Staff expenses at Australia Post have been called out again after the executive team pocketed more than $24million in bonuses and a lowly manager hosted a lavish Christmas party at a fancy hotel.
Business by Mitchell Van Homrigh
Premium Content Ex-Australia Post boss Christine Holgate has taken the top job at one of her former company s major rivals. Ms Holgate s new position as CEO of delivery company Toll Global Express was announced on Monday morning. Ms Holgate resigned from Australia Post last year after it was revealed she gifted Cartier watches totalling $20,000 to staffers. Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate appears before a Senate inquiry in April. Picture: AAP (The mediation process) is still ongoing and I need to respect that if it is okay and let it run the course, she said on 2GB.
Ex-Australia Post boss Christine Holgate has a new job at a parcel deliveries business.
She s joining Toll Global Express as the new CEO and plans to grow its eCommerce sales and delivery operations in competition with her old employer. It s doing something I absolutely love, which is growing a business, it s a big national infrastructure business, so it s all about eCommerce and trade and they are things I m passionate about, she told Nine News on Monday.
Asked if she thought Australia Post might be a bit worried, Ms Holgate said she hoped they will give me a bit more of their business . competition actually does make you a bit stronger .
Ex-Australia Post boss Christine Holgate has a new job at a parcel deliveries business, six months after she was ousted over $20,000 worth of controversial gifts.
Since leaving her role, Ms Holgate has slammed Scott Morrison for humiliating her in public after she gifted Cartier watches to executives and revealed she was suicidal after being forced out of the company.
She s now joining transportation and logistics company Toll Global Express as the new CEO and plans to grow its eCommerce sales and delivery operations in competition with her old employer. It s doing something I absolutely love, which is growing a business, it s a big national infrastructure business, so it s all about eCommerce and trade and they are things I m passionate about, she told Nine News on Monday.
Ousted Australia Post boss Christine Holgate s predecessor spent $7,000 on luxury pens and smart watches for executives, an inquiry has heard.
The splurges by Ahmed Fahour, whom Ms Holgate replaced in 2017, were uncovered by a credit card audit after her controversial departure in November.
The charges included a $2,400 pen Mr Fahour authorised for outgoing chairman David Mortimer in August 2012.
Ms Holgate claims she was illegally forced to resign last year after it emerged she spent $20,000 on four Cartier watches as a reward for the company s executives.
Ex-Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate claims she was illegally forced to resign last year after it emerged she spent spent $20,000 on four watches as a reward for executives. An inquiry has heard her predecessor spent $7,000 on luxury pens and smart watches for senior staff