June 2023
New CSIRO boss hunts Aussie ‘Eureka moments’
Australia’s national science agency has named Doug Hilton, a leading cancer specialist biologist, to take over from its longest ever CEO Larry Marshall.
July 2021
Seven Group stake in Boral climbs to almost 60pc
The Kerry Stokes-controlled Seven Group has tightened its grip and a board shakeout is likely once the offer ends.
Boral stands down 630 workers in Sydney construction freeze
Chief executive Zlatko Todorcevski has temporarily shut down Boral’s cement and asphalt plants in Greater Sydney.
Stokes outfoxes the Boral board
Control of Boral is changing hands without a decent premium thanks to a masterful strategic play by Kerry Stokes, who was up against a board with poor defences.
June 2021
Boral is ASX’s biggest cash box
The building materials group has given shareholders a roller-coaster ride over the past 30 years and made some look fondly at the golden years when Sir Eric Neal delivered 14 years of successive earnings increases.
Boral to put heat on Stokes over board control
The Stokes family’s nil-premium takeover offer for Boral looks like setting up some boardroom argy-bargy over the appropriate number of independent directors.
Boral scoffs at Stokes’ lowball, opportunistic offer
Grant Samuel values Boral shares between $8.25 to $9.13, which is 40.5 per cent higher than the Seven offer at the upper end.
May 2021
Wylie says Stokes aims to control Boral without paying premium
John Wylie’s Tanarra Capital wants Boral to accelerate a renewal of the board following the Seven Group bid.
March 2021
Rebuilding Boral via remote control
Microsoft Teams is going full tilt at Boral, which has a global workforce of 17,500 employees and contractors.
December 2020
Cant and lawsuits: Rear Window’s year in review
The cant, the lawsuits and the most outrageous stories of a bona fide unprecedented year: Joe Aston passes judgement.
October 2020
Boral delivers a deal, an apology and a promise
Boral's $1.4 billion deal to sell out of its plasterboard joint venture buys new CEO Zlatko Todorcevski time and some credibility with investors.
Rebuilding of Boral brings big dilemma
Selling off the troubled US assets seems a logical step at Boral, but would return the group to the ranks of a big local player with limited growth options.
Big unknowns amid Boral's shareholder accountability
Movements on the board of directors are starting to look like a Machiavellian case study. Either way, chairman Kathryn Fagg has listened to shareholders and acted.
Boral chair Kathryn Fagg to retire in 2021
Fagg has faced criticism of her role in the US Headwaters debacle and the decision to appoint two Seven Group directors to the board.
Qantas team reunited at Boral
On Wednesday morning Boral announced its recruitment of Qantas veteran Tino La Spina as its CFO.
All three proxy houses against re-election of Boral chair Kathryn Fagg
Fagg's chances of re-election at Boral’s AGM on October 27 now look genuinely tenuous.
Kathryn Fagg sells Boral shareholders down the river
Her contempt for minority shareholders is extraordinary.
Activists question Boral's director appointments
Boral chairman Kathryn Fagg is standing by her decision to appoint Ryan Stokes and Richard Richards from Seven Group Holdings as directors.
September 2020
How to hire a new CEO over Zoom
The first time the chairman and chief executive of Boral met was on the day the company announced the CEO appointment.
August 2020
Boral in $1.35b write-offs on US woes
Boral shareholders will miss out on a final dividend for the first time in 31 years, underlining the poor state of the building products group.