Updated: Australian Rules Football club CEO quits after one day in the job over church links
Updated: 10.30am, 6th October, 2022Melbourne, AustraliaReuters Andrew Thorburn resigned as chief executive of Australian Football League club Essendon a day after his appointment following an immediate backlash over his links to a church that expressed opposition to homosexuality and abortion. Thorburn, chairman of the Christian ‘City on a Hill’ church, quit his Essendon role on […]
From registered nurse to Mission Australia CEO – how God has led Sharon Callister in her life of service
Sydney, Australia As she prepares to take the reins of national Christian charity Mission Australia, Sharon Callister says she often wondered about God’s purpose as her career in the not-for-profit sector evolved. Callister, whose working life began as a registered nurse, says she is “thrilled, excited, humbled and blessed” to be appointed as incoming CEO […]
Books: Leadership lessons from a (sometimes frustrated) change-maker
DAVID ADAMS reads former World Vision Australia CEO Philip Hunt’s memoir, ‘Leadership & Me’…
Former CEO of Alight, Daniel Wordsworth, named new CEO of World Vision Australia
Daniel Wordsworth, former CEO of US refugee support organisation Alight, has been named as the next CEO of World Vision Australia. Wordsworth, 54, who was born in Tamworth but has spent the past 25 years working in conflict hotspots around the world – the last 12 with Alight, said in a statement released by World […]
BOOKS: JESUS AND THE MARKETPLACE – FORMER US EXEC BRUCE HARTMAN LOOKS AT HOW GOSPEL LESSONS CAN HELP THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
DAVID ADAMS talks to US author and former senior executive Dr Bruce L Hartman, about his new book, ‘Jesus & Co.’…
How Facebook is like church, according to founder Mark Zuckerberg
RNS Its members gather to comfort and encourage one another. They check in on the sick and struggling. They wish each other a happy birthday. But it’s not church. It’s Facebook. Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last week in Chicago at the first Facebook Communities Summit that the two are similar in the way they […]
PROFILE: CLAIRE ROGERS’ PASSION FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE AMONG THE WORLD’S POOREST
Three months into her new job as chief executive of World Vision Australia, Claire Rogers talks to DAVID ADAMS about her passion for helping to bring about lasting change among some of the world’s poorest communities…