Fletcher CEO focused on deteriorating Australian operations

Fletcher CEO focused on deteriorating Australian operations
Jenny Ruth
Fletcher Building chief executive Ross Taylor is planning a visit to Australia in September and will likely stay there until after Christmas since most of his family live there. Taylor has already visited Australia once since the coronavirus crisis hit, enduring quarantine periods on both sides of the Tasman in June, and said he has little choice but to do so again. Before the pandemic hit, he used to spend about one week in four in Australia on average, he told BusinessDesk. About a third of Fletcher's revenue and staff are in Austral...

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