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LendLease developments in Melbourne .

Lendlease investors to demand answers at Monday showdown

Embattled chief executive Tony Lombardo will outline the global property giant’s direction, with investors bracing for a barrage of changes.

  • Carolyn Cummins and Simon Johanson

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LendLease investors are looking for blood.

Lendlease’s sacrifice of chairman won’t appease bloodthirsty investors

Many feel that the board has engaged in a bit of tinkering when full-scale renovation is needed.

  • Elizabeth Knight
Lendlease chairman Michael Ullmer will front investors next week.

Lendlease chairman to exit property giant at AGM

Global property giant Lendlease has announced that chairman Michael Ullmer will retire at its annual general meeting in November, following concerns about the company’s underperformance.

  • Carolyn Cummins
Catherine Livingstone wants shorter tenures for board directors.

Board directors should serve shorter terms says former CBA chair

Former Commonwealth Bank chair Catherine Livingstone says nine-year stints for directors can mean companies miss out on fresh faces at the top.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland.

Government picks two new directors for ABC board

The federal government has filled the two vacant seats on the ABC’s board as the hunt for chair Ita Buttrose’s successor continues.

  • Calum Jaspan
Katrina Rathie has hung onto her postion as chairperson of Bubs Australia after an unsuccessful board spill.

Bubs chair hopes to restore shareholder value after board spill fails

Kristy Carr’s attempt to change the board did not come to pass at an extraordinary general meeting, ending a bitter months-long dispute at the infant formula company.

  • Jessica Yun
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Bubs Australia’s aspiring chairman James Jackson is hoping to change proxy advisers ISS and Glass Lewis’ recommendation against spilling the board.

Board battle heats up: Aspiring Bubs chairman hopes to win over proxy advisers

“We would love them to reconsider their position,” James Jackson, who hopes to become Bubs’ next chairman, said after two proxy advisers recommended against the spill.

  • Jessica Yun
Former Public Service Minister Ben Morton has now been appointed to two government gigs by the McGowan government.

Scott Morrison’s former right-hand man gets another gig from McGowan government

Ben Morton was the WA Liberal party’s WA director for seven years, but his history with the opposition party has not swayed Premier Mark McGowan’s decision to appoint him to significant positions at government trading enterprises.

  • Hamish Hastie
Atlassian founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, along with fellow billionaire Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest, is a major backer of the Sun Cable project.

Cannon-Brookes’ AGL board picks win more support as vote looms

Power giant AGL is facing the escalating threat of a clash with investors as support builds behind a push to defy the board and elect new company directors.

  • Nick Toscano
Fiona Balfour was appointed to the ABC Board last May.

ABC director’s alleged conflict of interest under scrutiny

Balfour recused herself at the most recent board meeting because of a conflict with the board’s agenda.

  • Zoe Samios

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