This Month
Portfolio head exits ETF powerhouse Global X as departures mount
Street Talk understands head of portfolio management Cliff Man is on his way out the door after more than a decade with the firm.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Nick Molnar to step up at Block, will report to Jack Dorsey
On the three-year anniversary of Afterpay’s blockbuster sale to Block, its founder Jack Dorsey has promoted Nick Molnar to head of sales.
- James Eyers
Another Cbus exec bites the dust
Street Talk understands Natalie Hannemann, Cbus chief of transformation has walked away from the $94 billion fund less than a year into the role.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
July
Woolworths seeks to fill two top exec jobs with exit of Davis
As outgoing chief executive Brad Banducci hands over to his successor Amanda Bardwell she will start to get her team in place.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why Australia’s No.1 hospitals business poached a supermarkets boss
Ramsay Health Care chairman David Thodey is trading in deep industry knowledge and expertise for a consultant’s mindset. Will it work?
- Anthony Macdonald
Woolworths in leadership limbo after exec becomes Ramsay CEO
After missing out on the CEO role at the retailer, Natalie Davis will take over from long-serving Ramsay boss Craig McNally who will step down next year.
- Carrie LaFrenz
Adore Beauty hires ex-General Pants CEO to lead recovery
After selling General Pants to Richard Facioni’s Alquemie Group, Sacha Laing has jumped ship to run the online beauty company.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz
Rupert Murdoch’s secret family battle for his empire’s future
The media baron has moved to change the family’s irrevocable trust to preserve his businesses as a conservative force. Several of his children are fighting back.
- Jim Rutenberg and Jonathan Mahler
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Fortescue’s hydrogen back-flip fails to become sugar hit it should be
One of the issues hanging over the miner is partly gone. So why aren’t fund managers jumping in? They may be more concerned by the company’s other big problems.
- Anthony Macdonald
Dexus poaches AustralianSuper’s infrastructure tsar Nik Kemp
It is the biggest hire so far by the company’s new chief executive, Ross Du Vernet, who took over the top post from long-serving Darren Steinberg this year.
- Nick Lenaghan
Alvarez & Marsal lifts EY team to spearhead entry into valuations
The trio have been tasked with building a presence in the local valuations sector, and Stewart has been appointed to run the unit.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Bendigo Bank names new CEO
Marnie Baker is bowing out after six years at the helm of the regional lender, elevating Bendigo’s chief customer officer Richard Fennell to be its next CEO.
- James Eyers
Why underperforming executives need to be worried
It’s about doing more with less and finding leaders who can operate in that environment, says the managing partner at an executive search firm.
- Euan Black
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Simpler, predictable earnings this year’s equity market story
Fewer shocks and more bankable businesses, that’s what is in fashion with investors this year. The list of companies trying to dish it up is growing.
- Anthony Macdonald
June
Grant King to succeed Jerry Maycock as Transgrid chairman
The changeover at the helm of the NSW grid owner comes as the build-out of the transmission system has become a major stumbling block to the energy transition.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
The key person in NAB succession wasn’t the new CEO
National Australia Bank’s handover to new CEO Andrew Irvine is being held up as the new gold standard in succession planning. Chairman Philip Chronican explains how it went down.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Analysis
- Aviation
Virgin IPO may not fly for next boss
There are plenty of big questions for the airline’s next chief executive – including what the carrier will look like, and how it will be owned, in the long run.
- Updated
- Ayesha de Kretser
- Updated
- Gaming & wagering
Former AFL boss Gillon McLachlan takes on ‘legacy brand’ Tabcorp
He arrives at the company in the midst of a painful transformation and after the departure of Adam Rytenskild, who was being investigated for offensive language.
- Updated
- Zoe Samios
Judo Bank poaches APRA’s top bank supervisor
Renee Roberts, who led the prudential regulator’s bank supervision teams, will from September join one of the companies she monitored as chief risk officer.
- James Eyers
Forrest lieutenant Julie Shuttleworth exits Fortescue after a decade
Her departure adds to the growing list of executives who have left Fortescue recently. Ms Shuttleworth said she was leaving to spend more time with her family.
- Brad Thompson and Peter Ker
