Laurence G. Cox

Laurence G. Cox

Appointed a director of OneSteel "on 17 September 2007. Member of the Audit & Compliance Committee and the Human Resources Committee. Chairman of SMS Management & Technology Limited, Executive Director of Macquarie Bank Limited and Director of Research Australia Limited. Chairman of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Limited. Extensive experience in Australia and international financial markets over more than 40 years, holding senior executive positions including Chairman Australian Stock Exchange (1989-94), Executive Chairman Potter Warburg Group of companies (1990-95) and Director SG Warburg Securities, London. Former Chairman of Transurban Group and former director of Smorgon Steel Group Limited, Hills Motorway Limited and Hills Motorway Management Limited. Other listed company directorships held during the period 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2007: Smorgon Steel Group Limited from September 1998 until August 2007; Macquarie Bank Limited since January 1996; SMS Management & Technology Limited since May 2001; Transurban Group from November 2001 until February 2007; Hills Motorway Limited from April 2005 until February 2007."

Laurie Cox joined the Board of Macquarie Bank "as a Non-Executive Director and also became Joint Chairman of Macquarie Corporate Finance Limited in January 1996. He was previously Executive Chairman of the Potter Warburg Group of Companies and a Director of S. G. Warburg Securities of London.  Mr Cox was Chairman of Australian Stock Exchange Limited from 1989 to 1994.  He was a Director of ASX from its inception in 1987, a Director of Securities Exchanges Guarantee Corporation from 1987 to 1995 and a member of the Executive Committee of the Internationale Bourses des Valeurs from 1990 to 1992.  He is also a former member of the International Markets Advisory Board of NASD, the regulator of The NASDAQ Stock Market (USA). He is currently an associate of ASX and on the Executive Committee of the Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee.  He is Chairman of Transurban Group, SMS Management & Technology Limited and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and is a Director of Smorgon Steel Group Limited, Research Australia Limited and Liberty Financial Pty Limited. He was appointed an Executive Director of the Bank in March 2004."