Appointment of Director
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Media/ASX and NZX Release
22 May 2019
DOWNER APPOINTS NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Downer EDI Limited (Downer) today announced the appointment of Peter Watson to the position of
Non-executive Director, effective 22 May 2019. Mr Watson joins Downer as an independent
Director.
The Chairman of Downer, Mike Harding, said Mr Watson was an experienced Chief Executive
Officer and Non-executive Director, including in the industrial, transport, defence, health, justice
and utilities sectors.
Mr Watson is currently the Chairman LogiCamms Limited and a Consultant of Stephenson Mansell
Group where he provides coaching and mentoring to senior executives.
Mr Watson was formerly the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Transfield Services
Limited, now known as Broadspectrum. Mr Watson is a former Chairman of Watpac Limited,
Regional Rail Link Authority in Victoria and AssetCo management which managed PPP assets, a
former Director of the Major Transport Infrastructure Board in Victoria, Yarra Trams and Save the
Children Australia and was a Board member of Infrastructure Australia.
Mr Watson holds a Diploma of Civil Engineering from the Caulfield Institute of Technology.
About Downer
Downer is the leading provider of integrated services in Australia and New Zealand and customers are at the
heart of everything it does. It exists to create and sustain the modern environment and its promise is to work
closely with its customers to help them succeed, using world-leading insights and solutions to design, build
and sustain assets, infrastructure and facilities. Downer employs more than 53,000 people across more than
300 sites, primarily in Australia and New Zealand, but also in the Asia-Pacific region, South America and
Southern Africa. It also owns 88 per cent of Spotless Group Holdings Limited. For more information visit
downergroup.com.
For further information please contact:
Michael Sharp, Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations +61 439 470 145
Downer EDI Limited
ABN 97 003 872 848
Triniti Business Campus
39 Delhi Road
North Ryde NSW 2113
1800 DOW NER
www.downergroup.com
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