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.

Workin’ for the man

Workin’ for the man

By Mark Pownall

IT was an interesting experiment to undertake – determining how many days of the year you work for the tax man.

26 Jun 2001
Branching out

Branching out

By Mark Pownall

CONCERNS about WA becoming a branch economy have been around for a long time, but the issue has gained more currency with the drama of Shell’s bid for Woodside.

19 Jun 2001
Co-op seeks nod to a new structure

Co-op seeks nod to a new structure

By Mark Pownall

THE Fremantle Fishermen’s Coopera-tive Society has moved a step closer to a corporate restructure, airing a formal proposal to members to become an unlisted public company.

19 Jun 2001
Silence on the station

Silence on the station

By Mark Pownall

THE new management of two Kimberley cattle stations has refused to identify the investors who have bought the remote properties which are littered with priceless Aboriginal art.

12 Jun 2001
Tuart indemnity moves

Tuart indemnity moves

By Mark Pownall

TUART Resources has moved to enforce an agreement with WA businessman Dean Scooks, his business partner Carol Hardie and their associates indemnifying the company against net liabilities of almost $5 million stemming from the takeover

12 Jun 2001
Common ground

Common ground

By Mark Pownall

IT was billed as a showdown but there ended up being a surprising amount of common ground between those chosen to debate Tax Effective Investments: Are they Worth the Risk?

12 Jun 2001
Finance licensing revolution

Finance licensing revolution

By Mark Pownall

AUSTRALIA’S providers of financial advice are set to see a quiet revolution in the way they are licensed, with a new regime likely to be in place by October governing the way they do business.

12 Jun 2001
Moral call

Moral call

By Mark Pownall

THE One.Tel debacle has led to unprecedented calls to end corporate greed, even from politicians who themselves are being examined for their own indulgent superannuation system.

05 Jun 2001
Kimberley lures big city cast

Kimberley lures big city cast

By Mark Pownall

BEEF prices might be up but almost no-one is speculating that moves by Warren Anderson’s Tipperary Developments on two Kimberley pastoral stations have anything to do with cattle.

29 May 2001
Tax schemes under microscope

Tax schemes under microscope

By Mark Pownall

THE Australian Taxation Office has referred up to a dozen tax-effective investment scheme promoters to other authorities and regulators, including the National Crime Authority.

29 May 2001
Ongoing saga

Ongoing saga

By Mark Pownall

AS the convention saga continues, Business News offers its support to the tourism industry, which must start to hurt when so much uncertainty exists.

29 May 2001
Failure to provide a clear signal

Failure to provide a clear signal

By Mark Pownall

PETER Costello’s sixth Federal Budget might have delivered little that business wasn’t already expecting, but the corporate world should not be too disappointed.

22 May 2001

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