October 2024
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.
September 2024
BHP’s Labor whisperer goes global
George Wright was most recently the Big Australian’s group corporate affairs officer. But no more.
October 2023
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.
September 2023
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.
January 2023
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.
July 2021
September 2020
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.
February 2020
Scotch College doesn't look far for new chairman
There are no politics quite as compelling as private school politics.
November 2019
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.
September 2019
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.