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Michael Wilkins

March

The highest-paid company directors include (top, left) Hamish McLennan, Scott Perkins and Steven Gregg and Richard Goyder, Michael Wilkins and Ken MacKenzie.

The country’s highest-paid directors revealed

Here are the 18 male and two female directors in Australia paid more than $1 million a year in board fees.

August 2024

40pc of blue-chip company directors lack skin in the game

Of the 22 directors of ASX 300 companies who were paid more than $1 million last year, only three were female, a survey shows.

May 2023

Mike Wilkins, Christine Holman and Rob Sindel at the ACSI conference on Wednesday.

Why companies should be allowed to pay cyber criminals

Leading directors say that in the case of life or death, or with the threat of catastrophic damage to infrastructure, cyber ransom payments may be justified.

September 2020

Pat Regan was found to have breached QBE's code of conduct.

'He played a hard game': Fortunes of QBE boss turn on a dime

Less than 48 hours after Minter Ellison handed over the findings from an independent investigation into a complaint made against QBE boss Pat Regan by a female employee, chairman Mike Wilkins had decided to sack the chief executive. 

The sacking of QBE's Pat Regan sets a new standard for boards.

Why QBE had to sack Pat Regan

The dismissal of the insurer's chief executive is another own goal for the company, but it is also a definitive moment for culture in corporate Australia. 

August 2020

Medibank was hit by by almost non-existent investment returns, rising hospital costs, and the cost of the health fund's COVID-19 hardship measures.

Increase Medicare surcharge to save industry: Medibank

Medibank chief executive Craig Drummond says the industry cannot afford to delay premium increases any further regardless of the COVID-19 fallout.

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