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Flight to Recovery: Adam Campbell, CFO Flight Centre

27/3/2024

FINANCE, CAREER

When the travel industry was brutally brought to its knees during the pandemic, Flight Centre Travel Group’s CFO Adam Campbell couldn’t have predicted the dark COVID clouds would bring a silver lining.

Published by CFO Magazine

Flight Centre Travel Group's CFO, Adam Campbell

Why CFOs are taking more notice of staff wellbeing

20/3/2024

FINANCE, CAREER

As more CFOs recognise the potential of employee wellbeing programs as profit drivers rather than nice-to-have staff extras, detailed absence data is in higher demand to help guide wellness investment decisions.

Published by CFO Magazine

CEO of Healthy Business Steve McCullagh, and head of people advisory at insurance broker, Lockton Morag Fitzsimons.

Arrested development

7/3/2024

FINANCE, GOVERNANCE

With productivity growth falling to a 60-year low over the past decade, there’s no time to waste in stimulating Australian output.

Published by Company Director magazine

Luci Ellis, Westpac chief economist, photo: Nic Walker

Culturally diverse women an untapped resource for Australian business

6/3/2024

DIVERSITY, CAREER

Culturally diverse women remain the greatest untapped resource for Australian businesses, according to Dr Marlene Kanga AO FAICD, who says leadership teams must reflect the communities they serve, with fewer blind spots.

Published by Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Dr Marlene Kanga AO, photo courtesy AICD.

Accelerating women’s economic empowerment

3/3/2024

DIVERSITY, CAREER

Investing in women to achieve gender equality is the focus of this year’s UN International Women’s Day (IWD). We speak to accounting industry leaders about their priorities and challenges around empowering women to realise their economic potential.

Published by INTHEBLACK.

Digital workforce delivers top marks for USyd CFO Wayne Andrews

27/2/2024

FINANCE, CAREER

The University of Sydney’s CFO Wayne Andrews’ team has developed a 450-strong digital workforce that’s quietly transforming service delivery at the prestigious institution, liberating an estimated 500,000 hours for staff and students to deliver savings exceeding $50 million.

Published in CFO Magazine.

Board directors on notice to act on positive duty

1/2/2024

GOVERNANCE

How are boards responding to new positive duties to rid workplaces of sexual harassment, sex discrimination and victimisation?

Published in Company Director.

ELMO's James Haslam: The people/finance vector

30/1/2024

FINANCE, CAREER

Like many other tech sector CFOs in the throes of leading their business beyond heavy cash burn towards profitable growth, ELMO Software’s James Haslam keeps a keen eye out for sustainable cost controls. In doing so, he’s lifted the lid on a common, but largely overlooked issue: the ‘performance pay gap’.

Published in CFO Magazine.

Acumentis' John Wise: Data – the Good, the Bad and the AI

30/1/2024

FINANCE, CAREER

Data is still often hailed as a company’s greatest asset, but as privacy breach risks continue to climb, Acumentis CFO and Group Executive Director Risk, IT & Privacy, John Wise urges CFOs and finance leaders to reassess the benefits of the data held by their businesses.

Published by CFO Magazine.

Walkinshaw's Andrew Yee: Putting finance into top gear

22/1/2024

FINANCE, CAREER

While many people may baulk at the idea of joining an industry that’s assumed to be dying, Walkinshaw Group's CFO Andrew Yee saw it as a challenge – and his gamble paid off.

Published by CFO Magazine.

Ralph Khoury: "CFOs Must Step Up Stewardship Game"

4/12/2023

FINANCE, CAREER

Seasoned international CFO Ralph Khoury says the scandals that have shaken Australia’s corporate landscape this year should be a wake-up call to all CFOs about their role as “stewards” of governance and ethics.

Published by CFO Magazine

How directors can prepare for 2024

1/12/2023

CAREER

As we enter a new year, we ask business leaders to reflect on the governance challenges of the past 12 months and what company directors can do to prepare for 2024.

Published in Company Director

Event dilemma: When to ditch the screen and attend IRL instead

6/11/2023

CAREER

After a lengthy pandemic-induced hiatus, business events and conferences have roared back to life. Attendees are now faced with a new dilemma – online versus face-to-face?

