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Janine Allis

Boost Juice founder on her top health hacks and her aversion for VERBS

Janine Allis, who is also behind Betty’s Burgers and a director of Kogan, explains why there is no such thing as imposter syndrome and why ‘yes’ always beats ‘no’.

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 SPC CEO Robert Iervasi

SPC chief’s battle to remake the household brand

The ambitious Robert Iervasi is transforming his company, but faces sceptical investors, nervous suppliers and international trade winds.

Nick Flood

By the time he was 37 this exec was running IBM in Australia

Nick Flood was the youngest executive to be appointed managing director in the local firm’s 92-year history.

Qantas Chairman John Mullen at his Silentworld Foundation Collection in St Ives.

Why the Qantas chairman is building a maritime museum under his house

John Mullen has learnt a lot from the likes of Matthew Flinders, the first man to circumnavigate Australia, and 16th-century Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan.

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Kim Feitelberg established her haircare company, HairShots, in early 2023.

Why I quit advertising to set up a haircare company in my late 40s

Women who have chased their entrepreneurial dreams later in life say the experience, skills, networks and maturity they acquired during their extensive careers is invaluable.

Shemara Wikramanayake CEO of Macquarie Group, Lisa Annese CEO of CEW, Vicki Brady CEO of Telstra, and Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz former CEO of Mirvac, at the CEW 40th Anniversary dinner at ICC Grand Ballroom, Sydney.

CEW 40th anniversary dinner

A black tie event honouring Chief Executive Women’s 40-year anniversary held at the ICC in Sydney

Lauren Joyce was promoted to a bigger role at ARN following a leadership course she completed at Harvard University.

What I learnt at Harvard: women leaders sharpen their skills

Recipients of the Maureen Kerridge AM Scholarship, offered by Chief Executive Women, are learning valuable leadership skills at universities abroad.

The biggest mistake even senior execs make in job interviews

Johnson Partners founder and CEO Jason Johnson says too many job candidates leave enthusiasm at the door when they go in for an interview.

The highest-paid company directors include (top, left) Hamish McLennan, Scott Perkins and Steven Gregg and Richard Goyder, Michael Wilkins and Ken MacKenzie.

The country’s highest-paid directors revealed

Here are the 18 male and two female directors in Australia paid more than $1 million a year in board fees.

Patrick Hill, Jacobs COO.

How this Melbourne engineer became a boss at a $24b global giant

The global president of engineering firm Jacobs is based in Melbourne and is the first member of the executive team to live outside the US.

ASIC chairman Joe Longo

ASIC kickstarts deregulation agenda to lighten director loads

The chairman of the corporate regulator, Joe Longo, will also on Wednesday call for more science and technology experience in the boardroom.

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Jun Bei Liu: How I learnt to speak up

The co-founder and portfolio manager at TenCap never felt she could express her opinion. That changed, although she says she still lives with imposter syndrome.

Yasmine Amani is a senior leader in the payments and fintech industry.

The four actor ‘tricks’ giving executives more confidence

A university course run by actors is teaching executives how to communicate with a rock-star presence.

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Professor Emma Johnston is the first female vice chancellor of the University of Melbourne in its 172 year history.

Emma Johnston takes the reins at Melbourne Uni in a time of crisis

Melbourne University just got its first female vice chancellor, Emma Johnston, and her road ahead will not be plain sailing.

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Billionaire Richard White’s girlfriend Zena Nasser singing “Money, Money, Money” in a video posted to TikTok.

WiseTech shareholders just one cheeseburger away from the void

Richard White’s blind confidence in his own understanding of people – learned from those psychology books he recommends to women on LinkedIn – is deeply misplaced.

Alex Waisilitz, founder of Thorney Investments at his Collins Street office in Melbourne, but has plans to spend more time in New York and Israel.

‘We’ll fight’: Alex Waislitz on family battles and bad bets

The billionaire investor is mired in clashes with his ex-wife, future sister-in-law and developer Tim Gurner. But he’s up for it, he says.

Lisa Annese has spent most of her career advocating for women and minority groups.

Job appointments have never been purely merit-based: CEW chief

If we give too much air time to DEI’s detractors, people may begin to believe such programs are unwarranted, says Chief Executive Women CEO Lisa Annese.

Mia Klitsas, Moxie.

Why this CEO saves creative work for after her period

When Mia Klitsas founded Moxie period care 20 years ago, talking about periods was taboo. Now it’s all over TikTok.

This CEO gave up ultra-processed food. Here’s what happened

Ingenia’s John Carfi says he likes feeling hungry, and so chooses to fast from dinner “until whenever it is I choose to eat”.

CEOs Carrie Barker, Malcolm Jull and Gary Groves with retired olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe.

What these CEOs learnt about priorities from training with Thorpey

Swimming legend Ian Thorpe indirectly helped these CEOs at work while helping them move faster in the pool.

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