When Bruce Buchannan debuts on The Richest 250 list with over $600m to his name, it’s an accolade that won’t sit comfortably with the self-made millionaire who prefers the nitty gritty.
The banking major is still to announce a chief financial officer or human resources boss, as new CEO Anthony Miller makes his mark on the executive make-up.
The audit and consulting sector is set to benefit as structural transformations related to technology and climate wash through Australia’s economy in coming years.
The former treasurer is not going anywhere but has come out firing with a plan for the mega super fund to get its mojo back.
South African born, Melbourne educated Professor Peter van Wijngaarden heads the largest brain research centre in the southern hemisphere and the marathon runner’s cause is personal.
Mystery surrounds the immediate exit of Tanya Barden as chief of the Australian Food and Grocery Council, leaving the peak body representing supermarket suppliers without a leader.
The changing role of women in the workforce in Australia has driven major structural shifts in the logistics business, according to Michael Byrne, the former chief executive of Linfox and Toll.
Adelaide-born businessman Rob Chapman says the election of Donald Trump will move the ‘pendulum’ right, but says the fundamentals of doing business will remain intact.
Just weeks ago Luke Sayers was enjoying an Italian holiday, but now he is set to exit his positions across the consulting sector and Carlton Football Club in the wake of a lewd picture scandal.
Australian retail supremo Solomon Lew had a first-hand view of how the now two-time US President tackled business deals and it offers plenty of lessons for leaders.
The corporate regulator is gearing for a fresh fight with the poorly governed and complacent superannuation industry.
Mining boss Jakob Stausholm says Australia needs to grasp the opportunities and ensure it does not price itself out of the market.
Myer boss Olivia Wirth has won overwhelming shareholder approval for the acquisition of Solomon Lew’s apparel brands and now has the huge task of integrating them from ‘day zero’.
The $800m merger represents an all or nothing bet on the longer term future of Myer. And the retail billionaire Solomon Lew has big ambitions.
The Mike Cannon-Brookes-backed SunCable undersea energy delivery project has named a former Origin executive to take on the role of CEO.
Bendigo Bank, AMP and Coles are among those ramping up the work from the office mandates this year.
Meet Kane Harrison, the 39-year-old entrepreneur who slugged it out selling pancakes at markets before coming up with an investment app that he just sold for multimillions of pounds.
Where can you get divorced, lodge a complaint against your employer and be declared bankrupt? One court does it all.
William Alstergren was the stockbroking bobsledder who never thought he would become a lawyer, let alone the Chief Justice of one of Australia’s highest courts.
Richest 250 | The names and extent of the wealth behind some of the nation’s biggest yet reclusive companies can be revealed for the first time thanks to never before seen company accounts.
The best way to bring down the cost of insurance is to reduce risk and the painful truth is we need to ask people to move rather than rebuild in disaster zones.
Mark Woodruff, the local boss of US banking giant Citi, says market conditions are turning positive for the coming year.
The death earlier this year of Riverina farmer Bruce Simpson was sudden and a shock to the community. Now, his family are looking to keep his legacy going.
Sometimes good, but more often bad, Australian business is never short of generating hard-won lessons. The past year delivered plenty. Will we ever learn?
Investment banker Geoff Hill would love the focus on the Sydney Hobart race to get back to the ordinary people doing the race and away from the big Maxis.
Charli Cohen Walters cut her teeth in the family business started by her mother and father. When they sold up at the end of 2020, it gave her the opportunity to run her own race.
The Qantas boss says this will be a watershed year as more new aircraft arrive giving greater choice to passengers.
Qantas, Woolworths and now ANZ have all found out the hard way. On reputation – you go up slowly but come down at high speed.
From the economy, geopolitics to even working from home, see what Australia’s business leaders told the CEO Survey 2025.
MLC will be rebooted in 2025 under its owner, ASX-listed wealth management company Insignia Financial, which only weeks ago completed the brand’s separation from NAB.
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