Open letter from some of the country’s most distinguished artists ‘strongly protests’ at the removal of Sabsabi and curator Michael DagostinoGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLiving artists who have represented Australia at the Venice Biennale over the past five decades – and the estates of a number of now deceased artists who have done the same – have signed an open letter to the board and chief executive of Creative Australia to reinstate sacked artist Khaled Sabsabi and his curator Michael Dagostino.Some of Australia’s most distinguished living artists, including Imants Tillers, Mike Parr, Susan Norrie, Fiona Hall, Judy Watson, Patricia Piccinini and Tracey Moffat have signed the petition, as has the estate of Howard Arkley who represented Australia in Venice more than a quarter of a century ago.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk has called on NASA to destroy its $150 billion prized possession in a shocking statement.

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Chief executive reflects on the three years since invasion‘Fifa forgot about us their door is always closed’Shakhtar Donetsk’s chief executive, Serhii Palkin, has accused Fifa of failing to support Ukrainian football in the three years since Russia undertook its full-scale invasion of the country.Ukraine’s domestic league has managed to play on after an initial six-month pause but resources are scarce and the long-term outlook remains uncertain. Palkin claimed the world governing body had kept its doors “closed to us” and he repeated previous entreaties for the creation of a fund to help maintain a sport that has endured severe physical and financial damage. He also urged Fifa and Uefa to hold firm on their commitment to bar Russian teams from international competitions amid an increasingly precarious geopolitical climate. Continue reading...

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Chief executive Omar Berrada’s warning email leakedClub to talk to staff about changes in meeting on MondayManchester United employees have been warned that they are committing “gross misconduct” if they leak confidential information by the chief executive, Omar Berrada, with staff potentially losing their jobs if found guilty of doing so.Berrada sent an email, which has been seen by the Guardian, to all staff on Monday and indicated the club has launched an investigation into leaks. Continue reading...

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Manchester United have threatened staff with the staff over leaks to the press, in a leaked email sent by the club's chief executive Omar Berrada amid Sir Jim Ratcliffe's ongoing job cuts

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The UK-listed bank paid its chief executive £10.7 million last year, 46% more than he earned the previous year.

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Lender reduces chief executive’s basic pay by 40% but higher reward possible after UK’s abolition of cap

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Dan McGrail, the current chief executive of trade association RenewableUK, will work for the new publicly-owned clean energy company in Aberdeen.

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Sale of the miner, which is now valued at $4bn, may be delayed following ‘really, really difficult’ marketBusiness live – latest updatesThe world’s biggest diamond miner De Beers cost its parent company almost $3bn last year as the growth in lab-grown stones continues to take the shine off the industry.Anglo American was forced to write down the value of the renowned gem producer for a second consecutive year as its chief executive admitted that the diamond markets had proved “really, really difficult for the company”. Continue reading...

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NSPCC chief executive Chris Sherwood said the figures were “deeply alarming”

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Formula 1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali was sat on the same table as Gordon Ramsay as the celebrity chef swore live on air while criticising the FIA's foul language ban

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Bank targets $1.5bn cut from annual cost base by next year as it reports $2.3bn fourth-quarter profit

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Chief executive Gary Nagle says mining group is seeking to boost its valuation

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The Cambridge-based pharmaceutical company behind a variety of medicines paid its chief executive Pascal Soriot £14.7 million in 2024.

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Alexis Lanternier, chief executive of the French streaming service, says it can compete with bigger rivals by rewarding the real musicians its subscribers want to supportIt is reassuring to find that even the boss of a music streaming company can have his listening app commandeered by his children.Nestled among Alexis Lanternier’s top picks on Deezer is the Aladdin soundtrack, fighting for competition with Creedence Clearwater Revival and rapper Jul, the most listened-to artist in France. Continue reading...

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Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE) chief executive Sandy Begbie will open this year’s The Scotsman Investment Conference, where he will share his views on where Scotland sits on a global scale and how it is seen as an investment destination.

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Ditching DEI initiatives will curry favour in the Oval Office. It will also alienate the workforces bosses rely onThe mask has slipped and the gloves are off. A company which in 2022 boasted that it had exceeded its target, “spending $1.26 billion with US certified diverse suppliers”, is now ending diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.That company is Meta (formerly known as Facebook), whose chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, announced DEI dismantling shortly before he had a prominent seat at Donald Trump’s recent inauguration. Perhaps from that privileged spot he was able to imbibe some of the “masculine energy” he says he wants to see at work.Stefan Stern is co-author of Myths of Management and the former director of the High Pay Centre. His latest book is Fair or Foul: the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition Continue reading...

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The Tesla chief executive is an advocate of big families and has spoken about his fears of population decline

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Fiona Eastwood became interim chief executive in November last year, replacing former boss Scott O’Neil, who left after two years at the helm.

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Paul Workman has researched untreatable chordoma for years. Now new technology points towards to a potential drug to beat itProfessor Paul Workman was 37 and already well established as a medical researcher when his mother, Ena, died of a rare bone cancer known as chordoma. About one in a million people are affected by the condition, which is untreatable.“It was utterly frustrating,” said Workman, who later became head of the Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery and then chief executive of the Institute of Cancer Research, London. “Thirty-six years ago, there was little we could do to treat chordoma. There was little understanding of the disease and no drugs were available to help my mother.” Continue reading...

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