Gene Tilbrook, age 56
Finance Director

Joined the Board in 2002. Gene holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration degrees and a Diploma in Computing Science from the University of Western Australia. He completed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School in 1998. Gene joined Wesfarmers in 1985 and has held a number of commercial positions in its Business Development Department and at Wesfarmers Energy. He previously worked in corporate finance and in systems engineering.

Gene was Executive Director, Business Development before being appointed Finance Director in July 2005. He is a director of a number of Wesfarmers’ subsidiaries, as well as Gresham Partners Holdings Ltd, Wespine Industries Pty Ltd and Air Liquide WA Pty Ltd. He was previously a director of Bunnings Property Management Limited (appointed July 2001 – resigned September 2005), the responsible entity for the listed Bunnings Warehouse Property Trust.

He is a councillor of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (WA Division) and also a member of the boards of The UWA Perth International Arts Festival and St George’s College Foundation Inc.