Stephen Mentzines, the former Chief Financial Officer of Sydney Airport, has pleaded not guilty to supplying and possessing party drugs including methylamphetamine and cocaine.
The 66-year-old from Chatswood, also a former Macquarie Group executive, is facing four charges after being arrested late last year.
Police allege Mentzines supplied 9.26 grams of methylamphetamine and 4.7 grams of cocaine in North Sydney on December 6, and also possessed both substances. He has formally entered not guilty pleas to all charges in Manly Local Court.
Mentzines did not appear in court, where a three-hour hearing was scheduled for February 3, with police body-worn camera footage expected to be shown.
He is currently on strict conditional bail requiring daily reporting to police, a nightly curfew between 9pm and 6am, abstinence from drugs and alcohol, and compliance with treatment directions.
He is also subject to random drug and alcohol testing up to three times a week and is banned from entering airports or other international departure points.
Mentzines served as CFO of Sydney Airport between 2012 and 2015 and later held senior roles at Magellan Funds Group and Macquarie Group, where he worked for more than 13 years in global infrastructure and investment leadership positions.
Source: Daily Telegraph.
