Overview
- Zubin Appoo steps into the chief executive role effective immediately after rejoining WiseTech in April, drawing on a 15-year track record from 2004 to 2018
- Interim CEO and CFO Andrew Cartledge will continue in his dual roles until his scheduled retirement at the end of 2025
- Founder Richard White, who stepped down as CEO in October amid personal misconduct allegations, retains executive chairmanship and a 36.3% shareholding in the A$40 billion company
- Four non-executive directors resigned in February over disputes about White’s ongoing influence after an external governance review largely cleared him but flagged an intimidating management style
- The leadership reshuffle aims to shore up investor confidence following governance upheaval, board resignations and share-price volatility at Australia’s leading logistics software provider