Special Report: Profiles of success

Senior leaders across a range of industries outline the numerous and varied pathways to the top of the corporate ladder.

HEATHER Zampatti was exposed to the heady world of big business from an early age thanks to her father, brewing business legend Lloyd Zampatti.

ALISON Robertson grew up with a passion for horses and a strong desire to become a jockey – but she aimed too high; or to put it more accurately, she grew too tall.

AT first glance, Fiona Kalaf's qualifications and career path appear eclectic to say the least, with architecture, business and art history studies, and roles at HBF, Commonwealth Bank and Wesfarme

IN hindsight, Vanessa Guthrie made some wise decisions at university in the 1970s, combining environment studies with geology well before sustainability and the environment became common parts of t