Lunch with Jesinta Burton
Tim Willing on healthy habits, high-end builds and the chance encounter that changed his life
The Perth property developer who gets up at 4.45am to exercise for two hours every day tells how sitting in business class next to a billionaire changed the trajectory of his career.
- by Jesinta Burton
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Diane Smith-Gander on life, corporate politics and breaking up the boys club
The prominent company director talks life lessons, not shying away from social issues and breaking up the boys club.
- by Jesinta Burton
Kate Chaney on duty to family, falling into politics – and not putting up with crap
Kate Chaney talks about what her prominent West Australian political family taught her, and about being bold on climate policy in a mining town.
- by Jesinta Burton
Caroline Spencer on playing watchdog to a mega-government and the career she almost had
The state’s 19th auditor general talks the conversation that changed her life, holding a mega-government to account, and what she makes of being dubbed its most effective opposition.
- by Jesinta Burton
Ben Lisle on life lessons, riding motorbikes and helming Hesperia
The man leading one of Perth’s most successful property development firms talks calculated risks, motorbikes, and helming Hesperia.
- by Jesinta Burton
Paula Rogers on her love affair with Perth – and on guiding its future
Paula Rogers left her London borough bound for Western Australia more than two decades ago after falling in love with Perth. Now, she’s selling it to the world.
- by Jesinta Burton
John Poynton on the pressure of a legacy and getting on the wrong side of a media mogul
The man widely considered one of Perth’s most successful corporate advisors talks flying, the pressure of a legacy, and his fear that he “wasn’t very bright”.
- by Jesinta Burton
Kevin Brown on aviation, ambulances and the career he almost had
Even as a child, Kevin Brown recalls being mesmerised by the rush of traversing a busy airport and watching the enormous airplanes roaring up and down the tarmac. Now, he’s swapped aircraft for ambulances.
- by Jesinta Burton
From GP to CEO: How this corporate boss brought one skill full circle
Lachlan Henderson was leading a hospital group through a pandemic in the world’s most locked-down city when he got an offer he couldn’t refuse: to return home.
- by Jesinta Burton
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