Robyn Denholm and Scott Farquhar
People

Robyn Denholm is stepping down from the Tech Council of Australia board as its two ex-pollie directors are also swapped out

- December 4, 2025 2 MIN READ

Tech Council of Australia founding director and former chair Robyn Denholm will depart the board in February after five years. Her departure comes amid two other changes to the 10-member board, which features several tech billionaires, with its two ex-politician directors also logging off, replaced by two more. Former NSW Liberal minister Victor Dominello departed… Read more »

GetSwift
ASX

Canadian authorities ban GetSwift’s disgraced founders, Bane Hunter and Joel Macdonald, for life

- November 24, 2025 6 MIN READ

Failed logistics startup GetSwift’s cofounders, Bane Hunter and Joel Macdonald, have been banned from being company directors in Canada for life. The bans come four years after the pair moved to North America as their ASX-listed business disintegrated amid legal action and relisted in British Columbia. The BC Securities Commission (BCSC) last month placed permanent… Read more »

WiseTech Global founder and CEO Richard White
ASX

Whitewashed: Australian Super offloads stake in WiseTech in wake of founder and board turmoil

- March 27, 2025 2 MIN READ

Australian Super has sold holding in logistics software giant WiseTech Global in recent weeks as founder Richard White returned to the business as chairman. The superannuation fund had more than 2.2% of WiseTech (ASX: WTC) shares and had backed the business since its 2016 float. But governance concerns amid board resignations and White’s elevation to… Read more »

Richard White
ASX

King Richard: WiseTech Global review says founder promises to do better on ‘unacceptable’ conduct

- March 20, 2025 3 MIN READ

WiseTech Global’s founder and newly appointed board chair Richard White “made inaccurate and incomplete disclosures concerning the nature and duration of his relationship” involving two employees, but has pledged to do better, an ongoing report into his behaviour as the former CEO has found. Releasing a 9-page update to the ASX, WiseTech said the board… Read more »

Richard White
ASX

Prodigal founder: Richard White returns to WiseTech as executive chairman after boardroom bloodletting

- February 26, 2025 3 MIN READ

Wisetech Global’s former CEO, Richard White, finally has a new job at the logistics software company he founded 30 years ago – executive chairman. The appointment follows the resignation of former chair Richard Dammery and three other non-executive directors, Lisa Brock, Michael Malone and Fiona Pak-Poy, on Monday in a battle for control of the… Read more »

WiseTech Global founder and CEO Richard White
ASX

Four WiseTech Global directors, including the chair, resign in fight over founder Richard White’s future – and the logistics company’s share fell 21%

- February 24, 2025 3 MIN READ

Four independent non-executive directors (NED), on the WiseTech board, including chair Richard Dammery, have resigned and will depart from the company when its half-yearly results are released on Wednesday. The other NEDS stepping down are Lisa Brock, Michael Malone and Fiona Pak-Poy. Joining as a new director of the ASX-listed logistics software business is Shearwater… Read more »

WiseTech Global founder and CEO Richard White
ASX

WiseTech shares are in a trading halt until next week

- February 20, 2025 3 MIN READ

WiseTech Global shares were placed in a trading halt on Thursday morning at the logistic company’s request amid undisclosed governance concerns. Trade is not expected to resume until at least Monday, February 24. An update on the review was expected when the company reports on Wednesday. “The trading halt is requested to enable the Company… Read more »

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Business strategy

Helen Toner’s resignation from the OpenAI board is a warning to startup directors about the dangers of capital colliding with good intentions

- December 7, 2023 3 MIN READ

Australian tech has lost its director on the board of OpenAI after Helen Toner resigned from her position at the Artificial Intelligence juggernaut. While she cited fulfilling her role requirements as the reason for her departure, specific details or reasons for her resignation were not disclosed, leaving the decision somewhat unclear. The whole episode has… Read more »

Sam Altman
People

What the firing of Sam Altman from OpenAI means for the future of artificial intelligence

- November 21, 2023 4 MIN READ

On Friday, OpenAI’s high-flying chief executive Sam Altman was unexpectedly fired by the company’s board. Co-founder and chief technology officer Greg Brockman was also removed as the board president, after which he promptly resigned. In an unexpected twist, talks began today about potentially reinstating Altman in some capacity following an outpouring of industry and investor… Read more »

Fintech

The former boss of millennial super fund Spaceship handed 6-year ban

- January 21, 2022 2 MIN READ

The former CEO of fintech startup Spaceship has been banned from acting in the financial services sector for six years by the corporate regulator, ASIC. Paul Kevin Bennetts, of Elanora Heights on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, was found to have dishonestly obtained his Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) qualification following an investigation by the company… Read more »

Advice

How to get your startup ready for its first board meeting

- November 9, 2021 3 MIN READ

During one of my recent office hours, I was asked by a founder about how to best prepare for their first formal board meeting. While the two founders had previously held informal board meetings and separate sessions with an advisory board, this would their first meeting with external board members. The fast-growing startup had recently… Read more »