Two women have topped the BOSS lists of most powerful and influential directors, putting two women at the top of the long-running lists for the first time.
, before Maxsted’s exit from both the Westpac and BHP boards in 2020.
Former Coca-Cola Amatil CEO Alison Watkins and former chairwoman Ilana Atlas both now sit among the ranks of the country’s most powerful and influential directors.The influence list – which looks at each director by the total market capitalisation of the directors who sit around a common ASX200 board – is topped this year by ANZ, Scentre and Origin Energy director Atlas.
A number of directors mentored by David Gonski, including Maxine Brenner, now sit atop of the countries most powerful and influential directors. From left: Louise Heron , Louise Walsh, Alison Deans, Amanda Harkness, Sally Herman, Maxine Brenner and Jillian Broadbent.
It also limits the list to directors who hold more than one ASX200 board seat and major non-listed roles, excluding worthy candidates such as BHP director Cath Tanna – a former CEO of EnergyAustralia and long-time former director of the Reserve Bank of Australia and Business Council of Australia.
Founder of Expert 360 Bridget Loudon represented the change in boards when she was appointed to Telstra.. “None of us on the board really knew what it’s like to be a Millennial living life as a digital native,” Mullen says. The appointment of Hinchliffe to the boards of BHP and Macquarie this year suggests that more diverse boards will be better able to attract top talent. Even before the arrival of the highly experienced former auditor, whose career spans the UK and Australia, Macquarie and BHP both had three female non-executive directors.
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