Mark Pownall

Mark Pownall has more than three decades of media experience, predominantly in business media in Perth, with a foray to the financial centre of London in the mid 1990s.

Mr Pownall has a vast body of work available through the archives of Business News, including news articles and features on many subjects. He has written a regular column for Business News since he joined as Editor in 2000 and has also been a key part of the Mark My Words podcast duo with Mark Beyer since 2014. On stage, Mr Pownall has interviewed many of the state's business leaders.

For most of his time at Business News, Mr Pownall ran the content operations of the business and was integral to the implementation of all the company’s digital products – the twice daily email newsletters, weekly podcasts, deals database and the Data & Insights subscriber database and search engine.

In early 2017 he became CEO of Business News, a role he had for three years before transitioning to his last executive position as Director of Strategy & Innovation, where he was responsible for digital transformation and new product development, including the rollout of a new subscriber-only remuneration platform. He is now back on the tools as a working journalist.

Mr Pownall's media career started with sports reporting while he studied for a Commerce degree at the University of Western Australia. He followed that with a post-graduate qualification in English at Curtin University.

Government business

Government business

By Mark Pownall

WESTERN Power’s move into telecommunications is likely to stir up a hornet’s nest, mainly because of the issue of government involvement in business.

14 Aug 2001
Long view

Long view

By Mark Pownall

WESFARMERS chief Michael Chaney is basking in the warm glow of success.There is little he can do wrong and, if he lives up to his forecasts, there is another year of pleasant headlines and generally positive devotion.

07 Aug 2001
Medical moves

Medical moves

By Mark Pownall

THE corporatisation of medicine is developing momentum, with advertising restrictions likely to simply be the next tradition to be pared away.Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, is matter of conjecture.

31 Jul 2001
Job cutbacks at RMG branch

Job cutbacks at RMG branch

By Mark Pownall

IF ever there was an example of the branch economy at work it occurred this week when listed debt collection agency RMG decided to shut down its Perth back office and run the WA operation with just a sales force.

24 Jul 2001
Sharing a purposeful pursuit

Sharing a purposeful pursuit

By Mark Pownall

ANYONE caught up in last year’s tech wreck might be excused for indulging in a bit of soul searching, but Tim Wise claims to have long been into the search for the inner self under the direction of spiritual guide Brendan Nichols.

24 Jul 2001
The green push

The green push

By Mark Pownall

LAST year WA’s politicians started to grasp the importance of the environment among voters.The forest debate became very public and it wasn’t just people who preferred communal living who were getting agitated by logging in the South West.

24 Jul 2001
Going underground

Going underground

By Mark Pownall

A HEARTY welcome to the concept of an underground railway in Perth from its friends here at Business News.

17 Jul 2001
Major move as coop corporatises

Major move as coop corporatises

By Mark Pownall

MEMBERS of the Fremantle Fishermen’s Cooperative Society have voted for sweeping changes to the 53-year-old lobster processor, agreeing to a proposal to corporatise the business and rename it.

10 Jul 2001
Tuart widens legal action

Tuart widens legal action

By Mark Pownall

THE stoush between Tuart Resources and shareholders Dean Scook and Carol Hardie has escalated, with the mining-turned-wine company suing the pair for $14.6 million.

03 Jul 2001
Too much money

Too much money

By Mark Pownall

IT’S not often you hear about an industry with too much money to spend.With almost $5 billion burning a hole in Australia’s venture capitalists pockets, it is surprising to discover the structural issues that have led to such a situation.

03 Jul 2001
Alternative to angels

Alternative to angels

By Mark Pownall

NEW Perth-based seed capital fund Add Venture Capital claims to be on its own in the Australian market as a fund that truly devotes itself to investing in start-ups offering amounts as low as $50,000.

03 Jul 2001

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