Tabcorp Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of Bruce Akhurst and Vickki McFadden as non executive directors of the company, subject to the receipt of the necessary regulatory and ministerial approvals. Mr. Akhurst is currently executive chairman of Adstream. He was CEO of Tabcorp Holdings Ltd. Announces Board Appointments Sensis Pty Ltd. from 2005 to 2012 and a director and chairman of FOXTEL. Mr. Akhurst also spent seven years as group managing director and group general counsel at Telstra and prior to that was a Partner at Mallesons Stephen Jaques. Mr. Akhurst currently serves as a director of Paul Ramsay Holdings and the State Library of Victoria and is a council member at RMIT University. Ms. McFadden is currently chairman of Eftpos Australia Payments Pty Ltd, president of the Takeovers Panel and a non executive director of Myer Family Investments Pty Ltd. She was chairman of Skilled Group prior to its acquisition by Programmed Maintenance Services in 2015, and was previously a Non Executive director of Leighton Holdings. Prior to commencing her non executive director career, Ms. McFadden was managing director, Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch Australia. Ms. McFadden is also a member of chief executive Women and a member of the advisory board and executive committee of the UNSW Business School. Ms. McFadden and Mr. Akhurst will be formally appointed as directors following the receipt of the necessary regulatory and ministerial approvals. In the meantime they will act as observers on the board from 1 September 2016.