This Month
Investors demand greater voice on ASX governance review
The review needs to give investors a greater say in how the regime is tied to company profits, Sandon Capital founder Gabriel Radzyminski says.
Directors’ club open to annual elections
Australian Institute of Company Directors chair Naomi Edwards says the business community could live with annual elections of directors.
April
UTS restructure fraught with risks
The inner workings of a $100 million a year cost-cutting plan provide a timely case study of the enormous pressures on Australia’s $50 billion education export industry.
February
Thank you, Catherine Livingstone, for telling the truth about Oz unis
The UTS chancellor should also call for a commission to set up an Australian university ranking system focused on local student satisfaction and employment outcomes.
People are not stupid or bogans ... it’s us, Shorten tells unis
Bill Shorten and Catherine Livingstone have come to similar conclusions as to why universities are out of favour with the community.
March 2024
Slash nine-year terms, end gender box-ticking: Livingstone
Catherine Livingstone has called for six-year terms for directors to help refresh boardrooms and urged a focus on diversity beyond the usual box-ticking metrics such as gender.
Can’t name a woman who chairs an ASX20 company? There is a reason
Despite the proportion of female directors on ASX20 boards surging to 44 per cent, none of them sit at the top of the table, analysis by the AICD found.
January 2024
Honours winner Catherine Livingstone says Australia hard on failure
Catherine Livingstone and Barrenjoey co-founder Guy Fowler were among the business leaders recognised in this year’s Australia Day honours.
December 2023
‘Like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory’: higher education’s bad year
2023 started well enough but as we hobble to the end of the year vice chancellors are asking: “what the heck just happened”.
March 2023
Pacific National recruits Livingstone, disruptions ease
The privately owned rail giant, hauling everything from home goods to coal, saw a dip in earnings in the past year.
February 2023
Stop bashing universities over international students: chancellor
University of Technology Sydney chancellor Catherine Livingstone says governments and industry should plan to help universities in downturns such as that created by the pandemic.
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.
October 2022
CBA says economy is strong but fixed rate cliff will bite
CEO Matt Comyn says Commonwealth Bank funded record home loan volumes in 2022 and kept a sound credit portfolio, but acknowledged its customers’ mood is changing.
September 2022
The six moments that mattered from the jobs summit
From multi-employer bargaining to real wage growth (but make it sustainable), here are the most significant moments from the day.
August 2022
Why these leadership duos outperformed
Changing of the chairs at the top of three top-performing companies is an opportunity to examine why some boards and CEOs work extremely well.
Livingstone exits CBA declaring victory
The CBA chairman was sent off at an event at the MCA in Sydney on Wednesday night, attended by Joe Longo, Wayne Byres, Nick Moore and Matt Comyn.
Australia’s banks can withstand end of cheap money
The Commonwealth Bank’s stellar results suggest the overall strength of the banking system will enable it to weather the interest rate correction without a crash landing.
April 2022
How Catherine Livingstone resurrected Commonwealth Bank
When she appeared at the Hayne royal commission, the CBA chairman’s transformation of the bank was already under way after a string of scandals.
O’Malley eyes CBA challenges with Livingstone to retire
Catherine Livingstone said it’s the right time to step down from the CBA board, which she has led since 2017. Former BlueScope boss Paul O’Malley will take over.
Catherine Livingstone got her biggest call right
During her five years as chairman, Catherine Livingstone led CBA through a firestorm and out again. Her choice of CEO was vital to the turnaround.