The people behind Australian business — profiles, interviews, and the paper's own voice in opinion and editorial.
The youth fashion retailer’s new group chief started in a store 21 years ago. He takes over as Perfect Stranger booms, the CTC business struggles and the Christmas rush begins.
A 30-year BlueScope veteran and former CFO, Archibald now expects first-half earnings approaching $1.1 billion, well above earlier guidance, thanks to US steel and a resilient home market.
1 Nov 2026
The ViiV Healthcare chief, a three-decade GSK veteran who once ran its Australian business, will become the first woman to lead CSL when she starts in February.
31 Oct 2026
Ten months into the job, the former Virgin Australia chief faced Endeavour shareholders with modest sales growth, a $300 million cost plan and a candid assessment of the company’s performance.
30 Oct 2026
At his final annual meeting, the former managing director and chairman reflected on four decades of returns, one very expensive mistake, and the reforms he says Australia is not making.
29 Oct 2026
Three years into the job, the RBA’s first female Governor has taken the cash rate from 3.60% to 4.60% in 2026, and she has made clear she will go further if inflation demands it.
28 Oct 2026
After almost four decades at Macquarie and eight years as chief executive, Shemara Wikramanayake retires on 6 November, handing a record-setting group to long-time colleague Greg Ward.
27 Oct 2026
Canva’s growth reset and Atlassian’s job cuts show that artificial intelligence is now a cost line as well as a sales pitch. Every board should be asking what theirs looks like.
26 Oct 2026
Five months into her term as the first woman to chair ASIC, Sarah Court is doing what she did as deputy: taking companies to court.
25 Oct 2026
Canva’s co-founder and chief executive chose to slow her company’s biggest AI launch to fix its economics, and she has paid for it with a valuation markdown.
23 Oct 2026
Atlassian’s co-founder and sole chief executive has cut staff, rebuilt the company around AI and is arguing that the “SaaSpocalypse” is overblown.
22 Oct 2026
BHP and ASIC have new leaders, Macquarie is days from a handover and the ACCC chair has been nominated for a second term. The orderly way most of it happened is worth defending.
20 Oct 2026
Eight years into the job, Commonwealth Bank’s chief executive delivered an $11 billion cash profit and growth in all five core domestic product lines, just as rising rates test borrowers.
19 Oct 2026
BHP’s new chief executive, a 25-year company veteran who led its Americas copper and potash growth push, took over from Mike Henry on 1 July.
17 Oct 2026
The Albanese government has nominated the ACCC chair for another five years from March 2027, keeping a former Gilbert + Tobin competition partner in charge as the new merger regime matures.
15 Oct 2026
Demand-side tinkering makes for good headlines, but the numbers keep pointing back to planning approvals.
31 Jul 2026
Strategy-by-committee has become a way for boards to avoid owning hard calls.
19 Jul 2026
Everyone agrees productivity growth has stalled. Almost no one agrees on what to actually do about it.
1 Jun 2026
Ticking the regulatory box is not the same as giving shareholders what they actually need to know.
20 May 2026
