Chief Executive Officer
Qantas Airways Ltd
Alan became the CEO of Qantas, Australia’s largest airline, in 2008. The company employs nearly 30,000 people and has recently undergone a $2 billion transformation program. This has created a $1.6 billion turnaround for 2015, to report an underlying profit of $975 million. As a result, they delivered $500 million in shareholder returns, almost $100 million in payments and benefits for non-management employees, and a major order for Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Qantas was one of the first major companies to become an official supporter of the Australian Marriage Equality and Alan has been a high profile advocate for marriage equality.