Newcrest chief executive Sandeep Biswas has apologised to anyone who felt bullied during their time working at the nation’s biggest gold miner and says he is working to change his leadership style and build a more inclusive culture.

Biswas says he now realises he could have achieved the same good results at the miner with a more inclusive management style rather than the “command and control” approach of his early years, and says raw feedback from staff on the Newcrest leadership culture has given him a “proverbial cold shower”.