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Myriam Robin

The wild world of John Fraser

The man is a reporter's dream, if hardly the ideal person to handle the onboarding process for recovering alcoholics and devout Muslims.

AMP Capital chairman John Fraser has "mature" women he employs follow him at parties to vouch for his good behaviour, in case anyone should later impugn it. He thinks a job interview is useless for judging a prospective employee's real character and that the real trick is to get them drunk over dinner. He's a self-described "prick" known to refer to "the ladies" unironically. And he's more than happy to tell you all this in lengthy podcast interviews recorded without a gun to his head. The man is a reporter's dream, if hardly the ideal person to handle the onboarding process for recovering alcoholics and devout Muslims.

John Fraser: a self-described "prick" Alex Ellinghausen

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Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com

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