[AusNOG] Hackett, Milne and Flanagan Appointed to NBN Co Board

[Grahame Lynch]

Directors have little say over operational matters and he is a vote of one,
if anything of direct conflict came up he would probably abstain from a
vote.


On 12 November 2013 12:57, Joshua D'Alton <joshua at railgun.com.au> wrote:

> Not competitors really, but there may be situations where something might
> benefit iiNet more so than other NBN wholesalers, maybe, probably not.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Robert Hudson <hudrob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> iiNet and NBN aren't considered competitors AFAIK, so there'd be no
>> conflict of interest in that sense.
>>
>> I am sure that Simon's shareholding in iiNet is well documented, would
>> have been thoroughly considered before he was offered a place on the NBNCo
>> board, and he'd be careful to not let a conflict of interest arise (or
>> would abstain from any vote on the board where a conflict of interest due
>> to his ownership of shared in a company that may receive commercial benefit
>> over any other by an NBNCo decision may be perceived).
>>
>> This is a massive positive, it's one of the truly sensible appointments
>> to the NBNCo board as far as I am concerned.
>>
>>
>> On 12 November 2013 12:59, Joshua D'Alton <joshua at railgun.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> not sure how resigning from iinet while maintaining a significant amount
>>> of shares isnt still a conflict of interest but frankly hackett is a solid
>>> bloke so if anyone could do it itd be him!
>>>
>>> grats!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Bevan Slattery <bevan at slattery.net.au>wrote:
>>>
>>>> FYI.  Great appointments to the Board. Outstanding in fact.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://m.afr.com/p/technology/turnbull_appoints_telco_veterans_IyDzsXaVqE8UN4MTT6EptK
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> [b]
>>>>
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