March 2023
‘I am the poster child’: Why work sponsors are good for women
Three senior directors discuss how having a sponsor propelled their careers and made them take risks.
‘Learn about sport’ and other tips for aspiring female CEOs
Women are wrong to write off office sports banter as unimportant says Alison Mirams. If they’re not there for a chat about footy, they miss the next conversation.
February 2023
These women made it in business. Now they’re going back to school
BOSS talks to seven female business leaders helping to reshape tertiary education as chancellors of some of the country’s top universities.
January 2022
Gina Rinehart, Alan Finkel, Rod Sims lead Australia Day honours
Investment banker John Wylie, Sonic Healthcare and Transurban director Jane Wilson and former Coca-Cola Amatil CEO Alison Watkins also received honours.
November 2021
Initiative and courage can build the pipeline of female CEOs
Having a go for P&L roles plus calculated risk-taking by company leaders is the combination required to give women game-changing opportunities.
June 2021
Alison Watkins joins Wesfarmers board
The former CEO of Coca-Cola Amatil and GrainCorp will join the board in September.
April 2021
Watkins departs as Coca-Cola Amatil leaves bourse after 51 years
An Amatil spokesman confirmed Alison Watkins would step down on May 10, after seven years at the helm.
Amatil shareholders approve ‘sellout’ to Europeans
Investors backed Coke Europe’s $9.8 billion offer, but not before one lamented the loss of yet another local company to offshore interests.
March 2021
‘Now is the moment’: Business Summit energised by change
The Australian Financial Review Business Summit captured a business sector energised by the pandemic and determined to use it as a burning platform for change.
Investment must be restored so Australia comes out stronger
The question at day two of The Australian Financial Review Business Summit was whether Australia can follow up the initial rebound from the pandemic and come back stronger amid the massive disruptions.
Regulatory reset needed to drive comeback
Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott insists that out-of-date regulation weighs more heavily on investment decisions than record low interest rates as Australia’s company leaders urge a regulatory reset and more tax breaks.
Upskilling workers ‘critical’ to economic growth: Wesfarmers CEO
Business leaders have called for urgent upskilling and retraining of workers or Australia will risk stalling the economic growth that has been achieved coming out of the height of the pandemic.
Philip Lowe’s plea to CEOs
The RBA governor says there is no easy way to boost business investment, but the corporate sector can’t simply rely on government policy to ride to the rescue.
Invest big to ‘break away from the pack’: top CEOs
Companies must reinvest in their operations and reinvent their companies more aggressively or risk squandering the advantage handed to them by Australia’s adroit management of the pandemic.
January 2021
Coca-Cola Amatil takeover delayed as investors call for higher bid
Shareholders believe the scheme has been delayed a month because the independent expert has had to incorporate Amatil’s better than expected trading update.
Higher Amatil bid on the cards as volumes return to growth
An encouraging trading update from Coca-Cola Amatil may clear the way for Coke Europe to lift its $9 billion offer.
December 2020
Lockdown habits of our top CEOs revealed
Walking, swimming and gardening were some of the ways Australia's top CEOs stayed mentally fresh during a challenging year.
Amatil, Coke Europe 'better together': Barclays
Coke Europe's $9 billion offer for Amatil has been criticised by shareholders of both bottlers, but Barclays says the pair will be stronger together.
November 2020
Multinationals say tax break will boost investment
Multinationals such as Mondelez, Nestle & Asahi will be able to write off the full cost of capital investments in Australia after the government widened access.
October 2020
'We have a very strong and viable strategy': Watkins
Amatil boss Alison Watkins says a takeover by Coca-Cola Europe is no fait accompli, and analysts and investors remain divided over the merits of the offer.