Business Insider: Mike Tod lines up at CBA, BNZ boss Angela Mentis stumbles, ANZ dodges settlement
7 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Stay up-to-date with The Insider, a weekly column featuring what s happening behind the scenes in business. Just a month after joining Aussie banking giant CBA, Kiwi
Mike Tod has already been tipped as a strong contender to become the bank s new head of corporate affairs.
The former Air NZ executive has just lost his new boss, Priscilla Brown, who is finishing up at the end of May and heading back to the US.
That s led to speculation Tod could take over her role as group executive of marketing and corporate affairs, although the Sydney Morning Herald noted he is expected to face competition from long-standing CBA executive and current chief marketing officer Monique Macleod.
Business Insider: Fresh details emerge about Sean Plunket s media ambitions
1 Apr, 2021 11:00 PM
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Controversial broadcaster Sean Plunket is mulling a comeback. Photo / File
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Stay up-to-date with The Insider, a weekly column featuring what s happening behind the scenes in business. Plans are apparently underway to create a new media platform for New Zealanders who claim to have been exiled from existing media platforms.
Integral to this is former Magic Talk radio host Sean Plunket, who is now listed as a director of a newly formed media company.
The company, dubbed Impartial Media, was quietly registered on the Companies Office last month and is fully owned by Wellington-based Mark Jones. Sources say an online radio show called The Platform is being worked on.