom’s Attorney General.  Lord Goldsmith was created a Life Peer in 1999 and a Privy Counsellor in 2002.  He remains a member of the House of Lords.  Lord Goldsmith holds a degree in law from Cambridge University and a Master of Laws from University College London.  In 1987, Lord Goldsmith was appointed Queens’ Counsel.  He has been a Crown Court Recorder since 1987 and a Deputy High Court Judge since 1994.  Lord Goldsmith’s other positions include Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales and Chairman of the Financial Reporting Review Panel.
 

Mr David M Gonski AC

Mr David M Gonski AC
David Gonski was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1985.  He holds degrees in law and commerce from the University of NSW.  Mr Gonski is chairman of Investec Bank Australia Limited, Coca-Cola Amatil Limited and ASX Limited and a director of Singapore Airlines Limited.  He is also chairman of Sydney Grammar School, the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) and Chancellor of the University of NSW.  Mr Gonski is a member of the Westfield Group Audit & Compliance Committee, Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee.

Professor Frederick G Hilmer AO

Professor Frederick G Hilmer AO
Frederick Hilmer was appointed a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1991.  He holds degrees in law from the Universities of Sydney and Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance.  Professor Hilmer became vice-chancellor and president of the University of NSW (UNSW) in June 2006.  From 1998 until November 2005, he was chief executive officer and a director of John Fairfax Holdings Limited.  Between 1989 and 1997, he was Dean and Professor of Management at the Australian Graduate School of Management (UNSW).  Professor Hilmer is chairman of the Westfield Group Audit & Compliance Committee and Remuneration Committee and is the lead independent director.

Mr Stephen P Johns

Mr Stephen P Johns
Stephen Johns was appointed an executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited and Westfield Management Limited in 1985 and of Westfield America Management Limited in 1996.  He held a number of positions within Westfield, including Group Finance Director from 1985 to 2002, and became a non-executive director of the three Westfield entities in October 2003. Mr Johns holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.  He is also chairman of the Spark Infrastructure Group, a director of Brambles Limited and Sydney Symphony Limited. Mr Johns is a member of the Westfield Group Audit & Compliance Committee and Risk Management Committee.

Mr Peter S Lowy

Mr Peter S Lowy
Peter Lowy was appointed managing director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1997 and currently serves as group managing director of the Westfield Group.  He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of NSW.  Prior to joining Westfield in 1983, Mr Lowy worked in investment banking both in London and New York. He serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Governors for National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and he is a member of the management board of the European Public Real Estate Association. He also serves on the RAND Corporation Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the board of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia).

 

Mr Steven M Lowy

Mr Steven M Lowy
Steven Lowy was appointed managing director of Westfield Holdings in 1997 and currently serves as group managing director of the Westfield Group.  Mr Lowy holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of NSW. Prior to joining Westfield in 1987, he worked in investment banking in the US. Mr Lowy is President of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.  He is Chairman of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute; a director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy; a member of the Prime Minister’s Business-Government Advisory Group on National Security; and Chairman of the Board of Management for the Associate Degree of Policing Practice NSW (ADPP).

Mr John McFarlane

Mr John McFarlane
John McFarlane was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in February 2008.  He holds a Master of Arts degree from the University of Edinburghand an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.  Mr McFarlane is a director of Old Oak Holdings Limited (UK) and The Royal Bank of Scotland and is a member of Consolidated Press Holdings Advisory Board.  He is the former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Australian & New Zealand Banking Group Limited and his previous appointments include Group Executive Director of Standard Chartered Plc, Head of Citibank in the UK and Director of the London Stock Exchange.

Professor Judith Sloan

Professor Judith Sloan
Judith Sloan was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in February 2008.  She is a Commissioner of the Productivity Commission and the Australian Fair Pay Commission, Chairman of Babcock & Brown Communities Limited and a director of Santos Limited.  She holds a degree in Economics from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Arts degree in Economics specialising in Industrial Relations, also from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics.  Professor Sloan has held academic appointments at the University of Melbourne and Flinders University and is a member of the Board of the Lowy Institute for International Policy.  Her previous appointments include Deputy Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Director of Mayne Group Limited (now known as Symbion Health Limited).

Dr Gary H Weiss

Dr Gary H Weiss
Gary Weiss was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in July 2004, having served as a non-executive director of Westfield Management Limited since 2002.  He holds a masters degree in law, as well as a Doctor of Juridical Science (JSD) from Cornell University, New York.  Dr Weiss is an executive director of Guinness Peat Group plc, chairman of Coats plc and Ariadne Australia Limited, a director of Tag Pacific Limited and Premier Investments Limited.  Dr Weiss is a member of the Westfield Group Board Risk Management Committee.

Ms Carla M Zampatti AM

Ms Carla M Zampatti AM
Carla Zampatti was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1997.  She is executive chairman of the Carla Zampatti Group, chairman of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a trustee of the Sydney Theatre Company Foundation Trust and a member of the Board of the Australian Multicultural Foundation.  She is a former Director of McDonald’s Australia Limited.  Ms Zampatti is a member of the Westfield Group Nomination Committee.