Mark Beyer

Investment manager Great Southern Plantations has boosted its board of directors with the appointment of Peter Mansell as a non-executive director.

The number of Western Australian chief executives earning more than $1 million increased to 37 last financial year, helped in most cases by bonuses and share options.

The role of chairman of a board of directors is normally a part-time position, yet the chairmen at some of Western Australia’s biggest companies earn more than most chief executives.

Biotechnology is a lucrative sector for chief executives, judging by the remuneration paid by Perth-based companies such as pSivida, Regenera and Stirling Products.

The salary package paid to Health Department director general Neale Fong continues to attract a lot of comment because it is substantially higher than any other public sector salary, yet it also highlights the disparity between private sector and public s

Failed beef processor EG Green Group received three proposals from industry investors in the weeks before it went into administration but was unable to finalise any of the deals.

WA Business News' third annual salary survey has idesntified a growing pool of millionaire executives but found it is necessary to go beyond the headline numbers to understand remuneration trends. Mark Beyer reports.

The Gallop government has agreed to spend $22 million over the next two years upgrading roads between Kewdale and Henderson to accommodate large transport loads.

Working directors of public companies will no longer be able to obtain workers’ compensation insurance under reforms implemented this week by the Gallop government.