The corporate veteran reflects on his role as Qantas chairman during the pandemic, dealing with this year’s energy shock and navigating succession plans.

The corporate veteran reflects on his role as Qantas chairman during the pandemic, dealing with this year’s energy shock and navigating succession plans.

The second half of the businessman’s storied career has been dominated by one question: how does the balance between CEO and chairman work best?

Former Qantas chairman Richard Goyder says that although he and Alan Joyce made mistakes, the pandemic-time decisions were key to the airline’s eventual revival.