Hans-Olaf Henkel was appointed a Director of Brambles in January 2005.

Prior, he had a long and distinguished career with IBM, holding various executive positions in Germany, the US and Asia, as well as at IBM’s European headquarters in Paris. He was appointed President of IBM Germany in January 1987 and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM Europe, Middle East and Africa in 1993.

Mr. Henkel, who is based in Germany, was President of the Federation of German Industries from 1995 to 2000, and has been President of the Leibniz Association since July 2001.

He is currently a member of the Supervisory Boards of Bayer AG, Continental AG, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG, SMS AG, Ringier AG and Orange SA.

He is Senator of the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society, a member of Amnesty International and has received an Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Dresden.