Professions

A new report from Diversity Council Australia has given businesses a starting point for removing racism in the workplace.

In our latest edition, Business News asked six women about their careers, the greatest challenges they have faced and their proudest moments.

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.

Former BHP group financial controller Graham Tiver has been chosen as Woodside’s new chief financial officer and executive vice president.

Production workers at West Australian Newspapers were locked out indefinitely on Thursday night, their union claims.

Perth law firm Kott Gunning ceased trading on Friday after more than 100 years in business, with its partners and staff moving to two national firms.

The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by the corporate regulator to overturn payments to insolvency experts Martin Jones and Andrew Smith.

Specialist intellectual property law firm Wrays has expanded with the acquisition of boutique Perth practice Lord & Co.

Two recent acquisitions have helped Deloitte extend its lead as WA’s largest accounting and consulting firm.

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.

Herbert Smith Freehills partner Tony Joyner has been appointed chair of the Committee for Perth board, replacing Kate Lamont.

UK-based SLR Consulting has substantially expanded its presence in Western Australia by purchasing local business 360 Environmental.

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.

Heather Zampatti, Jennifer Morris and Amber Banfield are set to take up new board positions with three ASX-listed mining companies respectively.

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.

KPMG has been fined, disciplined more than 1,000 staff and cut the pay of 16 partners after it found staff shared the answers for internal tests.

Job advertisements in Western Australia were up 1 per cent in August, while vacancies on the east coast fell sharply.

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine has moved a step closer to going into Australians' arms with the medicines regulator giving provisional approval.

Diversifying into corporate communications and making several major hires have been crucial to CGM Communication’s growth over the past decade.

Perth equity fund managers are having to look harder for value after generating very strong returns during the past year.

Investor pressure, the work of advocacy bodies and naming and shaming companies are some of the reasons Australia achieved 30 per cent representation of women on boards.

Ian Cochrane, one of Perth’s most respected corporate lawyers and company directors, has passed away. Aged just 67 years, Mr Cochrane had been battling cancer for nearly two years.