Mr Frank P Lowy AC
Chairman
Frank Lowy is the Chairman and co-founder of the Westfield Group.  Having served as Westfield's Chief Executive Officer for over 50 years, Mr Lowy assumed a non- executive role in May 2011.  He is the founder and Chairman of the Lowy Institute for International Policy and Chairman of Football Federation Australia Limited.  Mr Lowy is Chairman of the Westfield Group Nomination Committee.

Mr Brian M Schwartz AM
Deputy Chairman
Brian Schwartz was appointed as a non-executive Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in May 2009 and as Deputy Chairman in May 2011.  In a career with Ernst & Young Australia spanning more than 25 years, he rose to the positions of Chairman (1996 - 1998) and then CEO of the firm from 1998 to 2004.  From 2005 to 2009, Mr Schwartz assumed the role of CEO of Investec Bank (Australia) Limited.  He is Chairman of Insurance Australia Group Limited, Deputy Chairman of Football Federation Australia Limited, a Director of Brambles Limited and is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Institute of Chartered Accountants.  Mr Schwartz is a member of the Westfield Group Audit and Compliance Committee and Nomination Committee and is the lead independent Director. 

Mr Peter K Allen
Peter Allen was appointed as an executive Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in May 2011 and is the Westfield Group's Chief Financial Officer.  Mr Allen worked for Citibank in Melbourne, New York and London before joining Westfield in 1996 as Director for Business Development.  From 1998 to 2004 he was based in London as Westfield's CEO of United Kingdom/Europe and was responsible for establishing Westfield's presence in the United Kingdom.  Mr Allen is a Director of Westfield Retail Trust and is on the Board of the Kolling Foundation.  He is also an Associate Member of the Australian Property Institute (AAPI).

Ms Ilana R Atlas
Ilana Atlas was appointed as a non-executive Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in May 2011.  Ms Atlas was previously a partner in Mallesons Stephen Jaques and held a number of managerial roles in the firm, including Managing Partner and Executive Partner, People & Information.  In 2000 she joined Westpac as Group Secretary and General Counsel before being appointed to the role of Group Executive, People from 2003 to 2010.  In that role, she was responsible for human resources, corporate responsibility and sustainability and communications.  Ms Atlas is a Director of Suncorp Group Limited and Coca Cola Amatil Limited, Chairman of Bell Shakespeare Company and Pro-Chancellor of the Australian National University. 

Mr Roy L Furman
Roy Furman was appointed as a non-executive Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in July 2004, having served as a non-executive Director of Westfield America Management Limited since 2002.  He holds a degree in law from Harvard Law School.  Mr Furman is based in the US and is Vice-Chairman of Jefferies and Company and Chairman of Jefferies Capital Partners, a group of private equity funds.  In 1973 he co-founded Furman Selz - an international investment banking, institutional brokerage and money management firm and was its CEO until 1997.  Mr Furman is a member of the Westfield Group Remuneration Committee.

The Right Honourable Lord Goldsmith QC PC
Lord (Peter) Goldsmith was appointed as a non-executive Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in August 2008.  He holds a degree in law from Cambridge University and a Master of Laws from University College London.  Lord Goldsmith has been admitted to practice in New South Wales.  He is a partner in the international law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.  In 1987, Lord Goldsmith was appointed Queens' Counsel and a Crown Court Recorder and he has been a Deputy High Court Judge since 1994.  For six years until June 2007, Lord Goldsmith served as the United Kingdom's Attorney General.  He was created a Life Peer in 1999 and a Privy Counsellor in 2002 and he remains a member of the House of Lords.  Lord Goldsmith's other past positions include Chairman of the Bar of England and Wales, Chairman of the Financial Reporting Review Panel, and founder of the Bar Pro Bono Unit.

Professor Frederick G Hilmer AO
Frederick Hilmer was appointed a non-executive Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in August 1991.  He holds degrees in law from the Universities of Sydney and Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School of Finance.  Professor Hilmer became Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of NSW (UNSW) in June 2006.  From 1998 until November 2005, he was CEO and a Director of John Fairfax Holdings Limited.  Between 1989 and 1997, he was Dean and Professor of Management at the Australian Graduate School of Management (UNSW).  Professor Hilmer is Chairman of the Westfield Group Audit and Compliance Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Mr Stephen P Johns
Stephen Johns was appointed an executive Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in November 1985.  He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.  Mr Johns held a number of positions within Westfield, including Group Finance Director from 1985 to 2002, and became a non-executive Director in October 2003. He is Chairman of Leighton Holdings Limited and a Director of Brambles Limited. Mr Johns is Chairman of the Westfield Group Risk Management Committee and a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee.

Mr Mark R Johnson AO
Mark Johnson was appointed as a non-executive Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in May 2010. He holds a degree in law from the University of Melbourne and a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University.  Mr Johnson is a senior advisor for Gresham Partners in Sydney and Chairman of Alinta Energy and the Australian Government's Australian Financial Centre Task Force.   He is one of the Prime Minister's three Australian representatives on the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and was Chairman of ABAC and the APEC Business Summit in Sydney in 2007.  Mr Johnson is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Institute for International Trade at the University of Adelaide and a Life Governor of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. He has previously held senior roles in Macquarie Bank before retiring as Deputy Chairman in July 2007 and his former directorships include Pioneer International and the Sydney Futures Exchange.  Mr Johnson is a member of the Westfield Group Remuneration Committee.

Mr Peter S Lowy
Peter Lowy was appointed Managing Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1997 and currently serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Westfield Group.  He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of NSW.  Prior to joining Westfield in 1983, Mr Lowy worked in investment banking both in London and New York.  Mr. Lowy serves as Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council for Los Angeles county; he also serves on the RAND Corporation Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the Board of Governors for National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and is a Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. 

Mr Steven M Lowy AM
Steven Lowy was appointed Managing Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1997 and currently serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Westfield Group.  He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from the University of NSW. Prior to joining Westfield in 1987, Mr Lowy worked in investment banking in the US.  He is President of the Board of Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Chairman of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, a Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, a member of the Prime Minister's Business-Government Advisory Group on National Security and Chairman of the Board of Management for the Associate Degree of Policing Practice NSW (ADPP). 

Mr John McFarlane
John McFarlane was appointed as a non-executive Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in February 2008.  He holds an MA from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.  In the UK, Mr McFarlane is a Director of Aviva plc (and Chairman designate), The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc and Old Oak Holdings Limited.  Mr McFarlane is the former CEO of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited and earlier Group Executive Director of Standard Chartered Plc, and Head of Citicorp and Citibank in the UK and Ireland.  He was also President of the International Monetary Conference, Chairman of the Australian Bankers Association and a Director of the London Stock Exchange and the Auditing Practices Board.  Mr McFarlane is a member of the Westfield Group Risk Management Committee. 

Professor Judith Sloan
Judith Sloan was appointed as a non-executive Director of Westfield Holdings Limited in February 2008.  She is Honorary Professorial Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne.  Professor Sloan holds a first class Honours degree in Economics and a Master of Arts in Economics specialising in Industrial Relations, from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Science in Economics from the London School of Economics.  She has previously held an academic appointment at Flinders University and is currently a Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy.  Professor Sloan is also the current contributing Economics Editor at The Australian newspaper.  Her previous appointments include Chairman of Primelife Limited, Chairman of National Seniors Australia, Deputy Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Director of Santos Limited and Mayne Nickless Limited and Commissioner of the Productivity Commission.  Professor Sloan is a member of the Westfield Group Risk Management Committee and Nomination Committee.