Woodside Petroleum chairman Michael Chaney has set himself an ambitious goal, telling shareholders he wants to more than double the number of women on the company's board over the next two years.
The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation has officially launched its Emerging Leaders in Philanthropy program, with some of the state's highest-profile business leaders joining 14 young professionals in a team-based fundraising challenge.
Some of the biggest names in WA business will help nurture the next wave of philanthropists in the state as part of an innovative program to raise money for the children's hospital.
Twenty years after Wesfarmers bought Bunnings in a contentious takeover, we reflect on the family that started one of Australia's biggest retail successes.
Chairman of education provider Navitas, Harvey Collins, has joined the ranks of some of the top business leaders in WA by winning the Australian Institute of Company Directors gold medal award for WA.
Kerry Stokes is one of Australia's wealthiest and most private business leaders, but that has changed with the release of two biographies in two years. However conspicuous gaps in what we know about his deals and erstwhile partners remain.
Woodside Petroleum has turned the threat of cheap liquefied natural gas exports from the US into an opportunity for the producer to resell some of that LNG at a higher price.
Gas industry leaders lined up today to call for more supportive government policies on workplace relations, taxation and skilled migration, saying these changes were crucial if the sector was to maximise growth opportunities.
Former 40under40 winner Andrew Thorburn is set to take the reins at National Australia Bank, following the retirement of long-serving chief executive Cameron Clyne.
Woodside Petroleum and National Australia Bank chairman Michael Chaney says the growing compliance burden on companies threatens to compromise their ability to deliver for shareholders.
The state's first indigenous cultures museum is set to be up and running by 2017 with the help of $50 million from the University of Western Australia's New Century Campaign.
The managing director of collapsed Perth building firm Gavin Construction made an unsuccessful last-ditch bid to recover a failed Karratha laundry project just weeks before appointing administrator
Woodside Petroleum chief executive Peter Coleman and chairman Michael Chaney have paid tribute to company founder Geoff Donaldson, who passed away last week aged 99.
Engineering firms exposed to mining are going through a tough patch but prospects are much better for those like Technip and Clough in the oil & gas sector.
Woodside Petroleum and National Australia Bank chairman Michael Chaney says political instability in Canberra is exacerbating a decline in consumer confidence driven by the slowdown in the resource
THE near certainty of a Coalition government being elected in September, and the single-handed control of state leader Colin Barnett, have reshaped Western Australia's 2013 Most Influential list –
WHAT do you call a person who makes the same mistake year after year? ‘Fool' is one suggestion, and it seems the same description certainly applies to governments.
Wesfarmers' inexorable shift from its Western Australian roots has continued with the announcement this week that Jennifer Westacott will join its board, ensuring that the Perth-headquartered congl
IT has been a big week of‘giving' by Australian directors, with former WorleyParsons CEO John Grill giving $20 million to the University of Sydney and revelations that Rams Home Loans founder John
AS the world enters its fifth year of economic turbulence and even the best-insulated businesses in Western Australia are being affected, the factors that determine business influence in this state
THE average tenure for a managing director of Wesfarmers is about 13 years, which puts its current chief Richard Goyder at about the mid point if he continues in the role.
THE landscape has changed for Western Australians who want to be on the boards of national companies, according to some of the state's leading directors.
HE role of chairman at Australian public companies has traditionally been reserved for experienced industry professionals tired of working in an executive capacity and who are keen to bring an independent viewpoint to the company boardroom.
Woodside chairman Michael Chaney expects a "good slate of candidates" to put their hand up for the top job of Australia's premier oil and gas producer, in the wake of chief executive Don Voelte's decision to retire in the middle of next year.
THE Australian Institute of Company Directors has enlisted the help of some of Western Australia's heavyweight directors in a new push to increase the number of women in the boardrooms of the nation's top listed companies.
WHEN Celebrate WA announced Western Australia's Citizen of Year awards for 2009 two weekends ago the presence of the University of Western Australia would not have escaped the attention of many.
