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Ben Wyatt and Stuart Ayres top BCA chief executive shortlist

Tom McIlroy

Former West Australian treasurer and Rio Tinto director Ben Wyatt and former NSW trade minister Stuart Ayres are the two candidates vying to replace Jennifer Westacott at the Business Council of Australia.

But the board is split on which former politician to appoint, and sources with knowledge of the recruitment process told The Australian Financial Review that political and diversity considerations were in play.

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Tom McIlroy was the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief.

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