Wotif

New Channel Ten executive managing director Russel Howcroft is an unusual appointment. Is he up to the task?

There are traps for the unwary in returning to an industry where your career got its kick-start.

As competition diminishes in the banking sector, with European banks withdrawing and local ones consolidating, how do leading companies keep their bank manager coming back for more?

Complacency is a business risk; it’s an attitude that has flipped many a cocky company from climbing a ladder to sliding down a snake.

Wotif’s chief executive, Robbie Cooke, has had to face a tough couple of years – a new experience for the leader of company used to double-digit annual growth.