Chris Stavrianou has been appointed to the Takeovers Panel, while Sharon Warburton and Tracey Horton step down from the national body after nine years.
The professional board director says middle-aged white men have played a crucial role in helping her career progress, and says businesses should embrace difference.
Our board moves wrap includes Peter Leonhardt, John Ribbons, Seamus Cornelius, Henry Heng, Robert Scharnell, Tom Fontaine, Geoff Michael, Peter Johnston, and Sharon Warburton.
Senior editor Mark Beyer talks about his recent conversation with Sharon Warburton, and what her success as a company director means for women in search of board positions.
Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Clough, Mrs Macs, BGC, a film studio in Malaga, Alannah MacTiernan, industrial relations, Liberal Party WA, Sharon Warburton and WA's biggest accountants.
Mining sector leaders Jake Klein and Sharon Warburton said today the sector as a whole needed to recognise more action was needed to achieve respectful workplaces.
The newly appointed chair of Iluka Resources details how he handles his busy board portfolio. This feature includes our listing of Perth's busiest company directors.
Experienced director Sharon Warburton will join the board of Northern Star Resources in September, while Tony Kiernan has announced his plan to retire from the role.
Credit Intelligence has appointed prominent banker Mark Paton as an independent non-executive director, following the resignation of Mel Ashton from the board.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Ben Devenish, David Lynch, Jeremy Calver, Frank Daly, Gaurav Jain, Tim Marney Caroline Goldie, Boyd Timler, Sharon Warburton, John Poynton, Kenneth Williams and Simon Stead.
The federal government has today announced new and renewed appointments to its Takeovers Panel including Perth-based John McGlue, Shirley In't Veld and Denise McComish.
The state government has signed off on a $16.8 million Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility loan for the stage two expansion of Onslow Marine Support Base, located at Beadon Creek and operated by Kuwait-based Agility Logistics.
The $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund has finalised its second deal, providing nearly $30 million to a barramundi farm in the Northern Territory, two weeks after chair Sharon Warburton stepped down.
Former Rio Tinto executive Denise Goldsworthy and former Water Corporation chair Eva Skira have been appointed directors of Western Power, replacing Sharon Warburton and George Cash.
Elizabeth Gaines' selection last week as the incoming chief executive of Fortescue Metals Group has shot her to the top of a very short list of genuinely powerful women in business in Western Australia. Click through to read more and see our listing of 12 leading WA women in business.
Fortescue Metals Group has appointed Mark Barnaba AM as co-deputy chair, sharing the role with Sharon Warburton. Mr Barnaba has been with the board since 2010.
The Turnbull government's Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility has agreed to issue its first loan, but the project still needs Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's tick of approval.
Fortescue Metals Group chair Andrew Forrest has taken a shot at his iron ore mining competitors for mining “the easy stuff” and not working to bring subeconomic ores up to a mineable level, speaking at the company's annual general meeting today.
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has been appointed by the corporate watchdog to sell a portion of shares in Sovereign Gold Company held by former Applabs Technologies directors which were found to have been acquired invalidly.
Local businesswoman Sharon Warburton has resigned from the board of live cattle exporter Wellard, which has missed its prospectus forecasts on revenue, profit and margins to book a $23.3 million net loss.
Not-for-profit group Leadership Western Australia chose the recent NAIDOC week celebrations to launch a new program tailored to building the leadership skills of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.
Perth company director Sharon Warburton has been named as the incoming chair of a soon-to-be-established federal government fund that will have $5 billion to spend on infrastructure in northern Australia.
SPECIAL REPORT: Business News CEO and online entrepreneur, Charlie Gunningham, analyses the social media influence of the political and business elite.
SPECIAL REPORT: The number of women serving on company boards is slowly one the rise, but it's still rare to see a female take the chair, judging by Business News's analysis of Western Australian company directors.
A unique Western Australian project aimed at challenging the perception that philanthropy is the preserve of a wealthy elite has facilitated its first major donation.
Wellard managing director Mauro Balzarini is planning to sell a 60 per cent stake in the livestock export business through an initial public offering (IPO) that will be one of Western Australia's largest.
Leading local businesswomen Sharon Warburton and Vicki Krause have joined the board of the energy provider Western Power, replacing outgoing directors Paul Underwood and Sue Wilson.
At 26 per cent WA has the highest gender pay gap in the nation, but many of the state's female business leaders are working on addressing equality in the workplace.
