private industry aviation services headquarters sydney australia area served sydney new south wales australia key people kerrie mather ceo parent sydney airport holdings website www.sydneyairport.com.au sydney airport corporation sacl 1 is a private company that operates and manages sydney airport in sydney new south wales australia . southern cross airports corporation holdings limited scach is the ultimate parent company of sacl which is controlled by a number of entities including sydney airport holdings . contents 1 corporate background 2 management 3 references 4 external links corporate background edit in 2002 the australian government entered into an arrangement for sacl to lease and operate the airport for a period of ninety nine 99 years . whilst the airport is privately controlled under this agreement the australian government still retains responsibility for other airport related services through agencies such as airservices australia air traffic control aviation communications navigation aids airport fire fighting and rescue the australian customs service the australian quarantine and inspection service the australian federal police and the department of infrastructure and transport . management edit the company s inaugural ceo was max moore wilton ac serving from 2002 until april 2006 ; when moore wilton resigned as ceo to become chairman of sydney airport holdings . he was succeeded as ceo by former australian broadcasting corporation managing director russell balding . 2 in 2011 kerrie mather a senior executive with map a trust spun out of the macquarie group succeeded balding as ceo . 3 references edit ownership . sydney airport corporation . 2013 . retrieved 2 february 2013 . rochfort scott ; lee julian 21 january 2006 . max the axe exits with balding waiting in wings . the sydney morning herald . retrieved 21 december 2014 . creedy steve 9 june 2011 . kerrie mather takes top job at sydney airport . the australian . retrieved 21 december 2014 . external links edit official website this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sydney airport corporation & oldid 681742296 categories companies based in sydneyairport operatorsaustralian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 19 september 2015 at 06 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view