Boards Need Fewer Consultants and More Conviction
Strategy-by-committee has become a way for boards to avoid owning hard calls.
19 Jul 2026
The people behind Australian business — profiles, interviews, and the paper's own voice in opinion and editorial.
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.
Strategy-by-committee has become a way for boards to avoid owning hard calls.
19 Jul 2026
Ticking the regulatory box is not the same as giving shareholders what they actually need to know.
20 May 2026