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.

Raider moves on cash kitty

Raider moves on cash kitty

By Mark Pownall

THE cash box left after the failure of WA’s first wine company listing is fighting an east coast bidder from the industry, which appears to be after a $5 million kitty left after the sale of three vineyards last year.

13 Mar 2001
Food speeds down fast lane

Food speeds down fast lane

By Mark Pownall

MASS consumption of fast food is a New World phenomenon.People in traditional societies - such as Europe - tended to eat at a more leisurely pace.

13 Mar 2001
Growers push to wind back GST

Growers push to wind back GST

By Mark Pownall

A WA wine industry proposal to exempt producers’ first 1 million litres from the wine equalisation tax has been adopted at a national level as the producers prepare to use their electoral clout to wind back GST-driven exise increases.

13 Mar 2001
Vineyard plans property listing

Vineyard plans property listing

By Mark Pownall

WINE company Evans & Tate hopes to emulate stock market giants Wesfarmers and Westfield Holdings with its plan to spin off property assets into a separately listed vehicle.

13 Mar 2001
Stock blues

Stock blues

By Mark Pownall

LESS than a third of WA’s listed companies produced a return considered adequate during 2000, with most of them failing to beat the All Ordinaries Index and prob-ably leaving investors wondering why they didn’t leave their money in the bank.

06 Mar 2001
ERG swipes crown for innovation

ERG swipes crown for innovation

By Mark Pownall

ERG is considered WA’s standout innovation success by Perth’s business elite, capturing the business world’s attention by becoming a global leader in smart card and transit ticketing systems.

06 Mar 2001
Woolies takes the Liberty

Woolies takes the Liberty

By Mark Pownall

THE worst kept secret in WA's liquor industry was finally broken this week when Woolworths confirmed it had acquired the Patrick Stephen-son's 45-store Liberty Liquors chain for a reputed $60 million.

27 Feb 2001
Marketers find romance gone

Marketers find romance gone

By Mark Pownall

WA’S highly regarded wine industry is consolidating into the hands of fewer, bigger players as commercial reality relegates romance to the marketing speel found on the back of a bottle.

27 Feb 2001
Raising funds a taxing task

Raising funds a taxing task

By Mark Pownall

BIG changes to tax laws have failed to change peoples’ tax planning habits, with many leaving decisions on investment in tax effective schemes until at least the second half of the year.

27 Feb 2001
Return to tradition

Return to tradition

By Mark Pownall

SOME people are still offering the romance of a little vineyard in Margaret River, albeit in a commercial package which would be a credit to any investment banker’s innovation.

27 Feb 2001
A wave of gimmicks

A wave of gimmicks

By Mark Pownall

GIMMICKS have long been an important sales aid, but for the tradition-steeped wine industry they are a relatively new concept – creeping in as producers jostle for consumer attention.

27 Feb 2001
WestMet chief ponders his future

WestMet chief ponders his future

By Mark Pownall

In his first interview since being ousted as the chief of Western Metals last November, Rod Webster tells Business News he is ready for another challenge. Mark Pownall reports

27 Feb 2001

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