Former Wesfarmers executive Terry Bowen is planning to reduce his involvement at private equity group BGH Capital after taking an expanded board role at BHP and joining the board of Transurban.
Navitas co-founder and former managing director Rod Jones has backed an indicative takeover bid for the education services company led by Australian private equity giant BGH Capital.
Terry Bowen and John Mogford have been appointed non-executive directors of BHP Billiton.Jane Muirsmith has been appointed non-executive director of Cedar Woods Properties.
Esports Mogul Asia Pacific has appointed Travis Howle as principal software engineer, Robert Connolly III as product director and Tobias Guse as senior front-end software engineer.
A lengthy leadership transition provided Richard Goyder with the ideal preparation for his role as Wesfarmers' boss in 2005, the outgoing managing director told today's Business News Success & Leadership breakfast.
Finance director Terry Bowen will become the third top Wesfarmers executive to retire from the Perth-based conglomerate in the space of 12 months, with the group announcing three senior appointments along with details of incoming managing director Rob Scott's remuneration package.
Incoming Wesfarmers managing director Rob Scott, who will formally take his new job late this year, says the business will continue to thrive on the back of its diversity across markets.
Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder will step down this year after more than 12 years in charge of the company to be replaced by his deputy, Rob Scott.
Former Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh plans to apply ideas from his time in London to the arts sector in Western Australia, after being announced as the new chairman of the Art Gallery of WA.
Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder has taken a substantial pay cut with a halving in his short-term incentive payments after a year in which his Coles-owning conglomerate took a hefty hit to profits.
Wesfarmers managing director Richard Goyder, finance director Terry Bowen and non-executive director James Graham have sold a combined $12.1 million worth of shares, predominantly for tax purposes.
Wesfarmers has promoted Rob Scott to managing director of a new industrials division created through the combination of its three non-retail operations.
Independent schools across the state are benefiting from the experience some of Perth's most prominent business leaders have brought to their boards, providing greater diversity and structure to the decision-making process.
Wesfarmers finance director Terry Bowen has been appointed chair of the West Australian Opera, to succeed four-year veteran Warwick Hemsley, who will remain on the board.
FEATURE: It has been a difficult year for many of WA's listed entities, but investors are backing the performance of most of the state's top executives.
Australia's resources-led economic recovery has had a major impact on the pay of WA-based executives, with a big rise in the number of million dollar pay packets as share prices bounced back from GFC lows.
The appointment of leading commercial lawyer Paul Meadows to Wesfarmers executive team has had a ripple affect across the top of the conglomerate, at both board and management level.
Wesfarmers finance director Gene Tilbrook has decided to step down from the company after 23 years of service, with Terry Bowen appointed as his replacement.
