Yesterday
How this executive stays calm under pressure
BOSS Young Executive and adviser to eGift card company Prezzee Dalton Fogarty says life is more fun with a Razer Huntsman keyboard.
- Sally Patten
This Month
This CEO’s favourite gadget is Alexa (but her daughters may disagree)
Devices and apps that can help executives to improve their health are popular gadgets among leading CEOs (think Garmin, Oura ring, and the Strava app).
- Euan Black and Sally Patten
Why taking maternity leave was ‘really scary’ for this young exec
Amy Goldenberg, BOSS Young Executive and head of e-Mobility at petrol retailer Ampol, avoids social media apps and believes disconnecting from work is crucial.
- Euan Black
How this exec used nudge theory to read more than 30 books in 2022
BOSS Young Executive and head of emerging technology at Commonwealth bank Jesse Arundell discusses how he helps himself to change his behaviour.
- Sally Patten
December 2022
The business legends Australian CEOs most want to have lunch with
You can’t beat a great business lunch and Australia’s top CEOs would love nothing more than to break bread with the likes of Elon Musk, Bob Iger and Rosalind Brewer.
- James Thomson and Tony Boyd
- Exclusive
- International affairs
Free market is not god-given right, international business chief warns
The private sector needs to do more to convince the world it’s a force for good, according to the Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce John Denton.
- Patrick Durkin
How Aristocrat CEO Trevor Croker’s bet on people paid off
“Would you be proud of me or would you be embarrassed by me?” the chief executive of the gaming company asked family and friends before taking the top job.
- Jemima Whyte
What our top CEOs watched, read and listened to
Stories of fighter planes, corporate disasters, against-the-odds victories and Indigenous culture inspired Australia’s top business leaders in 2022.
- James Thomson and Tony Boyd
Only 10pc of major ASX companies led by a female chairman
Lack of progress by women to the chairman role has been blamed on the dearth of female chief executives.
- Sally Patten
10 long reads for the weekend
Macquarie CEO named AFR Business Person of the Year; he first opposed her idea, now it’s a $40m beach weekender; and the women who have sold 1 million swimsuits by solving a problem.
- Analysis
- Business People of the Year
Relentless Forrest never concedes defeat
Billionaire Andrew Forrest’s huge ambition and drive, along with an appetite for risk-taking, has shaped the economy and the fortunes of his company.
- Jennifer Hewett
Cannon-Brookes’ siege of AGL accelerated energy shift
Mike Cannon-Brookes’ virtual board takeover of the energy giant makes him one of The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year.
- Ben Potter
McEwan’s fine balancing act turns NAB into banking powerhouse
The National Australia Bank boss has fixed its retail mortgage business and invested in technology to give it good growth options into 2023 and beyond.
- Ayesha de Kretser
Why BHP boss Mike Henry wants to ‘double down’ on record year
Operational excellence has laid the groundwork for the CEO’s big strategic moves. Now he wants to push even harder to unlock value.
- James Thomson
- Exclusive
- Business Person of the Year
Macquarie CEO named AFR Business Person of the Year
Shemara Wikramanayake’s leadership has led to record profit and a prime position in the energy transition, making her the third prominent Macquarie banker to top the AFR list.
- Tony Boyd
Woodside set for global stage under ‘no-nonsense’ O’Neill
CEO Meg O’Neill has risen to the challenge of steering a world top-10 oil and gas producer through the transition to low-carbon energy amid a global energy crisis.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Chook Roast
The five biggest corporate stuff-ups of 2022
Whiskey, casinos and coal – these great sins were at the centre of some of the business community’s largest missteps this year.
- James Thomson
The best advice Telstra’s CEO has ever received
“Don’t try to lead like someone else” were words of wisdom that resonated with the telecommunications giant’s chief, Vicki Brady. She answers our CEO Q&A.
- Sally Patten
- Sponsored
- Allura Partners
Turbulent times call for brave new leadership
Leading in organisations has never been more challenging, but experts say it is not the time for executives to be cowering amid the uncertainty.
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by Allura Partners
How Vicki Brady went from pulling beers to running our largest telco
The Telstra CEO grew up in regional NSW, working in her dad’s pub. She says the lessons from her youth helped her overcome cancer and climb the corporate ladder.
- Lucas Baird
