Gerry McGowan

Gerry McGowan has been Executive Chairman since 2012 and Managing Director since 2005 of CBD Energy Limited, having joined the company as a nonexecutive chairman in 2004; he joined CBD Energy’s board of directors in 2008. Additionally, Mr. McGowan is Executive Chairman of Sydney-based TRW Holdings Pty Limited. Incorporated in 1983, TRW Holdings is a private investment company with exposure to the energy, aviation and agriculture industries. Prior to joining CBD Energy, Mr. McGowan’s business experience was concentrated in the transportation sector. With the acquired assets of a failed regional airline, he launched Impulse Airlines, Australia’s first and largest privately owned low-cost airline, in 1992. Impulse Airlines was sold to Qantas in 2001 and operates today as Jetstar. Before this, Mr. McGowan founded Travcour, Australia’s leading travel industry courier and visa processor, and Impulse Transportation Group, a newspaper and magazine distributor to the Australian and New Zealand markets. Earlier, he held executive positions at Mayne Nickless and TNT Transport. Mr. McGowan began his career as a courier driver at TNT.