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Thorney orchestrates board spill at smash repairer AMA Group

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

May 28, 2024 – 12.07pm

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Alex Waislitz’s Thorney, owner of 6.8 per cent of AMA Group, has had enough of the smash repairer’s attempts to get the business back on track and is agitating for a board revamp.

Rich Lister Alex Waislitz is fed up with AMA Smash Repair. Eamon Gallagher

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.