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.

 

Benchmarks show local leaders make the grade

Benchmarks show local leaders make the grade

By Mark Pownall

When Regional Development Council chairman Graham Thompson brandished a 123-page report into the resources sector’s impact on regional communities, he believed it offered an insight into what can be done well.

30 Sep 2010
Closure key for KCGM
Mining

Closure key for KCGM

By Mark Pownall

CORPORATE reputations of mining companies have become increasingly important as society tries to grapple with costs and benefits of producing resources.

30 Sep 2010
Local role for Ord River

Local role for Ord River

By Mark Pownall

EAST Kimberley businesses are racing to finish the first part of the latest Ord River project expansion before the wet season arrives in earnest in November, with several indigenous contractors working on the development.

23 Sep 2010
HIGH IMPACT

HIGH IMPACT

By Mark Pownall

Footballer, chaplain, CEO and chairman. Neale Fong’s celebrity status may have waned, but he’s still flat out.

23 Sep 2010
Agworld wins $1.5m boost

Agworld wins $1.5m boost

By Mark Pownall

Fledging agricultural IT company Agworld has won the backing of Bentley-based venture capital group Yuuwa, which has invested $1.5 million in the business that provides farms with an simple data capture service.

16 Sep 2010
McCusker backs WAIMR

McCusker backs WAIMR

By Mark Pownall

THE generosity of private funding of medical research in Western Australia continues with a $1.5 million contribution by the McCusker Charitable Foundation.

16 Sep 2010
Willmott adds to MIS debacle

Willmott adds to MIS debacle

By Mark Pownall

This week’s collapse of Melbourne-based Willmott Forests is third major failure of a managed investment scheme player this year and lands a significant blow to the once multi-billion dollar sector with strong Western Australian roots.

09 Sep 2010
Labor win refocuses debate on mining tax

Labor win refocuses debate on mining tax

By Mark Pownall

NO sooner had the Australian Labor Party limped over the line earlier this week to claim victory in the 2010 election, with the support of two key independents, than attention in WA turned to the impact on the mining sector.

09 Sep 2010
Medibank makes fresh WA push

Medibank makes fresh WA push

By Mark Pownall

FEDERAL government-owned medical insurance giant Medibank has continued the consolidation of Western Australia’s occupational health sector with the purchase of Carepoint Industrial Health Services.

02 Sep 2010

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