Richard Goyder, age 47
Managing Director

Joined the Board in 2002. Richard has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in 1998. He joined Wesfarmers in 1993 after working in various commercial roles at Tubemakers of Australia Limited. He has held a number of commercial positions in Wesfarmers’ Business Development Department including General Manager. In 1999 Richard was Managing Director of Wesfarmers Dalgety Limited, which subsequently became Wesfarmers Landmark Limited, a position he retained until his appointment as Finance Director of Wesfarmers Limited in 2002. He was appointed Deputy Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of Wesfarmers Limited in 2004 and assumed the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in July 2005. Richard is a director of Gresham Partners Holdings Ltd, Wespine Industries Pty Ltd, Australian Business and Community Network, the Fremantle Football Club Limited and a number of Wesfarmers group subsidiaries. He is also a member of the Federal Government’s Business Roundtable on Sustainable Development, the Business Council of Australia and the University of Western Australia Business School Advisory Board.