Published by INTHEBLACK

Can socialising really be your career secret weapon?

1/11/2023

CAREER

Whether you're a social butterfly or consider chit-chat a necessary evil, social connections with colleagues can help you to build relationships – and even clinch that promotion.

Published in INTHEBLACK

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Rhinos on my mind: Allan Davies

1/10/2023

CAREER

'Never give up' is a mantra that’s stood Allan Davies OAM GAICD in good stead throughout his 50-year mining and logistics career, but never more so than in the past decade, since making it his mission to help rhinos survive.

Published in Company Director.

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Allan Davies OAM, photographed by Nic Walker.

Kate Spargo: The consistency principle

1/9/2023

CAREER

Understanding that diversity of talent and interests makes boards operate better keeps Kate Spargo FAICDLife learning and loving her involvement with everything from construction to the Geelong Cats.

Published in Company Director.

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Medicine, management and rugby collide in Dr Jane Wilson's career

1/8/2023

CAREER

A chance holiday conversation proved to be one of the biggest turning points in the career of Dr Jane Wilson AO FAICDLife.

Published in Company Director.

Dr Jane Wilson AO. Image: David Kelly

Beer, bugs and biomass: global techs help make food chains more sustainable

31/7/2023

REGIONAL, TECHNOLOGY

With the race on in Australia to explore more sustainable food production methods, global technology groups Bühler and Vyncke are backing local agribusinesses to fast-track innovation in fields such as complementary proteins, biomass, insects and beers.

Published in evokeAG

Lifelong bee obsession delivers Sweet Justice

10/7/2023

REGIONAL, SMALL BUSINESS, SOCIAL

Claire Moore never imagined her lifelong bee obsession would see her end up entrenched in Victoria’s criminal justice system, for good.

Published by OAK Magazine

Claire Moore, founder of honey enterprise, Sweet Justice. (Image: Emma Foster)

The message is clear

1/7/2023

FINANCE

Long-range risks with the potential to significantly impact financial statements, such as environmental, social and governance risks, should be considered now, warns the International Accounting Standards Board chair, Dr Andreas Barckow.

Published in Company Director.

Dr Andreas Barckow, chair of the International Accounting, Standards Board (Graham Jessop)

Former refugee’s fix for skills-starved construction industry

14/6/2023

SMALL BUSINESS, DIVERSITY, SOCIAL

As Australia’s construction sector remains hamstrung by a skills shortage, former asylum seeker Hedayat Osyan says refugees offer an untapped pool of workers ready to step up to meet demand.

First published by Westpac Wire.

Former asylum seeker Hedayat Osyan says refugees can help plug the construction industry skills shortage. (Emma Foster)

How to complete your climate disclosure report

16/5/2023

FINANCE

With mandatory climate reporting soon to hit the Australian governance landscape, a panel of experts joined a recent AICD webinar to help directors grapple with the “alphabet soup” of acronyms and potential requirements.

Published in Company Director.

Dr Jessa Rogers on Indigenous education and skills

2/5/2023

DIVERSITY, INDIGENOUS, CAREER

The groundbreaking career of educator, academic and now non-executive director Dr Jessa Rogers GAICD has been driven by her passion to ensure First Nations voices are always heard.

Published by Company Director.

Dr Jessa Rogers, image by Kristoffer Paulsen

How to navigate the latest cyber scams

1/5/2023

TECHNOLOGY, SMALL BUSINESS

As financial losses to cyber fraud ratchet-up across Australia’s business community, Westpac experts explain the latest criminal tactics and how businesses can best avoid them.

Published by IQ.

What the flock? Sheep facial recognition tech on the way

24/4/2023

REGIONAL, TECHNOLOGY

If it comes as a surprise that sheep don't all look the same, it’s likely to be a bigger surprise to hear technology that recognises their faces is on the cusp of being commercialised with the potential to add significant value to the sheep industry.

First published by Westpac Wire.

Facial recognition technology for sheep is near commercialisation, says Dr Mark Ferguson. (Supplied)

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