Catherine Livingstone
Opinion
Governance
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.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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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.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Australia Day
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Education at the forefront of Australia Day honours
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- by Bianca Hall
‘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.
- by Clancy Yeates
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.
- by Anne Hyland
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.
- by Anne Hyland
‘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.
- by Clancy Yeates
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.
- by Charlotte Grieve
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.
- by Mathew Dunckley
Opinion
Banking royal commission
Curtain has come down far too soon on banking inquiry
The Royal Commission into banking has completed its hearings. Did it go far enough?
- by Adele Ferguson
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