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Kathryn Fagg

June 2023

Doug Hilton will replace Larry Marshall as chief executive of CSIRO at the end of September.

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.

  • Paul Smith

July 2021

Seven Group CEO Ryan Stokes could become Boral’s chairman. Seven now has almost 60 per cent of Boral with a week to go on its takeover bid.

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.

  • Simon Evans
The Sydney construction shutdown order for two weeks means 630 Boral workers have been stood down.

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.

  • Simon Evans
Kerry Stokes will soon flex his muscles on the Boral board.

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.

  • Tony Boyd

June 2021

Kerry Stokes could soon be in control of the largest “cash box” on the ASX.

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.

  • Tony Boyd
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Boral chief executive Zlatko Todorcevski has seen the boardroom director stoush movie before.

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.

  • Tony Boyd
Seven Group already holds more than 20 per cent of Boral.

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.

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  • Simon Evans

May 2021

The Boral board says shareholders should reject the Seven Group offer, which offers no premium.

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.

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  • Simon Evans

March 2021

Portrait of Boral CEO Zlatko Todorcevski at the company’s office in North Sydney on February 9, 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.

  • Simon Evans

December 2020

Going out with a bang: Rio's former chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques.

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.

  • Joe Aston

October 2020

Boral chairman Kathryn Fagg and new CEO Zlatko Todorcevski came to the AGM with a clear message for investors.

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. 

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  • James Thomson
Boral CEO Zlatko Todorcevski has promised not to waste time on the execution front once strategic decisions are announced by the end of October.

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.

  • Simon Evans
Boral chairman Kathryn Fagg will leave the company's board next year.

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.

  • Tony Boyd
Boral chairman Kathryn Fagg will retire in 2021.

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.

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  • Robert Guy, Elouise Fowler and Simon Evans
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Qantas team reunited at Boral

On Wednesday morning Boral announced its recruitment of Qantas veteran Tino La Spina as its CFO.

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  • Joe Aston
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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.

  • Joe Aston

Kathryn Fagg sells Boral shareholders down the river

Her contempt for minority shareholders is extraordinary.

  • Joe Aston

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.

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  • Tony Boyd

September 2020

"Although we weren't sure whether it would be possible to recruit virtually, we found that it worked fine," says Boral chairman Kathryn Fagg.

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.

  • Sally Patten

August 2020

Boral chair Kathryn Fagg and new CEO Zlatko Todorcevski.

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.

  • Simon Evans

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