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Geraldine Slattery and Vandita Pant.

BHP could’ve made corporate history. Sadly for women, it didn’t

Neither BHP’s local boss Geraldine Slattery nor chief financial officer Vandita Pant wore a hard hat strong enough to break the glass ceiling.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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Seven CEO dumping was ‘very considered,’ says Southern Cross’s new chair

Southern Cross Media’s new executive chairman reveals why he removed Jeff Howard as CEO of the merged company just hours before its first financial results.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Calum Jaspan
Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Experiences & Products for Walt Disney Co., center, attends the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. The summit is typically a hotbed for etching out mergers over handshakes, but could take on a much different tone this year against the backdrop of lackluster deal volume, inflation and higher interest rates. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Disney names theme parks chief to succeed Bob Iger as CEO

The decision comes almost four years after the company’s choice to replace Iger went disastrously, forcing Iger back into the job.

  • Michelle Chapman
CTM boss Jamie Pherous is retiring.

CTM ran asylum seeker barges for the UK. Now its CEO has quit

The boss of Corporate Travel Management, Jamie Pherous, has stepped down amid an overcharging scandal that has triggered an audit of its contract with the federal government.

  • Colin Kruger
Woodside chief executive Meg O’Neill will join oil giant BP as CEO in April 2026.

Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill resigns to run global oil giant BP

Meg O’Neill is leaving Australia’s largest oil and gas producer to take up a new job as boss of global energy major BP.

  • Nick Toscano
Todd Combs is on his way to JPMorgan.

Warren Buffett’s protege makes shock switch to Wall Street rival

Warren Buffett’s $US1 trillion conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway has been dealt a blow just weeks before the 95-year-old retires.

  • Katherine Chiglinsky and Tom Metcalf
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NAB-owned UBank confirmed

Bank executive sacked after being photographed in mock terrorism act

An executive at NAB’s online offshoot UBank was asked to leave on Monday after a “disturbing image” was taken during a Christmas function.

  • Millie Muroi
Jessica Paton, who helped deliver the Brisbane Metro, is transferring her skills to Metro Tasmania.

Tasmania poaches Brisbane Metro chief for key transport role

Tasmania has raided Brisbane City Council’s ranks to secure its new head of public transport in three of that state’s largest communities.

  • Cameron Atfield
Super Retail Group’s incoming CEO Paul Bradshaw and chairwoman Judith Swales at the company AGM in Brisbane on Thursday.

‘Inadequate oversight’: Super Retail chair cops stiff protest vote

Judith Swales has put trust and culture as top company priorities, even as she ducked questions about the board’s controversial backing of a CEO it ultimately sacked.

  • Jessica Yun and Colin Kruger
Catherine West is leaving the chair and Peter Tonagh is about to take her seat.

The final fallout from Nine’s own Survivor drama

Nine’s new chair, Peter Tonagh, will take charge at a time when the company’s largest shareholder, Bermudan-based billionaire Bruce Gordon, is limbering up to flex his ownership muscle.

  • Elizabeth Knight