• John Mullen
    Non-Executive Chair (Independent)

    Chair of the Nominations Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee

    Joined Brambles as a Non-Executive Director and Chair-elect in November 2019 and became Chair on 1 July 2020. He is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of Telstra, Non-Executive Director and Chair-elect of Treasury Wine Estates, a Director of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP and Senior Advisor of the unlisted entity, Toll Group. John will retire from the Telstra Board on 17 October 2023. Previously, John was CEO of Asciano, Australia’s largest ports and rail operator, from 2011 to 2016. Prior to that, John had a distinguished career with the DHL Group from 1994 to 2009, ultimately becoming CEO of DHL Express in 2006. He also served as a Director of Deutsche Post World Net, the parent company of DHL Express. Before joining DHL, John spent 10 years with the TNT Group, culminating in the role of CEO of TNT Express Worldwide, which he held from 1990 to 1994. He was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Brambles (from 2009 to 2011), and has also served as Chair of Toll Group and a director on the boards of Macquarie Airports Corporation, Embarq LLC (USA), Transportes Guipuzcoana (Spain) and Ducros Services Rapides (France). He was also Chair of the US National Foreign Trade Council in Washington from 2008 to 2010. John holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Surrey.

  • Kendra Banks
    Non-Executive Director (Independent)

    Member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committees

    Joined Brambles as a Non-Executive Director in May 2022. Kendra has extensive experience across the retail and technology sectors with a focus on customer insights, commercial management and digital marketing. Kendra is currently Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand for SEEK Limited. She joined SEEK in 2015 as its Marketing Director and, in 2017, became its Chief Commercial Officer before taking up her current role in 2018. Prior to joining SEEK, from 2004 to 2012, Kendra held a number of executive roles at Tesco in the UK including Marketing Director, Tesco.com and Pricing and Promotions Director. She joined Coles in 2012 where her roles included General Manager, Coles Brand (Private Label) and Customer Insight. Kendra started her career as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Kendra holds a Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Mathematics from Yale University and Master of Arts, European Political and Administrative Studies from the College of Europe.

  • Graham Chipchase
    Chief Executive Officer

    Chair of the Executive Leadership Team and member of the Nominations Committee

    Joined Brambles at the beginning of January 2017 as CEO Designate and became CEO on 20 February 2017. Prior to Brambles, Graham was CEO of Rexam plc, one of the world’s largest consumer packaging companies, from 2010 to June 2016. Graham had first joined Rexam in 2003 as Group Finance Director before moving to Group Director of Plastic Packaging. He left Rexam in June 2016, after Rexam was successfully acquired by Ball Corporation. Graham was a Non-Executive Director of AstraZeneca plc from 2012 until 2021, including being Chair of its Remuneration Committee from 2015 to 2020 and Senior Independent Director from 2019 to 2021. He holds an MA (Hons) Chemistry from Oriel College, Oxford, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

  • Elizabeth Fagan CBE
    Non-Executive Director (Independent)

    Member of the Audit & Risk, Remuneration and Nominations Committees

    Joined Brambles as a Non-Executive Director in June 2018. Elizabeth has extensive experience in the international retail sector. She is a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). Currently, she is Chair of the Board of D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership. Previously, she was the Non-Executive Chair of Boots UK & Ireland, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Boots, leading all Boots businesses across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Prior to that, she was Senior Vice President, Managing Director, International Retail for Walgreens Boots Alliance, from the Company’s creation in December 2014 to 2016, Marketing Director of Boots and Managing Director of Boots Opticians, and previously worked for Boots as Group Buyer from 1983 to 1991. Before rejoining the Boots business in 2006, Elizabeth worked for DSG International plc for 10 years, where she held a number of senior positions, including Marketing Director, Group Marketing Director and Managing Director of The Link. She holds a Bachelor of Science, Biochemistry, from Strathclyde University and an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Nottingham Trent University.

