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Michael Hammes was appointed as an independent Non-Executive Director of James Hardie at the Extraordinary General Meeting held in Amsterdam in February 2007. He is a member of the Joint and Supervisory Boards and a member of the Audit Committee.
Experience: Mr Hammes has extensive commercial experience at the senior executive level. He has held a number of executive positions in the medical products hardware and home improvement and automobile sectors including CEO (2000-2007) and Chairman (2000-present) of Sunrise Medical Inc Chairman and CEO of Guide Corporation (1998-2000) Chairman and CEO of Coleman Company Inc (1993-1997) Vice Chairman of Black & Decker Corporation (1992-1993) and various senior executive roles with Chrysler Corporation (1986-1990) and Ford Motor Company (1979-1986).
Directorships of listed companies in past three years: Current - Director of Sunrise Medical (since 1998); Director of Navistar International Corporation (since 1996) Chairman of the Navistar Nominating and Governance Committee and a Member of the Navistar Compensation Finance and Executive Committees.
Other: Previous Member of the Board of Directors of Johns Manville Corporation; Member of the Board of Visitors Georgetown University’s School of Business resident of the United States.
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