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This corporate queen is right – the era of board entitlement must end

Australia’s elite boards are still littered with time-served directors who are part of an entitlement club of similarly minded seat warmers.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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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
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Commonwealth Bank chairman Catherine Livingstone.

‘She will certainly be missed’: investors praise outgoing CBA chairman

Catherine Livingstone will retire after leading CBA’s board during a period of major change including a run of damaging scandals.

  • Clancy Yeates
Catherine Livingstone: “Funding the gap between the research phase and the development phase is critical.”

Who wants to be a company director? Top leaders give their tips

Demand for company board seats has never been higher but getting a slot at one of Australia’s biggest corporations is not easy. Who you know helps a lot.

  • Anne Hyland
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“I’ve never felt like I haven’t been able to provide the time and energy to the CEOs, executives and boards of both companies,” says Qantas and Woodside chairman Richard Goyder.

Board games: Is a cosy directors’ club a risk to corporate Australia?

A small group of powerful men, and increasingly women, dominate the boards of Australia’s biggest companies. And some fear the group is too small.

  • Anne Hyland
CBA chairman Catherine Livingstone: “The closed borders are not good for the country.”

‘Crisis point’: CBA chairman calls for plan to reopen borders

The chairman of the country’s biggest bank says businesses cannot attract foreign workers to Australia because people worry they’ll be trapped here.

  • Clancy Yeates
CBA chief executive Matt Comyn

CBA avoids strike on pay, pledges to keep 'as many as possible' in their homes

CBA has managed to avoid a vote against executive pay while CEO says he will prioritise mediation with customers.

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Former Commonwealth Bank chief executive Ralph Norris

CBA was 'decisive' dealing with misconduct: Ralph Norris hits back at criticism

The former bank boss has taken issue with the characterisation of his time in charge.

  • Mathew Dunckley

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