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Brett Blundy’s bid to take control of Victoria’s Secret has been dealt a blow.

Victoria’s Secret fends off reclusive Aussie billionaire

Retail kingpin Brett Blundy’s bid to gain control of the iconic lingerie brand’s board met a disastrous reception.

  • Colin Kruger

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Albert Manifold

‘Unacceptable’: BP chair fired over ‘serious concerns’ over conduct

Two people close to BP said that there had been complaints about aggressive behaviour by Albert Manifold toward employees, as well as of him mishandling sensitive information.

  • Mitchell Ferman and Ruth David
Brad Banducci has announced his abrupt resignation from Ticketek after a little more than a year in the job.

Former Woolworths boss abruptly steps down from Ticketek

Brad Banducci led the ticketing company for a little over a year, during which it lost major venues in Sydney and Melbourne.

  • Elias Visontay
Lululemon’s original ‘see through’ saga - involving tights that are too sheer - helped trigger the original rupture with its founder Chip Wilson.

Lululemon’s board tears up peace plan with rebel founder

The board of the iconic leisurewear group is in open war with its billionaire founder, who could decide the directors’ future at a shareholder meeting next month.

  • Colin Kruger
Tim Cook joined Apple in 1998 and served in a variety of senior roles before assuming his current position, including chief operating officer and executive vice president of worldwide sales and operations. He was named CEO in August 2011, after co-founder Steve Jobs famously stepped down. Jobs died weeks later from complications of pancreatic cancer.

Apple CEO Tim Cook to stand down after 15 years in charge

The move marks the end of an era that saw the company’s value balloon by more than $5 trillion over his tenure.

  • Tim Biggs
Geraldine Slattery and Vandita Pant.

BHP could’ve made corporate history. Sadly for women, it didn’t

Neither BHP’s local boss Geraldine Slattery nor chief financial officer Vandita Pant wore a hard hat strong enough to break the glass ceiling.

  • Elizabeth Knight
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Seven CEO dumping was ‘very considered,’ says Southern Cross’s new chair

Southern Cross Media’s new executive chairman reveals why he removed Jeff Howard as CEO of the merged company just hours before its first financial results.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Calum Jaspan
Josh D’Amaro, chairman of Disney Experiences & Products for Walt Disney Co., center, attends the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. The summit is typically a hotbed for etching out mergers over handshakes, but could take on a much different tone this year against the backdrop of lackluster deal volume, inflation and higher interest rates. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Disney names theme parks chief to succeed Bob Iger as CEO

The decision comes almost four years after the company’s choice to replace Iger went disastrously, forcing Iger back into the job.

  • Michelle Chapman
CTM boss Jamie Pherous is retiring.

CTM ran asylum seeker barges for the UK. Now its CEO has quit

The boss of Corporate Travel Management, Jamie Pherous, has stepped down amid an overcharging scandal that has triggered an audit of its contract with the federal government.

  • Colin Kruger
Woodside chief executive Meg O’Neill will join oil giant BP as CEO in April 2026.

Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill resigns to run global oil giant BP

Meg O’Neill is leaving Australia’s largest oil and gas producer to take up a new job as boss of global energy major BP.

  • Nick Toscano