Forbes recently released the list of the 100 most powerful women in the world, and although NZ didn’t make the cut, our closet ally [and rival] Australia proudly laid claim to CEO of Westpac Trust Gail Kelly. At #18, Ms Kelly ranked higher than US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, talk show host Oprah Winfrey [...]

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The Supreme Court’s decision to ban 10 former directors of James Hardie symbolically tightens the vice or board members, executives and non-executive directors.
Dishing out bans and fines at the “upper end of expectations” has sent a loud and clear reminder to all those in senior corporate positions that activities viewed as “serious and flagrant breaches [...]

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