Graham Kerr is leaving South32 sometime next year and his successor stands to rake in more than $7m of cash and stock options for quitting his current job, on top of a multi-million-dollar salary.
Adrian Rauso
In the Vatican there was a papal conclave. In New York there was the Met Gala. In Sydney this week? There was the Macquarie Australia Conference.
Simone Grogan
A mining lobby group has lashed rare earths chief Amanda Lacaze’s brusque comments about Australian manufacturing ambitions and plans to stockpile critical minerals as ‘negativity” and “insulting’.
Woodside boss Meg O’Neill hopes the planned life extension of the North West Shelf gas plant will be approved by the end of the month despite a potential post-election reshuffle of Anthony Albanese’s cabinet.
Matt Mckenzie
Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s agribusiness group Harvest Road has named Harvey Gaynor as its new chief executive, bringing with him over 35 years’ experience.
Cheyanne Enciso
NAB has reassured nervous banking investors with a small increase in first-half profit to $3.58 billion, boosted by better home and business lending despite the unsettling global trade tensions.
Sean Smith
Lithium ‘must be close’ to hitting an inflection point and breaking through the latest glut, PLS boss Dale Henderson has wagered, as falling prices brutally cull the wheat from the chaff.
The billionaire boss also insists the ‘noise’ around US President Donald Trump’s tariffs should not overshadow the company’s prospects, even as the group warned it could face a tougher second half of the year.
Sean Smith and Jackson Hewett
A number of bosses used the Macquarie Australia Conference to call on the returned Labor Government to address the nation’s ongoing productivity issues.
Jackson Hewett
Two top Australian CEOs are calling on the newly elected Albanese Government not to let the Lucky Country get complacent, and use its huge mandate to do more for the economy beyond stimulus and handouts.
Australia’s consumer watchdog has selected a new chief executive to run the organisation as it promises to maintain scrutiny on the major supermarkets and step up the pressure on faux discounts.
The departure of director Denise McComish left MinRes in breach of listing regulations that require its audit and risk committee to have at least three directors and be led by an independent chair.
Former Virgin Airlines boss Jayne Hrdlicka has landed a new job at flagging Dan Murphy’s and BWS owner Endeavour Group.
Cheyanne Enciso and Daniel Newell
BHP is preparing to begin looking for a new chief executive in the coming months, with key lieutenants already jostling for position to succeed boss Mike Henry at the top of the world’s biggest miner.
Paul-Alain Hunt, Thomas Biesheuvel and Archie Hunter
Its departing chief executive is confident in the WA fast-food franchise’s ability to have another crack at spreading its wings on the east coast after a failed attempt in 2022.
Vision, deregulation and productivity growth top the wishlist of WA businesses ahead of next month’s Federal election amid concerns Australia has become a less attractive investment destination.
Tech unicorn Canva has made its biggest launch of new products since being founded in Perth 12 years ago, adding spreadsheets and AI amid speculation surrounding its hotly-anticipated move to go public.
US President Trump’s chaos-inducing tariff measures have validated mounting fears about protectionism and global uncertainty among Australian company directors.
IGO’s chief financial officer will finish up at the end of 2025, calling time after five and a half years with the battery metals miner.
The boss of Westgold Resources is set for a tidy $275,000 pay increase and upwards of $4 million in company shares, launching him up the ranks of WA’s best paid gold mining executives.
Salvaging Qantas is just the start as CEO who practises ‘servant leadership’ rebuilds reputation & sets up growth for the embattled national carrier.
Angus Whitley & Danny Lee
NRW has chosen former Perth Airport and Perenti chief financial officer Peter Bryant to run the listed contractor’s financial affairs as it waits to claw back $113 million from the collapsed Whyalla steelworks.
The new boss of equity crowdfunding platform Birchal has promised startups a ‘short, sharp crowdfunded campaign (that) can get them back to running their business sooner’.
KMD Brands has named veteran Nike executive Ashley Reade as the new chief executive of its surfwear brand Rip Curl.
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