The white smoke went up over the Bella Vista hellscape on Tuesday morning as Woolworths chairman Gordon Cairns named his successor, Scott Perkins.
So much for The Australian’s characterisation back in September that the only remaining candidates in the succession field were News Corp executive Siobhan McKenna and former AMP director Holly Kramer, with Kramer the “odds-on favourite”.
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Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart and the best-selling author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out. From 2012 to 2023, Joe helmed The Australian Financial Review’s Rear Window column. Email Joe at hello@rampart.news
