This Month
- Exclusive
- Coronavirus pandemic
CEOs battle Melbourne’s lockdown blues
ANZ boss Shayne Elliott is battling to keep his 7000-plus Melbourne staff – and himself – motivated as mental health experts warn this lockdown is harder to take than others.
- Patrick Durkin
How Urbnsurf avoided a pandemic wipeout
Opening a $43 million surf wave park in Melbourne shortly before the pandemic hit has been a challenging ride for chief executive Damon Tudor.
- Patrick Durkin
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Chairmen tell of life-changing events
Three of the most influential chairmen in Australian business have gone unplugged at the Australian Shareholders’ Association Investor Conference.
- Tony Boyd
May
How The Financial Review has covered David Hains through the years
Melbourne-based billionaire David Hains’ name has appeared in the Financial Review’s pages in every decade since this masthead’s inception.
- Natasha Gillezeau
Accenture CEO rarely deviates from a champion’s breakfast
Tara Brady, chief of the company in Australia and New Zealand, talks about his morning meal, five espressos a day and why he doesn’t get stressed.
- Sally Patten
Is this Christine Holgate’s victory?
There is delicious irony in the fact Holgate is going to a problematic business but one that, if successful, could be among the greatest rivals to Australia Post.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
Dylan Alcott isn’t here to win grand slams
The wheelchair tennis champion spearheads a little-known burgeoning business empire focused on disability services.
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Lessons from forced CEO exits
The average tenure of CEOs in Australia has fallen dramatically in recent years, with a lasting impact on share prices from CEO exits for non-financial reasons.
- Tony Boyd
- Opinion
- Chook Roast
Deals in the time of COVID-19 need new playbook
Buying a company in the midst of a pandemic provided some extra challenges for two chief executive officers.
- James Thomson
Koczkar’s plan for a fitter, healthier Medibank
New CEO David Koczkar plans to evolve the former government-owned enterprise from health insurer to healthcare business.
- Patrick Durkin
At Airtasker, the coffee is on CEO Tim Fung
The company has set up tabs at nearby cafes to encourage staff to collaborate and network over a beverage.
- Sally Patten
What I learnt from being the Rolling Stones’ doctor
As a cardiology student in the early 2000s, Jason Kovacic suddenly found himself as the medic for the legendary rock band’s tour.
- Sally Patten
Wylie predicts profound shift in capital markets
With a rise in superannuation on the horizon, John Wylie expects that funds in his Tanarra Capital will double to more than $4 billion.
- Patrick Durkin
April
Young gun directors shake up the boardroom
BOSS speaks to five next gen directors about their views on technology, climate change, sustainability, leadership and accountability.
- Sally Patten and Patrick Durkin
What Trump and Biden can teach us about leadership styles
An authoritarian or directive style can be useful to focus attention and resources, and fix things as quickly as possible in an extreme crisis. But it only works in the short term.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
AGL latest in curious boom in CEOs leaving after pay strikes
Brett Redman is part of a growing trend of CEOs announcing their departures in the year after their firm cops a pay ‘strike’. This year’s toll sits at eight.
- Updated
- James Thomson
Re-wire your brain to become a better leader
Given the relentless nature of the demands leaders face, their success will depend on them being better equipped to understand their own minds.
- Exclusive
- Governance
Software company founder declares war on ‘toxic’ proxy firms
TechnologyOne founder and chairman Adrian Di Marco says influential proxy firms that advise shareholders on how to vote are an unelected and unaccountable scourge on corporate Australia.
- Patrick Durkin
Australia Post board to be grilled in Holgate sequel
Australia Post director and Liberal fix-it man Tony Nutt is expected to be called as a critical new witness, and chairman Lucio Di Bartolomeo will also be recalled.
- Patrick Durkin and Tom McIlroy
AMP’s handling of CEO’s resignation ‘disgraceful’
Wilson Asset Management founder Geoff Wilson says the lack of transparency around the exit of Francesco De Ferrari was gob-smacking.
- Sally Patten
