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'What the f--- are you doing here?' Mike Connaghan's rise from yacht deckhand to WPP AUNZ CEO

Max Mason
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Mike Connaghan spent the early 1990s as a deckhand on a luxury yacht cruising the Mediterranean, teaching English in Spain and guiding school groups through the snow in Switzerland.

In 1993, the young advertising executive hopeful returned to Australia and ended up in an interview with legendary ad-men John Singleton, Russell Tate and Bob Hogg.

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Max Mason covers insolvency, courts, financial crime, cybercrime and corporate wrongdoing. A Walkley Award winner, Max’s journalism has also received awards from the National Press Club of Australia, the Kennedy Awards and Citibank. Message Max on Signal https://tinyurl.com/MaxMason Connect with Max on Twitter. Email Max at max.mason@afr.com

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