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Adele Ferguson

The uncomfortable truths about Australia's cosy directors club

Ownership Matters has done the numbers, using 15 years of company director and executive data, and the information is an eye-opener about how the club works.

It’s official. Members of Australia’s so-called ASX 300 directors club are on the gravy train, with far too many of them raking in hundreds of millions of dollars a year in fees for being a rubber stamp for the management.

Governance and proxy adviser Ownership Matters has done the numbers, using 15 years of company director and executive data, to unveil a series of uncomfortable truths about the club and how it works.

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Adele Ferguson is a Gold Walkley Award winning investigative journalist. She reports and comments on companies, markets and the economy. Connect with Adele on Twitter. Email Adele at adele.ferguson@theage.com.au

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