Gordon Cairns
Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board
administrative
Woolworths Group Ltd
Australia
Biography
Mr. Gordon Mckellar Cairns, MA (Hons), serves as Non-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board of the Company effective September 1, 2015. Mr. Gordon has extensive Australian and international experience as a Chairman, director and senior executive. He has over 30 years' of food and retail experience, including his time as Chief Executive Officer of Lion Nathan, and as a senior manager in marketing, operations and finance roles with PepsiCo, Cadbury and Nestle. He has been Chairman of Origin Energy (Chairman since October 2013, director since 2007) and a director of Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank (since November 2014). Previously Chairman of David Jones (March 2014 to August 2014) and Rebel Group, and a director of Westpac Banking Corporation (July 2004 to December 2013).
Research Interest
Marketing
