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Cleanaway boss says he had to be tough to fix business

Michael RoddanNational correspondent

Sep 22, 2020 – 12.00am

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Cleanaway Waste Management's Vik Bansal says there was "absolutely a need for speed" in trying to fix the troubled company when he took over in 2015, as he admitted to conduct unbecoming a chief executive.

In an interview with The Australian Financial Review, Mr Bansal said it was "painful" to have the spotlight turned on him, following revelations he had been probed over a lengthy whistleblower complaint in May this year that alleged the chief executive had led a "culture of bullying and harassment".

Michael Roddan is a Walkley Award-winning national correspondent based in Sydney. He is a former business and economics reporter for The Australian.