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Jac Nasser

October

BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie has overseen an era of dynamic dealmaking.

BHP chairman Ken MacKenzie eyes the end of his rule

Ken MacKenzie is expected to retire next year as he prepares to honour the informal nine-year limit he imposed on director terms at the mining giant.

  • Peter Ker

September

George Wright.

BHP’s Labor whisperer goes global

George Wright was most recently the Big Australian’s group corporate affairs officer. But no more.

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  • Myriam Robin

October 2023

Former prime minister Tony Abbott supplements his pension with a retainer from Anthony Pratt.

Abbott and Keating on Pratt’s payroll despite $300,000 pensions

Does the mere provision of a generous retirement package maintain ex-politicians in dignified repose? This week’s revelations suggest not.

  • Myriam Robin

September 2023

Rupert Murdoch and Elena Zhukova on a recent trip to Greece.

Did a trip on Aristotle Onassis’ yacht help Murdoch make his decision?

For a month or so, Rupert Murdoch was on holidays in the Mediterranean. This was unusual in itself, and came weeks before he announced he would step down.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

January 2023

Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch.

Murdochs face first big test of $39b News and Fox merger

Special committees at News Corp and Fox look set to deliver an initial assessment on the Murdochs’ proposed merger of the companies.

  • Mark Di Stefano
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July 2021

Rio Tinto’s former vice-president of corporate relations Brad Haynes confronted by protesters outside the company’s Perth headquarters in June 2020.

From Rio Tinto to Teneo for Brad Haynes

I mean, where do you even start with this one?

  • Joe Aston

September 2020

Jac Nasser: likes high-end property

Jac Nasser offloads Miami compound

The former BHP chairman is $US18 million ($26.6 million) richer after selling one of his many houses last week. 

  • Myriam Robin

February 2020

The council of Scotch College has been chaired since 2012 by former state Liberal president, David Kemp

Scotch College doesn't look far for new chairman

There are no politics quite as compelling as private school politics.

  • Joe Aston

November 2019

The big three: BHP chair Ken MacKenzie, CEO-elect Mike Henry and retiring CEO Andrew Mackenzie

Seamless change at BHP bodes well for Australia too

Past CEO changes have been abrupt, but this time there's no sharp change of direction for the Big Australian.

  • The AFR View

September 2019

Westpac chairman Lindsay Maxsted was elected to a three year director's term at the bank's 2017 annual meeting.

Westpac chairman Lindsay Maxsted going nowhere

Any utterance by Maxsted that he's preparing to retire would be worth less than zero. Just ask Transurban shareholders.

  • Joe Aston

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