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Board of Directors

		Board of Directors The Westfield Group board is common to each of Westfield Holdings Limited and the responsible entities of Westfield Trust and Westfield America Trust (the Westfield Group Board).

		Mr Frank P Lowy AC Chairman Frank Lowy is executive chairman and co-founder of the Westfield Group. He is the founder and chairman of the Lowy Institute for International Policy, a member of The Brookings Institution’s International Advisory Council, and chairman of Football Federation Australia. Mr Lowy is chairman of the Westfield Group Nomination Committee.

		Mr David H Lowy AM Deputy Chairman David Lowy was appointed non-executive deputy chairman of Westfield Holdings Limited in June 2000. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of NSW. Mr Lowy joined Westfield in 1977 and was appointed executive director in 1981 and became managing director in 1987, a position he held until June 2000. He is a principal of LFG Holdings, a director of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited and the founder and president of Temora Aviation Museum. Mr Lowy is chairman of the Westfield Group Board Risk Management Committee.

		Mr Roy L Furman Roy Furman was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in July 2004 following the merger of Westfield Holdings Limited with Westfield Trust and Westfield America Trust. 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. He was co-founder of Furman Selz (1973) - an international investment banking, institutional brokerage and money management firm. Mr Furman is a member of the Westfield Group Remuneration Committee.

		Mr David M Gonski AC David Gonski was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1985. He holds degrees in law and commerce from the University of NSW. Mr Gonski is chairman of Investec Bank Australia Limited and Coca-Cola Amatil Limited. He is a director of ASX Limited, Singapore Airlines Limited and Sunraysia Foundation Pty Limited, chairman of Sydney Grammar School and Chancellor of the University of NSW. Mr Gonski is a member of the Westfield Group Audit & Compliance Committee, Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee.

		Professor Frederick G Hilmer AO Frederick Hilmer was appointed a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 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 in June 2006. From 1998 until November 2005, he was chief executive officer 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 (University of NSW). Professor Hilmer is chairman of the Westfield Group Audit & Compliance Committee and the Remuneration Committee and is the lead independent director.

		Mr Stephen P Johns Stephen Johns was appointed an executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited and Westfield Management Limited in 1985 and of Westfield America Management Limited in 1996. He held a number of positions within Westfield, including Group Finance Director from 1985 to 2002, and became a non-executive director of the three Westfield entities in October 2003. Mr Johns holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Sydney and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He is also chairman of the Spark Infrastructure Group, a director of Brambles Limited and Sydney Symphony Limited. Mr Johns is a member of the Westfield Group Audit & Compliance Committee and the Risk Management Committee.

		Mr Peter S Lowy Group Managing Director Peter Lowy was appointed managing director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1997 and currently serves as group managing director of the Westfield Group. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of NSW. Prior to joining Westfield in 1983, Mr Lowy worked in investment banking both in London and New York. He serves on the Executive Committee and Board of Governors for the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts; is a member of the management board of the European Public Real Estate Association; and is on the RAND Corporation Board of Trustees. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Lowy Institute for International Policy (Australia), the Executive Committee of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the board of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. (US)

		Mr Steven M Lowy Group Managing Director Steven Lowy was appointed managing director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1997 and currently serves as group managing director of the Westfield Group. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree 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; a director of the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute; a director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy; and a member of the Prime Minister’s Business-Government Advisory Group on National Security.

		Mr John McFarlane John McFarlane was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in February 2008. He holds a Master of Arts degree from theUniversity of Edinburgh and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. Mr McFarlane is a director of Old Oak Holdings Limited (UK) and is a member of Consolidated Press Holdings Advisory Board. He is the former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Australian & New Zealand Banking Group Limited and his previous appointments include Group Executive Director of Standard Chartered Plc, Head of Citibank in the UK and Director of the London Stock Exchange.

		Professor Judith Sloan Judith Sloan was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in February 2008. She is a Commissioner of the Productivity Commission and the Australian Fair Pay Commission, Chairman of Babcock & Brown Communities Limited and a director of Santos Limited. She holds a degree in Economics from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Arts degree in Economics specialising in Industrial Relations, also from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Science degree in Economics from the London School of Economics. Professor Sloan has held academic appointments at the University of Melbourne and Flinders University and is a member of the Board of the Lowy Institute for International Policy. Her previous appointments include Deputy Chair of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Director of Mayne Group Limited (now known as Symbion Health Limited).

		Dr Gary H Weiss Gary Weiss was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in July 2004 following the merger of Westfield Holdings Limited with Westfield Trust and Westfield America Trust. He holds a masters degree in law, as well as a Doctor of Juridical Science (JSD) from Cornell University, New York. Dr Weiss is an executive director of Guinness Peat Group plc, chairman of Coats plc and Ariadne Australia Limited, a director of Capral Aluminium Limited, Canberra Investment Corporation Limited, Tag Pacific Limited, Premier Investments Limited and Tower Australia Group Limited. Dr Weiss is a member of the Westfield Group Risk Management Committee.

		Mr Dean R Wills AO Dean Wills was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1994. He is a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI). He is a former chairman of AXA Asia Pacific Holdings, Coca Cola Amatil, Transfield Services Limited and John Fairfax Holdings Limited. Mr Wills is a member of the Westfield Group Nomination Committee.

		Ms Carla M Zampatti AM Carla Zampatti was appointed as a non-executive director of Westfield Holdings Limited in 1997. She is executive chairman of the Carla Zampatti Group, chairman of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), a trustee of the Sydney Theatre Company Foundation Trust and a member of the Board of the Australian Multicultural Foundation. She is a former Director of McDonald’s Australia Limited. Ms Zampatti is a member of the Westfield Group Nomination Committee.

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