Kath Walters

It is five years and two months since Marius Kloppers took over as CEO of Australia’s biggest listed company, BHP Billiton.

Independent company director, Kirstin Ferguson, has won four awards in her professional life that have taken her overseas, built her networks, boosted her credibility and been a helluva a lot of fun.

I have been speaking with successful businesswomen recently about why they give up precious time to mentor others.

A forensic examination of a new generation of American CEOs – the most promising under 35, as determined by Forbes magazine – reveals some fascinating common traits among this select group of 23.

Which would be the fairer headline for Sue Morphet, the CEO of clothing wholesaler, Pacific Brands (ASX:PBG), who resigned today after five years in the top job: CEO halves her company’s value and delivers three years of net losses in her five-year tenure.

As dealing with technology grows and permeates every business activity – from sales to marketing, and procurement to finance – the remit of the chief information officer has become too big to handle.

A new women’s network, Women Corporate Directors, formed early this year, is embarking on a membership drive.

Plants improve indoor air quality, according to research by the University of Technology, Sydney, and the air quality of workspaces tends to be particularly poor.

The retail sector is in the midst of a significant period of change and Naomi Milgrom’s Sussan Group is not immune.

Where does our professional life end and our personal life begin? For the chief of the CIA, David Petraeus, the answer is clear.

When Robyn Batson’s eldest child started his VCE year, she had no idea what she was in for.

For hard-working executives in Australia’s leading companies, the suggestion that solving our low productivity rates is their problem is, at the very least, an unpleasant message.