May
Director Awards underline importance of greater boardroom diversity
Homogeneity undermines accountability, stifles directors’ willingness to ask management the hard questions, and causes boards to succumb to mere conformity.
Chocolate Yowies at epicentre of Keybridge-Bolton battle
Keybridge Capital’s new board has applied to the Takeovers Panel to stop chocolate brand Yowie from issuing millions of new shares.
April
Why are female directors quitting boards in pairs?
A number of directors, mostly female, have departed in pairs from some of Australia’s highest-profile boardrooms in the past decade. Why isn’t it ringing alarm bells?
ASIC’s WiseTech investigation goes from preliminary to formal
The corporate regulator has already examined current and former directors at the logistics software giant as it probes disclosures made about share trading.
Virgin board overhaul brings in Qatar executive, ex-Macquarie chairman
The airline has formally appointed Peter Warne – among others – as a director, two years after he was first announced, as it prepares to rejoin the ASX.
Inside the ‘great frustrations’ between Shayne Elliott and ANZ board
The veteran banker is finishing as chief executive next month – after nearly a decade, regulatory reprimands and plenty of tension at the top.
Cettire recruits Accent shoe chief Daniel Agostinelli to its board
The online luxury store has overhauled its board and appointed the veteran retailer as it faces continued investor uncertainty about its outlook.
March
WiseTech investors say they want new CEO, but back White
A shareholder sentiment survey came as the software giant said former chairman Andrew Harrison would return as lead independent director.
Advertising expert Todd Sampson resigns from Qantas board
The airline has appointed former HP chief executive Dion Weisler in his place, meaning five of seven directors have been installed in the last three years.
Bolton removed from Keybridge Capital board in stoush with Catalano
The activist investor has, however, talked up the decision as a victory, saying he has “never seen such competition to be on the board of an insolvent company”.
ASIC calls in former WiseTech directors to provide evidence
ASIC has begun interview four former WiseTech directors who resigned from the board over a dispute with founder Richard White.
APRA-style term limits would wipe out up to 30pc of ASX directors
The 10-year limit outlined by the regulator on Thursday would send hundreds of directors out the door if they were introduced across industries.
These are the high-profile directors APRA is pushing out the door
Nearly a quarter of directors at the nation’s largest superannuation, insurance and banking institutions could be forced out under proposed term limits
February
Founder empathy is testing the limits of good boards
Independence, like value, is largely in the eye of the beholder. And investors are doing their homework on captured directors.
Keybridge’s lawyer warned against using administration to avoid board spill
Silk Andrew Broadfoot urged Keybridge to be cautious about a decision to appoint an administrator days before a shareholder meeting.
‘I am WiseTech’: How Richard White regained control of his company
On one side was a group of independent directors with their reputations on the line. On the other, a powerful founder with everything to lose.
Inside Australia’s boardrooms, Trump’s a speed bump
Tariffs here one day, maybe gone the next. Australian business is trying to see through directors call “noise”, but can’t ignore the chaos.
December 2024
Orica chairman Malcolm Broomhead to step down
A veteran of some of Australia’s most powerful boardrooms has announced plans to step down from his last major corporate directorship.
November 2024
City Chic chair hits the phones ahead of AGM
With the shares off 73 per cent over the past year and considering 27.6 per cent of shareholders voted against its report at the 2023 AGM, it’s only prudent for Michael Kay to get on the front foot.
Ramsay investors push for shake-up of ‘failed’ overseas expansion
The country’s largest private hospital operator is facing demands from shareholders to discard international operations and focus on its local facilities.