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2024’s most powerful and influential directors revealed

2024’s most powerful and influential directors revealed

As AGM season gathers pace, the BOSS index of the country’s most powerful and influential directors reveals a new cohort rising through the ranks.

BHP and ANZ director Christine O’Reilly; Macquarie Group director Rebecca McGrath and AUB chair and CBA director Peter Harmer.  

Patrick DurkinBOSS Deputy editor

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Low-key BHP and ANZ director Christine O’Reilly and Macquarie Group and Djerriwarrh Investments director Rebecca McGrath have topped this year’s BOSS lists of most powerful and influential directors.

But men continue to hold the most powerful chairman roles in the country, including CBA’s Paul O’Malley, BHP’s Ken MacKenzie, CSL’s Brian McNamee and NAB’s Phil Chronican while the incoming chairman of listed insurance broker AUB, Peter Harmer, also on the CBA and nib boards, has risen to the top of the chairman power ranks.

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Patrick Durkin
Patrick DurkinBOSS Deputy editorPatrick Durkin is Melbourne bureau chief and BOSS deputy editor. He writes on news, business and leadership. Connect with Patrick on Twitter. Email Patrick at pdurkin@afr.com

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