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Government 28 Nov 2024

Johnston’s political culture warning

An emotional Bill Johnston has used his valedictory speech to parliament to thank the state's business leaders for their support over his career, while calling out the state of modern politics

Appointments 12 Apr 2024

Appointments April 12, 2024

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Sophie Hancock, Sabina Shugg, Cliff Winby, Matt Fulton, Steve Lawrence, Neil Hamilton, Jennifer Seabrook and Stuart MacNaughton.

Podcasts 05 Apr 2024

Mark My Words podcast April 5 2024

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss changes at BGC, APM and Austal ownership, Quintis in receivership, and home market data.

Property 05 Apr 2024

Seabrook to chair BGC

BGC chairman Neil Hamilton has stepped down after more than five years in the role, with Jennifer Seabrook taking his place as the board continues to pursue a sale of the business.

Financial Services 16 Jun 2020

Hartleys, Euroz merger would regain #1

Stockbroking firm Hartleys has confirmed it is in advanced merger discussions with listed rival Euroz. If the merger proceeds, it would add to a string of changes among Perth's top corporate finance dealmakers.

Property 04 Jun 2019

BGC names new chief executive

BGC Australia has appointed international building industry veteran Daniel Cooper as its new chief executive, with Alan Tate to transition back to the role of chief financial officer after several months at the helm of the construction and contracting giant.

Deals 28 Feb 2019

BGC changes sale plans, seeks new CEO

BGC Australia has deferred indefinitely the sale of its core building materials and construction business because of weak market conditions but is pressing ahead with the sale of its contracting business and property assets.

Special Reports 14 Dec 2018

Success is one thing, smooth succession quite another

SPECIAL REPORT: BGC Australia and Perron Group are going through changes that all family-owned businesses face, large or small.

Deals 03 Dec 2018

BGC appoints Macquarie Capital

The planned sale of BGC Australia has taken another step forward with the appointment of investment bank Macquarie Capital as corporate adviser to the family-owned business.

Property 12 Oct 2018

Neil Hamilton to chair BGC Australia

BGC Australia has appointed three high profile independent non-executive directors to help advise the family-owned business empire as it enters a global sale process.

Financial Services 16 Jul 2018

Sternship making its mark

SPECIAL REPORT: A new corporate advisory firm working from a historic building in West Perth has rapidly made an impact, advising on more than a dozen transactions for public and private companies.

Appointments 01 May 2017

Board Moves May 1, 2017

Kasbah Resources has appointed Evan Spencer as chief operating officer following the resignation of Michael Kitney. Mr Spencer was chief executive of Asian Mineral Resources.

Technology, Innovation & Science 08 Dec 2015

Seqta in $6m raising

This year's Business News Rising Stars award winner, Seqta, has concluded a capital raising with support from a number of high-profile investors, including Mineral Resources chief executive Chris Ellison and chairman Peter Wade, Revel Systems investor Sean Tomlinson and Navitas co-founder Peter Larsen.

Agribusiness 16 Nov 2015

Wellard deal boosts IPOs

The upcoming float of livestock exporter Wellard is set to be the fifth biggest in Western Australia's history, and will also stretch the market lead of investment bank UBS, according to research by Business News.

Special Reports 01 Dec 2014

The circle of trust

Some of Perth's top company directors and dealmakers, including Michael Smith, Ian Cochrane, Michael Ashforth and Tony Iannello have been recruited to help run prominent family companies.

Opinion 22 Oct 2013

Sandfire and OZ slug it out

Karl Simich and his team at Sandfire Resources could be calling for the Dom Perignon in a few days if the local copper mining favourite achieves the once unthinkable and overtakes the stock market value of its potential predator, OZ Minerals.

Mining 17 Jun 2013

Hamilton to leave Miclyn after dispute

Perth company director Neil Hamilton intends to resign from the board of Miclyn Express Offshore, after a heated dispute with the company's two major shareholders over their governance practices.

Special Reports 13 Mar 2013

Top talent

This year's candidates again proved what a wealth of talent we have in WA.

Deals 16 Jan 2013

Bolstered Macquarie comes out top in a lean year for corporate finance

Competition in the state's investment banking sector is hotter than ever despite a fall-off in takeover deals and capital raisings last year.

Deals 01 Feb 2012

WA players work hard as foreign firms eat into the raisings pile

Local players in the corporate finance market faced more competition than ever before from big national and international firms, WA Business News' 2011 survey has found.

Regulation 14 Dec 2011

Readhead leaves Mt Gibson board

Mount Gibson Iron chairman Geoff Hill has secured final control of the iron ore miner's board, after the last of his critics, Craig Readhead, resigned today.

Regulation 22 Nov 2011

Mt Gibson finds an old ‘new’ independent director

The controversy over director independence at Mount Gibson Iron has taken another surprise twist, with a majority of the board resolving that one of its existing members should be reclassified as i

Mining 17 Nov 2011

Tonkin leaves Mt Gibson after board rift

One day after being praised by chairman Geoff Hill at the company's annual meeting, iron ore miner Mount Gibson Iron has announced that managing director Luke Tonkin will step down from the role.

Government 16 Nov 2011

Mt Gibson directors still at odds on chairman

Mount Gibson Iron has announced the appointment of two new directors as the company's board grapples with a continuing rift over the independence of its chairman Geoff Hill.

02 Sep 2011

Mt Gibson’s mixed-up board shake-up

The boardroom battles at Mt Gibson Iron took a strange twist this week, with the ASX's web site apparently showing that the three directors who opposed the recent election of new chairman Geoff Hil

Special Reports 20 Jan 2011

Directors worry about baggage that comes with the role

Perth's leading non-executive directors consider the issues that are most important to them.

Special Reports 20 Jan 2011

Groundswell for women

THE small number of women on the boards of Australia's leading companies is clearly at the forefront of the minds of leading Western Australian directors.

Special Reports 20 Jan 2011

Tide turning but WA directors swimming against current

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.

09 Nov 2010

Hamilton to quit as Mt Gibson chairman

The chairman of Mount Gibson Iron, Neil Hamilton, is stepping down at the mining company's annual general meeting next week after a dispute with its major shareholders.

27 May 2010

Mentors help female board aspirants

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.

Energy 15 Oct 2009

Anything but the band

Neil Hamilton maintains a low-key approach to his high-pressure role as a company director

24 Apr 2007

Hamilton takes chair at Mount Gibson

A major board restructure at West Perth-based Mount Gibson Iron Ltd will see former Western Power boss Neil Hamilton take on the role of chairman, while former Aztec Resources Ltd managing director Peter Bilbe plans to stand down at the company AGM.

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