Shareholder dissent can be traced to events since the airline disclosed a record $2.47 billion in underlying profit on August 23.
While Alan Joyce wasn’t too keen on the Qantas Revue,a variety show where the airline’s employees ribbed the higher ups,his successor is striking a different tone.
Proxy advisors also urged shareholders to vote against the re-election of marketing executive Todd Sampson at the forthcoming annual general meeting.
Everyone in the real world who had not been drinking the Kool-Aid at Mascot knew Goyder would be nudged to the departure lounge early.
The Transport Minister was one of six parliamentarians to sign off on access to Parliament House for an employee of the national carrier.
Richard Goyder and new Qantas chief Vanessa Hudson faced a withering hearing into the aviation sector which featured top executives of three major airlines.
Senate inquisitors would love to have claimed a scalp. And Richard Goyder was who they were gunning for.
The Qantas share price plummeted on Tuesday after a major broker issued the first downgrade in 12 months.
It is a gymnastic feat to straddle Hudson’s plans to inject some anaesthetic to Qantas’ customer “pain points” while making good on promises to retain profitability.
The board could have been tougher on the former Qantas’ boss’s pay,but it took what could be a risky decision to wait and see how this crisis plays out.
Qantas has finally unveiled how much its senior leadership were paid in 2023.