October
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
BHP’s Labor whisperer goes global
George Wright was most recently the Big Australian’s group corporate affairs officer. But no more.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
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.
- Myriam Robin
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.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
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.
- Mark Di Stefano
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.
- Myriam Robin
February 2020
Scotch College doesn't look far for new chairman
There are no politics quite as compelling as private school politics.
- Joe Aston
November 2019
- Opinion
- Mining
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 going nowhere
Any utterance by Maxsted that he's preparing to retire would be worth less than zero. Just ask Transurban shareholders.
- Joe Aston