Aug 14, 2026 – 5.00amLuke Creagh, the 44-year-old chief executive of Perth gold miner Ora Banda Mining, knows a thing or two about risk and company turnarounds.Creagh tops this year’s BOSS list of chief executives who have delivered for shareholders over the past three years.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Patrick DurkinBOSS deputy editorPatrick Durkin is Melbourne bureau chief and BOSS deputy editor. He writes on news, business and leadership.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
The under-the-radar CEOs delivering outsized shareholder returns
Meet the chief executives who are outperforming their peers and picking the megatrends. Many of those who dominate the upper ranks are far from household names.
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Luke Creagh, CEO of Ora Banda Mining, leads BOSS's 2026 ranking of CEOs generating outsized shareholder returns over three years. His expertise in company turnarounds and risk management signals critical leadership competencies for institutional value creation.
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