Sir Rod Eddington AO
Sir Rod Eddington AO is the inaugural chair of Infrastructure Australia. He was Chief Executive of British Airways from 2000-2005. Prior to this he was Managing Director and CEO of Cathay Pacific Airways from 1992-1996 and Executive Chairman of Ansett Airlines from 1997-2000. He is currently non-executive Chairman (Aust & NZ) of JPMorgan, in addition to maintaining non-executive director roles with News Corporation, Rio Tinto, Allco Finance Group Limited, CLP (China Light & Power) Holdings, and John Swire & Sons Pty Ltd. He also serves as Chairman of Victorian Major Events Company.
Sir Rod was Western Australia’s Rhodes Scholar in 1974 and holds a Doctorate from Oxford University in the Department of Engineering Science. In 2005, he was awarded a Knighthood by the British Government for services to civil aviation. In 2006, he completed a study for the British Government on the links between transport and the economy.
