'I went to a good university and it meant nothing here'

A BOSS survey has found leadership at Australia's top 100 companies looks much as it did five years ago, with a few exceptions.

When Vik Bansal moved to Melbourne in 1991, he stood out. Eamon Gallagher

Sally PattenBOSS editor

Jun 12, 2019 – 9.23am

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Vik Bansal grew up in Karnal, a small town about 3½ hours north of New Delhi, India. The Catholic school his parents sent him to, St Theresa’s Convent School, run by nuns, was strict.

“It was no nonsense,” recalls the chief executive of Australia’s largest waste management solutions company, Cleanaway Waste Management. “There was a high expectation of performance around academia and sport, and you were expected to behave properly.”

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Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.