Jul 1, 2026 – 5.00amAllan Davies was one of the founding directors of Qube Holdings, a logistics company founded by Chris Corrigan in 2007 and which is in the throes of being bought by a Macquarie Asset Management-led consortium for $11.7 billion.One day in 2016 Davies fielded a call from long-time colleague Corrigan, who was then chair of Qube. Corrigan wanted Davies to drop in for a chat. Davies obliged, and the conversation went something like this:Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London.Fetching latest articles
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