Mark Pownall

Mark Pownall has around three decades of media experience, predominantly in business media in Perth, with a foray to the financial centre of London in the early 1990s.

Mark has a vast body of work available through the archives of Business News, including news articles and features on many subjects. He has written a regular column for Business News since he joined as Editor in 2000 and has also been a key part of the Mark My Words podcast duo with Mark Beyer since 2014. On stage Mark has interviewed many of the state's business leaders.

For most of his time at Business News Mark ran the content operations of the business and was integral to the implementation of all the company’s digital products – the twice daily email newsletters, weekly podcasts, deals database and the Data & Insights subscriber database and search engine.

In early 2017 he became CEO of Business News, a role he had for nearly three years before transitioning to his last executive position as Director of Strategy & Innovation, where he was responsible for digital transformation and new product development, including the rollout of a new subscriber-only remuneration platform.

Mark’s media career started with sports reporting while he studied for a Commerce degree at the University of Western Australia. He followed that with a post-graduate qualification in English at Curtin University.

 

Crime confiscation rocks banks

Crime confiscation rocks banks

By Mark Pownall

AT least one Perth bank is conducting a review of its rights as a lender, in the wake of new laws allowing authorities to seize the assets of criminals came into force.

06 Feb 2001
Pahth chases $1m

Pahth chases $1m

By Mark Pownall

WA technology junior Pahth Telecommunications is seeking about $1 million in fresh equity in a bid to fund future growth for its reselling operations after being investigated and chastised by regulators for its disclosure procedures.

06 Feb 2001
Sheppard joins miner

Sheppard joins miner

By Mark Pownall

WINEMAKER Mark Sheppard has emerged from the disappointment of WA wine venture Vincorp to play a new role with miner come dot.com Wells Gold Corporation.

06 Feb 2001
Back to school for the players

Back to school for the players

By Mark Pownall

THE long hot summer holidays are over for children all over WA this week with the start of the new school year.For the State Government, 2001 marks the first year of the new four-year-old kindergarten program.

06 Feb 2001
Environment gets down to business

Environment gets down to business

By Mark Pownall

NOTRE Dame University has linked the environment with business studies under two WA heavyweights from the corporate sphere and government, former CALM chief Syd Shea and fishing industry executive George Kailis.

06 Feb 2001
Relocation now a breeze

Relocation now a breeze

By Mark Pownall

FIRST impressions are everything, and there is a whole industry based on making sure at least one type of corporate visitor is made to feel at home in Perth, almost as soon as they land.

06 Feb 2001
Online efforts appear top flight

Online efforts appear top flight

By Mark Pownall

For the Perth couple who won $30 million in Powerball Lotto over the weekend, the champagne will be flowing on Australia Day celebrations for many years to come.

30 Jan 2001
Broader reach in home delivery

Broader reach in home delivery

By Mark Pownall

FROM February 15, WA's business community will be better served with the introduction of home delivery of Business News throughout the metropolitan area from Yanchep to Mandurah.

30 Jan 2001
WA's election offers first net chance

WA's election offers first net chance

By Mark Pownall

THE forthcoming State election campaign will be the first poll to be conducted with a new form of opinion polling which allows the public instant access to express their views and to interpret the results first hand.

16 Jan 2001
Party leaders called to answer

Party leaders called to answer

By Mark Pownall

Both Premier Richard Court and Dr Geoff Gallop were asked a series of questions of interest to the business community. Below are their abridged responses.Retail trading hours?

16 Jan 2001
Business quiet over election

Business quiet over election

By Mark Pownall

NO matter how much notice is given, election time always appears a bit frantic as all the major stakeholders try to maximise the impact of their messages in the critical few weeks before the poll.

16 Jan 2001
Bluegum growers in rights plea

Bluegum growers in rights plea

By Mark Pownall

BLUEGUM forest managers have raised concerns about the rights of agricultural users in an attempt to bolster support from other rural groups after the State Government’s threat to ban aerial spraying of WA’s vast plantations.

09 Jan 2001
Richard courts a rate cut for poll

Richard courts a rate cut for poll

By Mark Pownall

IN A week dominated by sport, it took a surprise rate cut in the US to spark big interest in Australia’s markets as the business community drifted back from their festive break.

09 Jan 2001
Bird spreads wings

Bird spreads wings

By Mark Pownall

LUNCH pioneer Nicholas Bird is taking his Perth-based make-your-own sandwich operation offshore, establising a Canadian franchise for his six-year-old business Mr Bird’s MYO.

09 Jan 2001
Industry bogged down in bluegum

Industry bogged down in bluegum

By Mark Pownall

THE furore surrounding the bluegum plantation industry’s pesticide spraying program in the southern parts of WA has the potential to open a can of worms.

09 Jan 2001
Television spectacles become the main event

Television spectacles become the main event

By Mark Pownall

WA IS set to reap more than $43 million in 2001 from events sponsored by Eventscorp – but that figure could be far higher if the State Government’s organisation’s focus on media events pays off in the longer term.

12 Dec 2000
Liberty threat to suppliers

Liberty threat to suppliers

By Mark Pownall

PERTH-based national retail chain Liberty Liquors has threatened to take at least two suppliers to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission after being rocked by an unexpected change in trading terms.

12 Dec 2000

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