Board and leadership team

John Stanhope
BCom (Economics and Accounting), FCPA, FCA, FAICD, FAIM, FAHRI
Chairman (non-executive)

John Stanhope was appointed chairman of Australia Post in November 2012 (current term expires in November 2016), and has extensive experience in finance, treasury, risk management and assurance, investor relations and corporate security and investigations. Mr Stanhope is currently chairman of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, a director of AGL Energy Limited, the Bionics Institute and Our Neighbourhood and council member of Deakin University. He was previously chief financial officer and group managing director, finance of Telstra and an executive director of Telstra.

Brendan Fleiter
LLB, B.Juris. MAICD
Deputy Chairman (non-executive)

Brendan Fleiter has been a member of the Australia Post board since October 2011, and was appointed deputy chairman in May 2013 (current term expires May 2017). Mr Fleiter is a former CEO of Crazy John's Group and is a qualified lawyer with extensive retail and telecommunications business experience. Mr Fleiter is currently the deputy chair of Methodist Ladies' College and Chair of its Foundation and is a non-executive director of Volleyball Victoria, Our Neighbourhood, The Ilhan Food Allergy Foundation and Kennards Hire.

Ahmed Fahour
BEcon (Hons), MBA, FAICD
Managing Director & Group CEO

Ahmed Fahour was appointed managing director & group CEO of Australia Post in February 2010. He has held a number of senior executive positions within the finance and banking industries in Australia and overseas and was previously CEO of Citigroup (Australia and New Zealand) and National Australia Bank (Australia) and is the former chairman of Rip Curl Group. Mr Fahour is currently a director of Methodist Ladies' College, Our Neighbourhood, Carlton Football Club and Pro-Pac Packaging.

Susan Bitter
BEc (Hons), Dip App Fin&Inv, FICA, MAICD
Director (non-executive)

Susan Bitter was appointed to the Australia Post board in August 2012 (current term expires in August 2015), and has extensive commercial experience, including in the areas of finance, corporate governance and risk management. Ms Bitter is currently a director of Our Neighbourhood and The Industry Superannuation Property Trust. Formerly she was a director of Worksafe Victoria and is the former chief operating officer of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, chief executive of Slater & Gordon and partner of Arthur Andersen.

Peter Carne
BA, LLB, FAICD, FAIM
Director (non-executive)

Peter Carne was appointed to the Australia Post board in December 2009 (current term expires December 2015). Mr Carne has served in both the public and private sectors, and until most recently held the position of Public Trustee of Queensland. He is also a former CEO of the Queensland Law Society and a former director of Lexon Insurance Pte Limited and Tarong Energy Corporation.

Michael D'Ascenzo AO
BEc, LLB, CA, FAICD, Hon. Life Member of CPA, Hon. FATMA
Director (non-executive)

Michael D'Ascenzo was appointed to the Australia Post board in May 2013 (current term expires in May 2016), and is recognised internationally for his leadership, expertise and innovation in administration, risk management and governance, as well as his technical design skills in tax law and superannuation. Mr D'Ascenzo is currently a member of the Clean Energy Regulator and the Foreign Investment Review Board. He was previously Commissioner of Taxation and a member of a range of public sector boards.

Talal Yassine OAM
BA, LLB, LLM, MBA, Hon. Professorial Fellow. (ANU), FAICD, FAIM, Fellow (Fin)
Director (non-executive)

Talal Yassine was appointed to the Australia Post board in August 2012 (current term expires in August 2015). Mr Yassine is currently the Managing Director of Crescent Wealth and also serves on the Board of the Whitlam Institute, the Australia Malaysia Institute and is the chairman of the Council of Australia-Arab Relations. He has previously served on the Board of Macquarie University, Sydney Ports Corporation and as the Deputy Chairman of a government regulator.