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CEOs at home

January

Private Healthcare Australia chief executive Dr Rachel David aims for five to six home workouts each week using the Les Mills workout app.

How these top CEOs stay fit and healthy

Chief executives understand that investing in regular exercise and proper nutrition is good for business. But not everyone likes to tick this box by hiring a personal trainer.

December 2022

John Winning and his father John Winning snr held off a strong challenge from LawConnect down the River Derwent to finish first by about 27 minutes onboard Andoo Comanche.

The team-building secrets this Sydney to Hobart winning CEO swears by

Sydney to Hobart champion John Winning, also the chief executive of his fourth-generation family company, says data is equally important in sport and business.

November 2022

Fortescue’s Elizabeth Gaines recently moved from Cottesloe for East Freemantle.

How Australia’s wealthiest CEOs buy property

When billionaires and top bosses acquire luxury property for their portfolios, they tend to use the same strategies, such as buying multiple homes in the same neighbourhood.

February 2022

After work, Deliveroo Australia’s CEO swaps delivery bikes for bees

After receiving a one-day beekeeping course for his birthday, Ed McManus was buzzing. Now, his honey is in high demand.

December 2020

Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance was a hit with many CEOs.

The books, films and shows that moved our top CEOs

With 2020 seeing many top leaders confided to barracks, they had time to digest some thought provoking books, films and documentaries.

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June 2020

Cochlear CEO Dig Howitt is not expecting a V-shaped recovery, saying jobs will not return as quickly as they were lost.

How COVID-19 unlocked new voices in Cochlear

Before the pandemic, CEO Dig Howitt had never worked from home. Now he's a convert and sees benefits for himself, executives and employees.

Netwealth's Matt Heine plans to work from home at least 1-2 days a week when restrictions lift. 

Netwealth boss is 'far more productive' at home

Rich Lister Matt Heine is telling staff not to rush back to the office. He’s learnt an important lesson in lockdown: working from home is highly productive.

May 2020

AFR Rich Lister Lex Greensill in lockdown at home. Life may have slowed down in rural Cheshire, but the opposite is true in supply-chain finance.

Lex Greensill finds grist for the mill in lockdown life

The globe-trotting farmer turned supply-chain financier is seeing out the pandemic in his northern English home – with a new string to his bow.

April 2020

AGL CEO Brett Redman

AGL CEO sees more bill pain ahead

Brett Redman says the virus shutdown will fundamentally change how AGL and other companies do business.

Peter Gray, co-founder of Zip, with his daughtrer Charley while working from home in North Ryde, Sydney.

'Personally I prefer working in the office': Zip founder

For the Zip co-founders, lessons from the crisis include becoming better time managers, improving staff communication and needing less office space.

Peter Rowland, CEO of ASX-listed company Micro-X, running the firm from his Adelaide Hills cottage.

CEOs are doing online yoga too

From wearing the pink shirt uniform while running the company from home to video-yoga sessions and a special tripod, Australian bosses are adapting fast – but missing the "accidental conversations".

Ruslan Kogan takes care of his eponymous online retail business from the dining table of his Toorak home, helped by his Sibu Inu co-worker, Toko.

'No downside' to working from home, says Kogan CEO

Kogan.com founder Ruslan Kogan says the world won't return to "wasteful" face-to-face meetings, as he runs his booming online retailer from his dining room.

TechnologyOne chief executive Ed Chung has converted his "granny flat" into his home office while working from home.

How TechnologyOne CEO Ed Chung is working from home

TechnologyOne CEO Ed Chung has converted his granny flat into a home office, while his daughters take over the study and the kitchen bench.

March 2020

AMP CEO Francesco De Ferrari: "Please, let's take this very seriously."

CEOs on the frontline of the virus battle

AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari may be running the beleaguered $4.3 billion wealth giant but his brother is fighting a war.

MLC CEO Geoff Lloyd is overseeing 1,000 financial advisers and one million customers from self-isolation in Mosman.

How Geoff Lloyd is running MLC from his dining room

From self-isolation on Sydney's lower north shore, MLC CEO Geoff Lloyd is commanding more than a thousand financial advisers to calm the community angst.

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Billionaire Anthony Pratt is now working from his home, Raheen, in Melbourne.

Anthony Pratt's top tips for managing the crisis

Australia’s richest man has bunkered down in his family’s Melbourne mansion where he is working to ramp up production across his Visy cardboard box empire.

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