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TikTok’s COO is an Aussie success story (who happens to be non-binary)
TikTok chief operating officer V Pappas opens up about their professional and personal journey to the apex of the global tech sector.
- Jessica Sier
‘A lot of banks and companies are struggling under the surface’
Frederik Anseel, senior deputy dean at UNSW Business School, says people are “afraid of what comes next”.
- Sally Patten
The moment this $2trn fund manager realised her industry has a women problem
As the CEO of a 13-figure company, Jenny Johnson is no stranger to the sectors’ gender imbalance. But a chat with her daughter really put it into perspective.
- Euan Black
Rex boss: ‘Who’s flying from Coffs Harbour to Maroochydore?’
Rex deputy chairman John Sharp is bemused by the decision of rival regional airline operator Bonza to fly on smaller regional routes.
- Sally Patten
Why Rex’s boss put pork schnitzel back on in-flight menus
Rex deputy chairman John Sharp is working to lure travellers back to the regional airline after COVID.
- Sally Patten
This Month
This business leader took a career break to be a stand-up comedian
Business leaders often say they have taken a circuitous route to the top. It is truer of director Naomi Edwards than most.
- Sally Patten
From baggage handler to Melbourne Airport CEO
Lorie Argus says while travel and the airlines have bounced back from the pandemic, the string of recent interest rate rises has dampened demand.
- Updated
- Patrick Durkin
‘I am the poster child’: Why work sponsors are good for women
Three senior directors discuss how having a sponsor propelled their careers and made them take risks.
- Sally Patten
The event that changed this CEO’s view of the world
Melanie Evans, chief executive of ING Australia, answers our CEO Q&A.
- Sally Patten
From front counter to CEO: how this bank boss made it
The time spent working as bank teller during her first job at St George is fresh in the mind of ING boss Melanie Evans even today.
- Sally Patten
Why setting goals is bad for you
While it’s useful to know what you want to achieve and the direction you want to take, goal-setting might not actually be the best way to get you there.
- Amantha Imber
The best career advice this CEO was ever given: stay steady
Robert Giles is chief executive of Victorian food processor SPC. He answers our CEO Q&A.
- Patrick Durkin
February
Can-do attitude that made high school dropout chief executive of SPC
Robert Giles is facing rising prices of energy, petrol, wages and raw materials head on, as it plans to treble revenue from $300 million to more than $1 billion.
- Patrick Durkin
How this industry veteran copes with failure
Leading architect John Denton has learnt to enjoy achievements and successes for while, and then to forget them and move on.
- Michael Bleby
Stop bashing universities over international students: chancellor
University of Technology Sydney chancellor Catherine Livingstone says governments and industry should plan to help universities in downturns such as that created by the pandemic.
- Sally Patten
These women made it in business. Now they’re going back to school
BOSS talks to seven female business leaders helping to reshape tertiary education as chancellors of some of the country’s top universities.
- Sally Patten
Boards sound alarm on Labor spending, intervention
Leading directors caution against unfettered government spending and unsustainable debt.
- Patrick Durkin and Sally Patten
What Bill Gates regrets and the best piece of advice he’s received
White Lotus and Drive to Survive are among the billionaire’s favourite streaming shows.
- Paul Smith
How going it alone was the best thing this CEO ever did
Making the decision to go against what everyone else was saying was a key moment in the career of Susan van der Merwe, the chief executive of Lottery Corp.
- Sally Patten
From hiding behind her mother’s skirt to CEO of an $11b company
Lottery Corp chief Susan van der Merwe decided against studying law because it would have required her to stand up in front of a crowd and present arguments.
- Sally Patten
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- Leadership lessons
CSL boss Paul Perreault reveals his biggest regret
After 25 years at CSL, Paul Perreault is stepping down. This is what he learnt from a decade running one of Australia’s biggest companies.
- Patrick Durkin
January
The shows that CEOs can’t resist
Chief executives tuned in to everything last year, from political dramas and sports documentaries, to crime thrillers and reruns of The West Wing.
- Euan Black and Sally Patten
Leading CEOs name their top podcast picks
Chief executives turned to podcasts for updates on global affairs as well as for insights into health and Indigenous issues. These were their top picks of 2022.
- Updated
- Sally Patten and Euan Black
Meet the CEOs resolving to have more fun and travel less in 2023
Sarah Derry, CEO of hotels group Accor Pacific, is determined to better plan work travel in 2023, so she can be present for key milestones in her family this year.
- Euan Black and Sally Patten
Sicily, Tuscany, Fiji, Queenstown: CEOs pick their favourite holidays
With travel reopening after the pandemic, leading CEOs went to Italy, India, New Zealand, Dubai and Fiji to take in the local food and atmosphere, and recharge.
- Euan Black and Sally Patten
