This Month
Very pubic display hangs over Sayers’ PwC pension
The Melbourne man-about-town may have been forced to quit the Carlton presidency, but his friends are still in overdrive on damage control.
- Hannah Wootton
Sayers Group considers name change amid lewd photo scandal
The firm was built around Sayer’s personal brand and gathered high-profile Melbourne businesses identities to bankroll the venture when it launched.
- Hannah Wootton, Mark Di Stefano and Zoe Samios
Sayers steps down from Carlton after ‘very tough’ few weeks
Luke Sayers has stepped down as Carlton president and said he would take time off work after a “very tough” period that followed a post of a penis on his X account.
- Updated
- Hannah Wootton and Mark Di Stefano
Luke Sayers engages lawyer over lewd photo on X account
A spokesman for the Carlton Football Club president also said he was co-operating with an AFL integrity unit investigation.
- Updated
- Hannah Wootton
Lewd photo scandal sparks AFL investigation for Melbourne’s Mr Teflon
Is this how Luke Sayers, PwC’s youngest CEO and the head of one of Melbourne’s most popular football clubs, finally comes undone?
- Hannah Wootton
Sayers’ boutique firm loses key partner as departures mount
Tom Considine, a former senior public servant, left Sayers Group in December and has joined KordaMentha’s real estate team.
- Lucy Dean
Shares slip; LA fire devastation; Star on its deathbed
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Carlton president Sayers caught in lewd pic scandal
The former PwC boss Luke Sayers claims a hacker was responsible for a nude picture sent to a female executive on social media.
- Gus McCubbing
November 2024
ATO gave PwC CEO early warning about ‘incompetent’ tax division
New details of a meeting in February 2020 between the ATO’s Jeremy Hirschhorn and then-PwC CEO Luke Sayers contradict earlier evidence provided by Mr Sayers.
- Edmund Tadros
August 2024
The Tax Office goes to war with Seymour as Sayers goes big
While PwC tax divisions was mired in a paper war with the ATO, it transformed from a conservative accounting firm to hard-charging, hard-drinking company.
- Edmund Tadros
Ex-PwC chief Tom Seymour rewrites history
PwC had a stellar year (financially), even as its current and former CEOs sparred in parliament.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
PwC leaders at war over tax scandal
PwC’s former general counsel says she repeatedly advised then chief Luke Sayers and the governance board that legal professional privilege was being misused.
- Edmund Tadros and Maxim Shanahan
Ex-PwC chief Tom Seymour forced from the shadows
The formerly prominent PwC chief and tax practice leader has resolutely declined media requests. But on Friday, he’ll speak again.
- Updated
- Myriam Robin
April 2024
- Opinion
- Venture capital
Sayers knows the importance of trust. Has he lost his in PwC scandal?
The former chief executive came off badly from a Senate inquiry, undermining years spent carefully cultivating a reputation for integrity.
- Aaron Patrick
February 2024
- Exclusive
- PwC tax scandal
VC fund pulls $2.5m from firm of former PwC boss Luke Sayers
US-based venture capital fund McLaren Strategic Ventures will reduce its investment in the consultancy set up by the former PwC chief Luke Sayers by $2.5 million.
- Patrick Durkin and Edmund Tadros
Luke Sayers who? PwC and the network that wasn’t there
Implausible? Possibly. But on the record? Absolutely.
- Myriam Robin and Mark Di Stefano
January 2024
Mathias Cormann did ‘some work’ for ex-PwC boss Luke Sayers
The new revelations follow Luke Sayers admitting that his new firm Sayers Group granted Cormann some shares before he took the OECD job.
- Hannah Wootton
November 2023
Luke Sayers had millions of reasons to hire Mathias Cormann
Under Mathias Cormann’s oversight, government spending on consultancies swelled nearly four-fold.
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- Myriam Robin
Mathias Cormann planned to join ex-PwC CEO Luke Sayers’ firm
In responses to questions about the PwC tax leaks scandal, former CEO Luke Sayers revealed how much he had been fined for violating the firm’s independence policies.
- Edmund Tadros
October 2023
PwC’s ashes smoulder | Energy transition stalls | Who will be Qantas’ chairman?
In this week’s episode, James and Anthony look at the future of the big four consulting firms after the PwC tax leaks scandal, the tough reality of a faltering energy transition, and ask who should be the next chairman of Qantas.