  • Ken McCall
    Non-Executive Director (Independent)

    Member of the Audit & Risk and Nominations Committees

    Joined Brambles as a Non-Executive Director in July 2020. Ken’s background is in global network management, international logistics and supply chain, having held leadership positions including Chief Executive, DHL Express UK & Ireland, from 2008 to 2010, and Managing Director, Networks and Operations, DHL Express Europe, which consolidated his extensive experience of continental Europe. He lived and worked in China during his time with TNT NV, as CEO TNT China, 2004 to 2007, and CEO TNT Asia, Middle East, Africa & Indian Subcontinent, 1996 to 2004. More recently, Ken served as Deputy Group CEO at Europcar Mobility Group from 2016 to 2019, having previously held the roles of Group COO and Group Managing Director for the UK. Ken has more than 10 years’ experience as a Non-Executive Director. He served on the board of global fashion retailer SuperDry plc from 2010 to 2016 and was a member of its Audit and Remuneration Committees, and on the board of Post Office Limited from 2016 to January 2022 at which he was Senior Independent Non-Executive Director, Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Nominations and Audit, Risk and Compliance Committees. Ken is a member of the Chartered Institute of Transport and Logistics, Singapore.

  • Jim Miller
    Non-Executive Director (Independent)

    Member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committees

    Joined Brambles as a Non-Executive Director in March 2019. Jim has extensive operational and crossfunctional supply chain experience in digital technology. Jim is currently a Non-Executive Director of The RealReal, a US e-commerce company, and LivePerson, a global technology company that develops conversational commerce and AI software. Jim has held a number of senior executive roles, including Chief Technical Officer with US-based e-commerce company Wayfair Inc. from 2020 to June 2022, and Vice President, Worldwide Operations for Google Inc. from 2010 to 2018, where he was responsible for global operations, planning, supply chain and new product introduction for Google’s IT infrastructure and Google Fiber. Previously, he was Executive Vice President, Industrial, Automotive and Multi-Media for Sanmina Corporation from 2009 to 2010, where he was responsible for its industrial, clean tech, multi-media and automotive businesses. Prior to that, he held various executive roles at Cisco Systems, and was Vice President Global Supply Chain for Amazon where he was responsible for the inception of its supply chain organisation. He has also held various executive roles at IBM and Intel. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, from Purdue University, and a Master of Science and Engineering and a Master of Science and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  • Scott Perkins
    Non-Executive Director (Independent)

    Chair of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit & Risk and Nominations Committees

    Joined Brambles as a Non-Executive Director in June 2015. Scott is currently Chair of Origin Energy and of Woolworths Group. Scott has extensive experience in corporate strategy, capital markets and investment banking. He held senior executive leadership positions at Deutsche Bank from 1999 to 2013, including as Managing Director and Head of Corporate Finance for Australia and New Zealand and as a member of the Asia-Pacific Management Committee. Scott is also active in the charity and public policy sector as the founder or director of a number of organisations. Scott holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours degree from the University of Auckland.

  • Priya Rajagopalan
    Non-Executive Director (Independent)

    Member of the Audit & Risk and Nominations Committees

    Joined Brambles as a Non-Executive Director on 1 November 2022. Priya is currently Chief Product Officer for FourKites, a leading logistics technology firm based in Chicago, USA, which provides realtime supply chain visibility solutions to its global customers. Priya was a founding product leader of FourKites and has led its product and sales growth strategies since 2016. She has over two decades of experience in product management, marketing and strategy, most recently in digital platforms for global supply chains. Previously, she held a number of product management roles for the Metadata Business Group of TiVo (previously Rovi) and Flexera Software. Priya holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Madras and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

  • Nora Scheinkestel
    Non-Executive Director (Independent)

    Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and member of the Nominations Committee

    Joined Brambles as a Non-Executive Director in June 2020 and became Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee on 20 August 2020. Nora is currently a Non-Executive Director of Westpac Banking Corporation and Origin Energy. She is an experienced company director with 30 years’ experience as a Non-Executive Chair and Director of companies in a wide range of industry sectors, including the public, government and private sectors. A former banking executive, Nora has extensive financial and risk management expertise, including having chaired the audit and risk committees of a number of listed companies. She is a published author, has worked as an Associate Professor in the Melbourne Business School at Melbourne University and is a former member of the Takeovers Panel. She was awarded a centenary medal for services to Australian society in business leadership. Nora holds a Doctor of Philosophy and a Bachelor of Law (Hons) from the University of Melbourne and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

A portrait photograph of Brambles' Chief Executive Officer, Graham Chipchase

Executive Leadership Team