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the idea AMP should embrace now David Murray has left the building

Written by Hannah Piterman, Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University

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Heads have rolled at AMP, and rightly so.

Particularly the head of chairman David Murray, who this week resigned, somewhat unapologetically, over the sexual harassment scandal that has enveloped the embattled Australian financial services giant.

As chair, the buck stopped with Murray.

The board’s decision to promote executive Boe...

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