Board of Directors
Jane Beaumont, CEO
Jane is the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Jane joined Rubicor in September 2006, originally in the role of Chief Operating Officer. She was promoted to Chief Executive Officer when Wayman Chapman stepped down as CEO in early 2009. Jane is 53 years old.
Jane has 30 years' recruitment experience in the UK and Australasian markets. Prior to Rubicor, Jane spent five years with Manpower as Vice President Sales responsible for business acquisition and strategic sales. In 2001 she took on the role of Managing Director for Spherion's recruitment group in the Asia Pacific. After Spherion was acquired by Ross Human Directions Limited in June 2004, Jane spent two years as Managing Director for the group's recruitment businesses as a board appointee.
John Pettigrew, FCPA, ACIS, MAICD
John is Chairman and a non-executive Director of the Company and is the Chair of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and is a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration and Human Resources Committee. John joined the Company in March 2007. John is 63 years old.
John has extensive experience in senior finance and commercial roles in a number of corporations and industry sectors. Joining Stockland Property Trust Group in 1977 as Chief Financial Officer and becoming Finance Director in 1982, John established compliance, audit and risk management committees and led teams to accomplish several successful takeovers. He also had significant roles in structuring and managing listed property trusts, developing the first Australian stapled security and establishing domestic and international unsecured note programs for Stockland.
John is currently also a non-executive director of Babcock and Brown Japan Property Management Limited.
Rob Aitken, BE (CHEM) (HONS), MBA
Rob is a non-executive director of the Company and a member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Chair of the Remuneration and Human Resources Committee and the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee. Rob joined the company in May 2005. Rob is 58 years old.
Rob has over 25 years experience in senior international management roles. Throughout his career, Rob has worked across the manufacturing, industrial marketing and distribution business sectors including roles as Executive General Manager Southcorp Limited and President Formica Corporation, USA. Rob has been Chairman of the Rubicor Group Board since 6 May 2005. Rob is also currently a Director of Alesco Corporation Limited and Nuplex Industries Limited and Chairman of the API Securities Holdings Pty Ltd and Formit Services Pty Ltd.
Russel Pillemer, CA, B COM(HONS)
Russel is a non-executive Director of the Company and is the Chair of the Audit and Risk Management Committee. He was one of the initial founders and sponsors of Rubicor. Russel is 42 years old.
He is CEO of Pengana Capital Limited and Chairman of Centric Wealth Limited.
Russel has 16 years experience in the investment banking industry. In 1994 he joined Goldman Sachs & Co, where he had responsibility for leading the financial institutions effort in Australia. In 1999 he relocated to New York working in the Financial Institutions Group for Goldman Sachs & Co, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and the provision of general strategic advice to asset managers until 2002.
Wayman Chapman
Wayman previously held the position of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company from May 2005 to March 2009 and is a member of the Remuneration and Human Resources Committee and the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee. Wayman is 57 years old.
Wayman has 20 years experience in the Australian recruiting industry. Joining Morgan & Banks in 1988 to open its Adelaide office, he progressively took responsibility for the Perth, Brisbane and Canberra operations. After the merger of Morgan & Banks and TMP worldwide in 2000, Wayman became Deputy Chief Executive for the Australasian Recruitment Division. He became joint CEO for the division in 2002, covering operations in 11 cities.