Australia’s elite boards are still littered with time-served directors who are part of an entitlement club of similarly minded seat warmers.
Former Commonwealth Bank chair Catherine Livingstone says nine-year stints for directors can mean companies miss out on fresh faces at the top.
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Catherine Livingstone will retire after leading CBA’s board during a period of major change including a run of damaging scandals.
Demand for company board seats has never been higher but getting a slot at one of Australia’s biggest corporations is not easy. Who you know helps a lot.
A small group of powerful men,and increasingly women,dominate the boards of Australia’s biggest companies. And some fear the group is too small.
The chairman of the country’s biggest bank says businesses cannot attract foreign workers to Australia because people worry they’ll be trapped here.
CBA has managed to avoid a vote against executive pay while CEO says he will prioritise mediation with customers.
The former bank boss has taken issue with the characterisation of his time in charge.
The Royal Commission into banking has completed its hearings. Did it go far enough?