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Elizabeth Proust

March

Where boards are still going wrong

Only a few chairmen have dared look outside the usual pathways to the board to find a director with deep skills in technology, marketing or human resources.

  • Sally Patten

September 2023

The US IPO market has opened up, but vendors are having to be generous with pricing and terms.

Payments IPO Cuscal is not what you expect from a fintech

Tech floats are the story of the week in capital markets. One is readying for an ASX-listing worth as much as $600 million, but it is not your typical tech IPO.

  • Anthony Macdonald

June 2022

Company director Ann Sherry and Lynas CEO Amanda Lacaze at the AFR 70th Platinum dinner.

The invisible networks that bind the ‘directors’ club’

From pro bono corporate advisor Adara Partners to the AFL and Australia’s top universities, the people at the top of these organisations are all closely linked.

  • Patrick Durkin

May 2019

Ben Gray and ASIC chairman James Shipton at the Wesley College Foundation breakfast on May 28.

Private equity valuations 'near pre-GFC peak'

The huge pools of capital around the world have pushed valuations towards a peak not seen since before the global financial crisis, says the founder of private equity firm BGH, Ben Gray.

  • James Thomson
Ben Gray says careful examination of the mix of corporate boards is warranted.

Ben Gray's push for a very different board quota

The private equity boss backs two quotas for company boards. He says half the board should have "real" executive experience and the quota for women should be 50 per cent, not 30 per cent.

  • James Thomson

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