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She is a Special Advisor to Gresham Partners
Limited and holds directorships at MMG Limited,
Western Australian Treasury Corporation, IRESS
Limited and Iluka Resources Limited. Jennifer’s
experience in mergers, acquisitions and capital
structuring advisory transactions include the sale
of Wesfarmers’ interest in the Australian Railroad
Group; being a member of the advisory team for
Wesfarmers’ successful takeovers of Coles and
Howard Smith; advising on the privatisation of
the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline;
and the IPO’s for WA Newspapers, SGIO and
Bankwest. Previous Non-Executive Director
roles include Amcor Limited, West Australian
Newspapers Holdings Limited, Bank
of Western Australia, Western Power
Corporation and AlintaGas. Jennifer’s former
advisory panel memberships include ASIC’s
External Advisory Group, the Takeovers Panel,
Corporations Law Simplification Task Force and
WA Pearling Industry Advisory Panel.
John Fullerton BTech (EEng),
FIE Aust, FAICD, CMILT
(CEO and Executive Director)
Mr John Fullerton is Chief Executive Officer
and Managing Director of Australian Rail Track
Corporation Ltd, and was appointed to the
position in February 2011. Mr Fullerton has
extensive experience in the rail industry and
currently holds the position as Non-Executive
Director of the Australasian Railway Association
and as Chair of the Freight on Rail Group.
Mr Fullerton was previously Chief Executive
Officer of Freight-Link, Chairman of Rail CRC
Ltd and Director of Tasmanian Railway Pty Ltd.
Mr Fullerton has held other roles in the industry
including Chief Operating Officer of the National
Rail Corporation and Divisional General Manager
(Operations) at Pacific National. Mr Fullerton’s
experience spans more than 30 years across
strategic planning, business development,
customer service and operations and engineering.
Mr Fullerton’s extensive background as a strong
advocate for the rail industry is highly valuable
to ARTC. Under Mr Fullerton’s leadership,
ARTC has been re-invigorated through the
various streams of the Transformation Program,
realising a company that is more competitive,
more customer focused and more successful
in getting freight on rail.
Jay Bonnington B.Com, MBA, FCPA,
FAICD (Non-Executive Director)
Ms Bonnington joined the ARTC Board on
6 August 2014. Ms Bonnington’s term as a
Non-Executive Director for ARTC concluded
on 5 August 2017. Ms Bonnington started her
career as a Chartered Accountant and over a
30 year executive career in international and
local finance, has held many senior roles including
CFO and Finance Director across construction,
engineering, manufacturing, energy, utilities,
health and financial service’s sectors. Her
executive career involved working at Transfield
Ltd on major projects. Between 2002 - 2005,
Ms Bonnington was the National Chief Executive
Officer of the Make-A-Wish Foundation Australia.
Ms Bonnington now serves as a full-time Non-
Executive Director of Perpetual Super Ltd, UTA
Hastings Infrastructure Fund and SEFA Ltd, as
well as various community NFP boards, and is
currently the Chair of several Audit and Risk
Committees. Ms Bonnington has held a number
of other board positions over her career.
They included Non-Executive Director positions
with the Port of Melbourne, VicPower Trading,
SE Water, Gippsland Water Authority and
University and Medical Research board roles. Ms
Bonnington’s background in infrastructure and
financial services is extensive. Her experience
includes the governance oversight of a number
major infrastructure projects along with the
important element of community and stakeholder
engagement. Ms Bonnington holds a B. Com.,
and a M.B.A (Monash), and has attended
Harvard Business School Executive Management
programs. She is a Fellow of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors and a FCPA.
Company Secretary
Mr Gavin Carney BA, LLB, LLM, GradDip
ACG, MAICD, FGIA was appointed Company
Secretary in 2009. Mr Carney joined ARTC
in 2007 and is also the General Counsel. Mr
Carney is a Fellow of the Governance Institute
of Australia and a Member of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors. As Company
Secretary of ARTC, Mr Carney is responsible for
monitoring the Company’s corporate governance
framework and for managing all matters relating
to the Company’s Board of Directors, Board
Committees and Executive Team.
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