FI NANCIAL REPORTS
DIRECTORS’ REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2009
The Directors of DEXUS Funds Management Limited (DXFM) as
Responsible Entity of DEXUS Diversified Trust (the Trust) and its
consolidated entities, DEXUS Property Group (DXS), present
their Directors’ Report together with the Consolidated Financial
Statements for the year ended 30 June 2009.
The Trust together with DEXUS Industrial Trust, DEXUS Office
Trust and DEXUS Operations Trust form the DEXUS Property
Group stapled security.
1. Directors and Secretaries
1.1 Directors
The following persons were Directors or Alternate Directors of DXFM
at any time during or since the end of the year to the date of this
Directors’ report, unless otherwise stated:
Directors Appointed Resigned
Christopher T Beare 4 August 2004
Elizabeth A Alexander AM 1 January 2005
Barry R Brownjohn 1 January 2005
John C Conde AO 29 April 2009
Stewart F Ewen OAM 4 August 2004
Victor P Hoog Antink 1 October 2004
Charles B Leitner III 10 March 2005 29 April 2009
Brian E Scullin 1 January 2005
Peter B St George 29 April 2009
Alternate Director
Andrew J Fay for
Charles B Leitner III
30 January 2006 29 April 2009
Particulars of the qualifications, experience and special responsibilities
of current Directors at the date of this Directors’ Report are set out in
the Directors section of the Annual Report and form part of this
Directors’ Report.
1.2 Company Secretaries
The names and details of the Company Secretaries of DXFM as at
30 June 2009 are as follows:
Tanya L Cox MBA MAICD FCIS (Company Secretary)
Appointed: 1 October 2004
Tanya is the Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary of DXFM
and is responsible for the delivery of company secretarial, operational,
information technology, communications and administration services, as
well as operational risk management systems and practices across the
group. Prior to joining DEXUS in July 2003, Tanya held various general
management positions over the past 15 years, including Director and
Chief Operating Officer of NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Ltd and
General Manager – Finance, Operations and IT for Bank of New Zealand
(Australia). Tanya is Chair of the Property Council of Australia National
Risk Committee and the Australian Athletes with a Disability. Tanya is a
director of the Music and Opera Singers Trust and the AGSM Alumni
Advisory Board. Tanya is a member of the Australian Institute of
Company Directors and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) and Chartered Secretaries
Australia (CSA). Tanya has an MBA from the Australian Graduate School
of Management and a Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance.
Tanya is Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary of DXFM,
DEXUS Holdings Pty Limited (DXH) and DEXUS Wholesale Property
Limited (DWPL) and is a member of the Board Compliance Committee.
John C Easy B Comm LLB ACIS (Company Secretary)
Appointed: 1 July 2005
John is the General Counsel and joint company secretary of DXFM.
During his time with the group he has been involved in the
establishment and public listing of the Deutsche Office Trust, the
acquisition of the Paladin and AXA property portfolios, and subsequent
stapling and creation of the DEXUS Property Group. Prior to joining
DEXUS in November 1997, John was employed as a senior associate in
the commercial property/funds management practices of law firms
Allens Arthur Robinson and Gilbert & Tobin. John graduated from the
University of New South Wales with Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of
Commerce (Major in Economics) degrees. He is a member of
Chartered Secretaries Australia and holds a Graduate Diploma in
Applied Corporate Governance.
John is General Counsel and Company Secretary for DXFM, DXH and
DWPL and is a member of the Board Compliance Committee.
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