Former Business Council boss and uni chancellor Jennifer Westacott was celebrated in Sydney this week for her leadership. But reaching the top as a gay woman has been anything but easy.
Broker Ryan Phillips has spent 25 years chasing the elusive creatures who drive daily volumes in financial markets. These are the rules they swear by.
The latest CEW survey finds that progress for women at the top has stalled with a fall in the number of female chief executives in the ASX300.
Twiggy Forrest, Gerry Harvey and other top directors will pocket mountains of dividends in coming weeks and analysts say it’s good for all shareholders that they have “skin in the game”.
The former head of the Business Council of Australia, Jennifer Westacott, says the nation risks a ‘contagion’ of anger and resentment unless it addresses its failings towards middle-class and working Australians.
Lawyer’s warning for businesses on a little-known aspect of newly introduced right to disconnect, which if not addressed, could result in customer service taking a hit.
Swyftx trading exchange founders and best mates Alex Harper and Angus Goldman are the Aussie face of the crypto generation but the highs and lows have tested their will and resilience.
Mike Sneesby’s exit has all the hallmarks of one of Nine’s semi-regular management coups. This time it was the board calling the shots.
A former Goldman Sachs banker wants to pull Westpac out of its self-imposed wilderness. Is the banking major ready for change?
This international banking executive is certain to feature on the target list of Westpac’s board and the headhunting firm spearheading a search for its next CEO.
Executive chairman Olivia Wirth has brought in Boston Consulting Group to examine and reimagine Myer’s approach to its customers, leaning on her admiration for overseas chains.
Daniel Shoppee is the third generation of his family to preside over Australia’s largest duck producer and throughout the good and bad times there has been one important motto: ‘Don’t quit’.
The chief investment officer of one of the world’s largest philanthropic foundations says his strategy is simple: If someone ought to be in jail then they don’t get any investment.
Australian CEOs and other corporate players are rapidly embracing the global ice bath trend, claiming it improves their fitness, mental health and decision making.
ASX-listed wealth and superannuation player Insignia Financial has secured former ASIC commissioner Danielle Press to chair its retirement business.
One of the most influential figures in Australian corporate and finance history, Rob Ferguson, has died after a long illness.
The former Etihad Airways chief reveals untold secrets of his reign in Abu Dhabi, frustration over the trashing of his legacy and why he won’t work in Australian aviation again.
Brad Banducci leaves as one of the supermarket’s longest-serving bosses. Can his legacy survive the hits of the past six months?
The bets on copper and potash show BHP is undergoing another of its landmark reinventions. Will it be enough?
The average chief executive pay at some of Australia’s biggest companies has surged by an eye-watering amount as dozens rake in bumper bonuses | FULL LIST
A chance encounter between two couples, one struggling to have a baby and the other biotech founders, led to a ‘crazy’ idea that brought fertility testing into homes and potential joy to prospective parents.
Private companies will face increased scrutiny as their ‘opacity presents an outsized risk’, says ASIC as it sets out its targets for the year ahead.
The incoming Perpetual chief executive has form in bringing big lumbering organisations together. Can he also pull them apart?
They may not be the biggest names on the ASX but companies like ARB, that was founded by a band of brothers in Melbourne’s suburbs, are seriously delivering for investors.
ASX’s chairman got $550,000, its now CEO got $3.8m and others such as the chief risk and finance officers were paid as though the unfolding train wreck is nothing more than a technical glitch.
She’s been called one of the most powerful women in the world and is the heiress to a $US36.5bn tech empire fortune, but Roshni Nadar Malhotra is more than an entitled, flashy billionaire.
After 14 years with Senex Energy, chief executive Ian Davies is leaving the company as the Atlas project he championed, comes online.
In her first interview as head of NAB’s corporate and institutional bank, Cathryn Carver talks culture, customers and growing the business.
Melinda Cilento has blazed a trail in public policy at the BCA and CEDA plus the Woodside board by role reversing with her husband. But she hasn’t escaped the old stereotypes.
A forensic look at Qantas’s failings finds the overriding theme was a dominant, long-term CEO who called all the shots in the face of a weak board.
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