Clark Murphy

In March of 2020, I gave a speech at the business school in Melbourne and got a phone call that morning from my wife in New York saying, have you followed what's going on in that part of the world? You need to get yourself on an airplane and come home. I was headed to Singapore and then up to China. Needless to say, I did not make it to Singapore or to China.

In March of 2020, I gave a speech at the business school in Melbourne and got a phone call that morning from my wife in New York saying, have you followed what's going on in that part of the world? You need to get yourself on an airplane and come home. I was headed to Singapore and then up to China. Needless to say, I did not make it to Singapore or to China.

And so as I think about 2020, which was right when you became chief executive, I think, the other thing I think about is the bushfires in Australia and the impact that had, as did the fires a year later in Brazil and the Amazon, which had happened before. We were all sitting in our homes thinking about our health and thinking about our environment. That's a heck of a challenging start to be CEO.

And so as I think about 2020, which was right when you became chief executive, I think, the other thing I think about is the bushfires in Australia and the impact that had, as did the fires a year later in Brazil and the Amazon, which had happened before. We were all sitting in our homes thinking about our health and thinking about our environment. That's a heck of a challenging start to be CEO.

And so as I think about 2020, which was right when you became chief executive, I think, the other thing I think about is the bushfires in Australia and the impact that had, as did the fires a year later in Brazil and the Amazon, which had happened before. We were all sitting in our homes thinking about our health and thinking about our environment. That's a heck of a challenging start to be CEO.

What was it like in the beginning, the first year of you being a CEO in COVID and looking down the continent of what was happening from the bushfire perspective back to these local communities?

What was it like in the beginning, the first year of you being a CEO in COVID and looking down the continent of what was happening from the bushfire perspective back to these local communities?

What was it like in the beginning, the first year of you being a CEO in COVID and looking down the continent of what was happening from the bushfire perspective back to these local communities?

Oh, right.

Oh, right.

Oh, right.

Now that it's five years later, you might not have said this in the beginning, having worked with a lot of board of directors, there's always some level of concern for a first-time chief executive. And when will they face their first crisis? Well, yours came a little earlier and a little bit bigger in scale than most people. At any moment, did you think,

Now that it's five years later, you might not have said this in the beginning, having worked with a lot of board of directors, there's always some level of concern for a first-time chief executive. And when will they face their first crisis? Well, yours came a little earlier and a little bit bigger in scale than most people. At any moment, did you think,

Now that it's five years later, you might not have said this in the beginning, having worked with a lot of board of directors, there's always some level of concern for a first-time chief executive. And when will they face their first crisis? Well, yours came a little earlier and a little bit bigger in scale than most people. At any moment, did you think,

oh my gosh, how am I going to get through this? Or who do I turn to to help with the decision? Were there moments of you saying, I better call the chair, I better call the board, because I've never been in this before?

oh my gosh, how am I going to get through this? Or who do I turn to to help with the decision? Were there moments of you saying, I better call the chair, I better call the board, because I've never been in this before?

oh my gosh, how am I going to get through this? Or who do I turn to to help with the decision? Were there moments of you saying, I better call the chair, I better call the board, because I've never been in this before?

When you look at the direction of the company in the last couple of years, a lot of M&A work, You talked about the portfolio realignment, balance sheet changes, et cetera. Was this a direction the company was going to take or did COVID impact what direction you thought the company should go in strategically?

When you look at the direction of the company in the last couple of years, a lot of M&A work, You talked about the portfolio realignment, balance sheet changes, et cetera. Was this a direction the company was going to take or did COVID impact what direction you thought the company should go in strategically?

When you look at the direction of the company in the last couple of years, a lot of M&A work, You talked about the portfolio realignment, balance sheet changes, et cetera. Was this a direction the company was going to take or did COVID impact what direction you thought the company should go in strategically?