Brad Banducci,like Alan Joyce before him,was very good at lobbying governments. But the public lost patience with them,so they checked out.
Overhauling its board as it seeks to restore its reputation,the airline has appointed the Brambles and Treasury Wine Estates’ chair to lead its directors from July.
The former Qantas chief is on indefinite leave from the board of the Museum of Contemporary Art,to which he is a generous patron.
The former Qantas boss said he had intended to return to STC as chair but “current challenges” facing the institution required more time in the role than he could give.
Alan Joyce’s tumultuous final few years at Qantas will be covered in a book titled The Chairman’s Lounge by former AFR columnist Joe Aston.
Peter Dutton said a meeting between Albanese and Joyce raised questions about their relationship. The PM labelled the claim absurd.
The government came under sustained pressure last year to explain its decision to reject Qatar’s August 2022 bid to double its flights to the country.
Game on:In the snakes and ladders board that is Sydney’s high-end housing market,corporate titans and stars of sport and entertainment won out.
The company faces backlash over its handling of a pro-Palestinian protest. So where is chairman Alan Joyce during all this?
What remains surprising is how often companies and chief executives fail to learn lessons from past crises even though corporate Australia is littered with them.
There was no hiding from the investor fury at the Qantas shareholder meeting on Friday,but chairman Richard Goyder can’t blame them.