David Jones

Internal environment
1. Board of Directors and Management
Structure
David Jones has a skilled, experienced and expertise Board of directors which is accountable for caring the rights, interests and the management of David Jones.
Chief Executive Officer and Managing director are responsible for setting strategy, planning and administration for the company on daily basis. Paul Zahra has been “Chief Executive Officer and Managing director” for David Jones since 18 June 2010. Mr Zahra has more than 30 years’ experience in the Australian retail industry. He has held senior management roles across the retail sector in the areas of buying, stores, visual merchandising, supply chain, store refurbishments, customer service and operations.
Directors are from a mix of different backgrounds, knowledge, skills and experience in the areas of retailing, financial services, property management and development, marketing, human resources, information technology, finance and law.

Board of Directors

Committee Memberships
Name
Role
Audit
Remuneration and Nominations
Peter Mason AM
Chairman and Non-Executive Director

Paul Zahra
Chief Executive Officer

Jane Harvey
Non-Executive Director

John Harvey
Non-Executive Director
Chairman

Philippa Stone
Non-Executive Director

Steven Vamos
Non-Executive Director

Chairman
Leigh Clapham
Non-Executive Director

Executive Management
Name
Role
Paul Zahra
Chief Executive Officer
Paula Bauchinger
Group Executive – Human Resources
Cate Daniels
Group Executive – Operations
Matthew Durbin
Executive – Strategic Planning
Antony Karp
Group Executive – Retail Services
Sacha Laing
Group Executive – Marketing and Financial Services
Donna Player
Group Executive – Merchandise
David Robinson
Executive – Multi Channel Strategy and Integration
Brad Soller
Chief Financial Officer

2. Employees
According to David Jones , to achieve the highest profits and improve