Australia Post boss Christine Holgate was to be the new broom - now Holgate's pay, the highest of any federal official in the country, is in the spotlight | nickbonyhady
Christine Holgate, the first woman to lead Australia Post, was brought in to head the government company as it reeled from the departure of its hard-charging former chief executive Ahmed Fahour.
Fahour resigned in 2017 amid widespread criticism of his $5.6 million annual pay packet only to walk away with a total payout of $10.8 million,Now Holgate's pay, the highest of any federal official in the country, is in the spotlight.Born in Britain, the arc of Holgate's life is a story she has told many times. She moved to London from the county of Cheshire at 18 and befriended Flo, a kindly old woman who set up a cleaning business to support Holgate through university.
Then prime minister Tony Abbott with Christine Holgate, chief executive of Australia Post, and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 meeting in Brisbane in 2014. The photo was taken on Ms Holgate's smuggled iPhone.As sales to China boomed during a period of bonhomie between the two countries, Blackmores rode the wave to a share price of almost $220 and Holgate was hailed as a corporate leader who understood the country.
Holgate clearly has a sense of the spiritual. Ahead of starting at Australia Post in 2017 she flew to Bhutan to help out at a Buddhist temple and clear her mind. But she has not done poorly in the material world either. She's on the well-connected board of Collingwood Football Club, chairs the Australia-ASEAN Council and is married to Michael Harding, a corporate powerhouse who now chairs engineering giant Downer and rare earths firm Lynas. He gifted her an electric blue Range Rover with custom "POSTY1" plates.To be the new broom.
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