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Passion project CommentsPremiumHow a Perth jewellery industry veteran pivoted to wellness

When Synkro wellness centre owner Andrew Ballantyne was in his early 20s, he wasn’t entirely sure what he wanted to do with his life.

Caitlin Paroczai

Top jobCommentsPremiumBeach Energy names new CEO

Beach Energy will stick with acting chief executive Morné Engelbrecht to lead the company’s push to complete the $768 million Waitsia joint venture gas project near Dongara.

Daniel Newell

All changeCommentsPremiumForrest happy to be Fortescue’s ‘bullet-proof plan B’

Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest will reprise his role as executive chairman at the company he founded nearly two decades ago as it transitions into a global green energy giant.

Stuart McKinnon

Chaotic deal CommentsThe 3 most likely ways Musk’s pursuit of Twitter will end

There’s no edit button on Twitter. But Elon Musk may be trying to put one on his $US44 billion ($62b) takeover bid, which means there’s not likely to be much upside for shareholders any time soon.

Subrat Patnaik and Ryan Vlastelica

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New FMG line up proves it really is the Twiggy Show

It’s an extraordinary call that will alarm those investors already worried about Andrew Forrest’s relentless recalibration of the company around green hydrogen.

Sean Smith

Bumpy ridePremiumDRA first strike as AGM reveals deep shareholder divisions

The Perth-based mining engineering firm is already dealing with a profit downgrade and a regulatory hit after failing to disclose an internal power struggle that forced out its chief executive.

Sean Smith

Board banPremiumDRA Global bosses banned from board for six months

The ban follows a Takeovers Panel finding last week that the trio breached the Corporations Act by failing to disclose their association to the Australian Securities Exchange.

Sean Smith

Power appointmentBali bombing survivor named new chief executive of Synergy

David Fyfe joined the State Government-owned utility two years ago after more than a decade with Western Power.

Sean Smith

Wealth hitCommentsPremiumCrypto billionaires’ vast fortunes destroyed in weeks

It’s been a long few weeks since the crypto crowd was partying in Miami. Here’s how much crypto billionaires’ fortunes have plummeted amid the market slump.

Scott Carpenter and Tom Maloney

New bloodPremiumCME goes outside ranks for new CEO

The WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy has again gone outside its ranks to appoint a new chief executive, who will be the first female to head the State’s powerful resources lobby group in its 122-year history.

Stuart McKinnon

Regulatory putdownPremiumTakeovers Panel finds against DRA Global and managers

The panel believes the managers who banded together to force change at DRA breached the Corporations Act by not disclosing their association.

Sean Smith

CEO calls timeCommentsPremiumHBF looking for new boss as John Van Der Wielen steps down

The former investment banker has shaken up WA’s biggest private health insurer since taking the helm in 2017.

Sean Smith

Challenges aheadCommentsPremiumCOVID aftershocks still haunt company bosses

The return of a host of blue-chip company bosses to Sydney signals business is finally returning to normal. But while the pandemic is no longer as visible, company bosses are still feeling the aftershocks.

Danielle Le Messurier

Hard to findCommentsPremiumCEOs warn of skilled worker shortage ahead of election

The heads of two of Australia’s biggest listed companies have revealed what’s top of their wish-list for the country’s economy in the run-up to the May 21 election: more people.

Chris Bourke and Angus Whitley

Climate concernCommentsPremiumEnvironment tops risk list for global miners

Environmental risks have topped the worry list for global miners, edging out commodity price risk for the first time, in a global survey by professional services giant KPMG.

Stuart McKinnon

Tourism reboundPremiumEl Questro owner seeks backpacker fix for staff shortage

G’Day Group says bookings at its Kimberley resorts are booming, but it still needs more staff.

Sean Smith

Management changeCommentsBoral CFO exits amid transformation drive

Boral’s chief finance officer has left the building products group as part of Seven Group Holdings’ “transformation and operating improvement” of the company.

Sean Smith

Board searchCommentsPremiumDecmil director takes interim CEO gig for $50k a month

A director of Decmil will take on interim chief executive duties at the embattled contractor following the shock resignation of Dickie Dique.

Daniel Newell

Extraordinary potentialCommentsPremiumMusk launches $US43b hostile takeover of Twitter

Elon Musk has made a “best and final” offer to buy Twitter, saying the company has extraordinary potential and he will unlock it.

Maxwell Adler

In the hot seatCommentsPremiumQ+A: State Buildings GM Byron Wright

INSIDER: State Buildings general manager Byron Wright reveals what drives him to succeed and how he manages his work/life balance.

Breakfast with ...CommentsPremiumWhy being in Perth is a ‘superpower’ for this startup

INSIDER: Katharine Giles, the chief executive of thriving medical technology startup OncoRes Medical, is charting her own course in a place where naysayers said it couldn’t be done.

Adrian Lowe

Pandemic survivorCommentsPremiumHow Paul Everingham helped to save WA mining from COVID-19

INSIDER: Paul Everingham has taken a collaborative approach while at the helm of WA’s Chamber of Minerals and Energy, steering the industry through the pandemic and winning praise. So why is he leaving?

Stuart McKinnon

Stock nosedivesCommentsPremiumDecmil shares obliterated on CEO exit, big project losses

Decmil has sought to reassure investors that it remains a going concern after the contractor was forced to slash its revenue and earnings guidance while revealing its chief executive had resigned.

Daniel Newell

Signing offCommentsPremiumPaul Everingham: A man for whom the times suited moves on

Paul Everingham will pass the baton as chief executive of the WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy next month after steering the State’s resources sector through one of the most tumultuous periods in its history.

Stuart McKinnon