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Board and Management
Anne-Marie Birkill
Non-Executive Chair
Appointed as Non-Executive Chair on 1 July 2024
Appointed as Non-Executive Director on 1 July 2022.
Anne-Marie is a company director with experience as an executive and non-executive director for private, public, industry and government boards and committees. With expertise and experience in the innovation and investment sectors, she has largely served on the boards of technology companies and organisations that support and finance such companies. Anne-Marie’s professional career includes over 30 years’ experience in commercialisation and product development. She is a co-founder and director for OneVentures, a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies with global potential. Her previous executive roles have included CEO for i.lab technology incubator and General Manager for UniQuest, The University of Queensland’s technology commercialisation company.
Anne-Marie is an active participant in the innovation community, speaking at a wide range of events, and is a mentor particularly for other women working in the finance sector. She is a GAICD.
Anne-Marie holds a BSc(Hons) and MBA.
Glenn Molloy
Executive Director
Member of the PPK Group Limited Board since listing on 21 December 1994.
Mr Molloy founded the former entity Plaspak Pty Ltd in 1979 and has acted as a director of the consolidated entity since that time. He has extensive experience on public company boards, and in advising publicly listed and private entities on commercial aspects of mergers, acquisitions and divestment activities.
Mr Molloy was appointed to the role of Executive Director in September 2009 following the retirement and resignation of David Hoff as Managing Director.
Rick Francis
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed on 2 December 2024
Appointed as Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee on 19 December 2024
Rick has over 25 years experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including over a decade as the Managing Director and CEO of Spark Infrastructure Group (previously ASX:SKI). He was also CFO at Spark Infrastructure for 3 years, CFO at ASX-listed APA Group for 4 years, and had a number of roles at ASX-listed Origin Energy over 8 years. He also has extensive board experience in both the listed and unlisted arenas, including as Deputy Chair of TransGrid, director of Victoria Power Networks (CitiPower and Powercor), director of SA Power Networks and executive director of Spark Renewables.
In addition to supporting and leading the transition to a cleaner future through renewables and associated technology during his tenure at Spark Infrastructure, he has experience in many different complex transactions including unsolicited take-overs, acquisitions, corporate restructures and many different types of equity and debt raisings.
Rick has a Bachelor of Commerce from UNSW and a Masters of Business Administration from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management. He is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Chartered Accountant.