Woodside chairman survives protest vote against re-election

Woodside Chairman Richard Goyder has survived a protest vote against his re-election at Wednesday’s annual general meeting in Perth. The long-serving executive has been under fire in the weeks leading up to today’s event, with several large investors. These included Australia’s second largest superannuation fund Aware Super who withdrew their support for him. Sky News Perth reporter Crystal Wu says “this re-election would likely be Mr Goyder’s last ten-years in this role by 2027. Ms Wu said, “today he secured a lot of support from the shareholders – 83 per cent of shareholders voted for him.”