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March

Rob Priestley before the season kicked off.

Carlton fans shift ire from Luke Sayers to Rob Priestley

It’s been a bad start to the year for the Blues, who, true to form, are looking for someone to blame.

Luke Sayers at the Grand Prix last weekend.

Sayers hard-launches into his post-scandal era

The former PwC boss turned out to watch his beloved Carlton Blues lose on Thursday.

February

Luke Sayers at Flemington racecourse.

Sayers pops up in Melbourne’s CBD

The former PwC man is picking up the pieces from the fallout of the dick pic scandal.

Rob Priestley is the new president of Carlton FC.

Carlton picks Priestley to move beyond Sayers scandal

Rob Priestley has replaced Luke Sayers, who stepped down from that position last month following a lewd photo scandal he says someone else was responsible for. Sayers has now returned to Australia from his Italian holiday.

January

Cate and Luke Sayers (middle) attend the 2024 Australian Open.

Very pubic display hangs over Sayers’ PwC pension

The Melbourne man-about-town may have been forced to quit the Carlton presidency, but his friends are still in overdrive on damage control.

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Former Carlton president Luke Sayers with the man now rumoured to replace him, Josh Frydenberg, in 2019.

Sayers Group considers name change amid lewd photo scandal

The firm was built around Sayer’s personal brand and gathered high-profile Melbourne businesses identities to bankroll the venture when it launched.

Luke Sayers has stepped down as president of Carlton Football Club.

Sayers steps down from Carlton after ‘very tough’ few weeks

Luke Sayers has stepped down as Carlton president and said he would take time off work after a “very tough” period that followed a post of a penis on his X account.

Luke Sayers, pictured with wife Cate, is under scrutiny from the AFL.

Luke Sayers engages lawyer over lewd photo on X account

A spokesman for the Carlton Football Club president also said he was co-operating with an AFL integrity unit investigation.

Luke Sayers, pictured with wife Cate, is under scrutiny from the AFL.

Lewd photo scandal sparks AFL investigation for Melbourne’s Mr Teflon

Is this how Luke Sayers, PwC’s youngest CEO and the head of one of Melbourne’s most popular football clubs, finally comes undone?

August 2024

Luke Sayers and Carlton captain Patrick Cripps.

Luke Sayers turns big four poacher

The former PwC chief executive escaped the full blowback of his old firm’s scandal. Now, business is booming.

July 2024

Boston Consulting Group managing partner Grant McCabe.

Path to Cats presidency goes through Boston Consulting Group

Critics have labelled Geelong a “boys’ club”. But the board of the Geelong Football Club has tended to draw from an even narrower pool.

May 2024

Brodie Arnhold.

Shaver Shop chairman caught up in craft brewery woes

Brodie Arnhold is a director and shareholder of Sou’West Brewery, which collapsed this month, joining other victims of the slowdown in spending and rise in costs.

April 2024

Grill’d co-founder Simon Crowe doesn’t think the business has done anything wrong.

Grill’d boss Simon Crowe tells on himself

Power and self-awareness make for uneasy bedfellows. A few delicately probing questions and people so often just tell on themselves.

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This former tennis champ is chasing unicorns and dancing pantless

Dylan Alcott has a dizzying list of achievements from 15 tennis Grand Slams to being Australian of the Year. Now, he’s chasing start-ups and performing with Jason Donovan.

Luke Sayers with Geelong’s Tom Hawkins at the Penfolds’ marquee at the Melbourne Cup last year.

Luke Sayers is done with the PwC scandal. It’s not done with him

Unethical behaviour “ignored”. “Implausible”. “Scarcely credible”. How can this assessment be any worse?

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March 2024

Luke Sayers, former PwC Australia CEO, during a hearing of the Senate inquiry into consulting on Thursday, October 12, 2023.

Sayers evidence on PwC tax leaks ‘implausible’, Senate finds

A Senate committee has called testimony by former PwC Australia chief executive Luke Sayers  “implausible” and questioned the “truthfulness” of aspects of his evidence.

The launch of AFL’s Opening Round in Sydney with AFL players (L-R) Jeremy Howe (Collingwood), Taylor Adams (Sydney), Toby Greene (GWS) and Max Gawn (Melbourne) with Auskickers.

AFL season could permanently launch outside of Victoria

New AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon says the interstate push is already a success but not everybody’s happy with the move.

What the Carlton Football Club CEO learnt about ambition

Brian Cook says he became a good leader when he realised leadership wasn’t all about him.

February 2024

Carlton Football Club’s senior coach Michael Voss (left) and president Luke Sayers.

Luke Sayers to run Carlton FC for another year

The former PwC boss was granted a 12-month extension at an AGM late on Thursday.

Former head of PwC Australia Luke Sayers.

Luke Sayers ejects himself from the scene

The former PwC CEO shows no signs of reeling from the scandal at his former accounting firm.

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