As one of only a handful of aviation lawyers in town, Rebecca Johnston’s latest gig has been helping ‘dream client’ and VGW founder Laurence Escalante secure a Bombardier 7500.
New data has revealed more than half of WA’s full-time mining and resources workforce is based in the Perth metro area, illustrating the dominance of the state’s fly-in, fly-out workforce.
BHP contracts lead Sepideh Nicholson, who came to Australia as a refugee when she was a teenager, is calling on employers to create inclusive workplaces or risk losing diversity.
King & Wood Mallesons has formally announced the appointment of four experienced lawyers to the partnership, including projects specialist Peter Vaughan and M&A adviser Roger Davies.
More than a dozen law firm partners in Perth including Paul Evans, Paul Lingard and Spencer Flay are on the move in an extraordinary period of change for the sector.
Peter Wade has stepped down as Mineral Resources’ non-executive chair after spending a decade in the role and 23 years overall with the WA iron ore play.
Barrenjoey Capital Partners has greatly bolstered both its local team and its national mining credentials by recruiting the head of Goldman Sachs’ Perth office.
King & Wood Mallesons has achieved a major recruiting coup by luring one of Perth’s top corporate lawyers, Roger Davies, and his experienced colleague Antonella Pacitti.
Azure Capital has appointed three new partners, including a recruit from global investment bank Goldman Sachs, to support the growth of its infrastructure practice.
Woodside's new leadership team will be split across Perth and Houston and include five BHP executives, in line with the merged entity's elevated global profile.
Kristen Walsh sat down with Business News to discuss her journey from Detroit to Perth, and what it takes to lead an engineering team across the Asia-Pacific.
Perth-based Carbon Group has added to its interstate presence with the acquisition of Adelaide-based Symes Accountants, its fourth purchase in the space of six months.
Sydney-based law firm Hamilton Locke has entered the Western Australian market with a bang after recruiting four corporate finance partners from HWL Ebsworth Lawyers.
Global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman has agreed to buy boutique practice Azure Consulting, which has 20 staff across offices in Perth and Melbourne.
Canadian Ambassador to China and McKinsey & Company mainstay Dominic Barton will take over as chair of Rio Tinto from May 2022, as the company navigates a post-Juukan Gorge era.
Woodside Petroleum’s chief financial officer Sherry Duhe is leaving the company after four years to take up the same position with fellow ASX-lister, Newcrest Mining.
Businessman Sam Walsh has been awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon for his contributions to economic relations between Japan and Australia.
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has appointed Gavi Friedland as head of metals and mining in Australia and New Zealand, taking over from Perth-based Peter Watson.
After nine years as a top policy adviser to Mark McGowan, Jo Gaines is going into business with her sister, well-known boardroom adviser Alison Gaines.
