The taking of Vocus, acquisitions and boardroom coups

By Jon Brett

Vocus from $25m to at its peak over $5bn. How did it get there, who made it happen and mistakes learnt.

Good and bad directors, bullying in the boardroom... more

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The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.

The taking of Vocus, acquisitions and boardroom coups episodes:

August 24, 2023 Tim Fung - Co-founder Airtasker
Airtasker is part of the Australian vernacular. Tim Fung co-founded Airtasker with Jonathan Lui in Feb 2012. In this hard hitting interview, Tim discusses how they raised money and built Airtasker into a global business and all the issues they face.
Airtasker has 1.5m customers, and provides $200m per annum in work to Taskers (people who do the work) . It also has operations in the USA and UK.
The interview covers how Airtasker ensures the revenue split is fair and why one should still use Airtasker even if you can go direct to the Tasker.
Airtasker is listed on the ASX since March 2021, and Tim discusses the poor performance of the share price and why the priority is global growth.
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35min
August 06, 2023 The Taking of Vocus - Interview Tony Grist
Tony Grist - Non Exec Chair and Co-founder Amcom
Sept 1997 - July 2015
Tony co-founded Amcom and sold it to Vocus. In this interview, he describes that journey, the TPG acquisition of 19.9% and the extra-ordinary lengths he went to, to get the merger with Vocus across the line.
He then details his experience after the merger with M2 and his thoughts of the issues encountered.
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50min
August 06, 2023 Ukraine - Interview with James Spenceley on his contribution to the Ukraine war
In 2004 James packed his bag and went to live in Ukraine. where he learnt to to speak fluent Russian.
In Ukraine, James met Viktoria, a native Ukrainian whom he married in 2007.
James and Victoria live in Sydney.
When the Russians invaded Ukraine, James decided he wanted to make some contribution to the war effort. First he bought 2 second hand ambulances and delivered them himself to the front line in Ukraine. But then decided that 4WD cars were better suited to the terrain so now he buys these cars and has them converted into ambulances.
James has a fund raising page - https://www.gofundme.com/f/ausukraineaid -
and all contributions go directly to this cause with nothing being paid for administration. James pays for his trips to Ukraine himself. This is a great way to support Ukraine.
This is his story
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16min
July 31, 2023 The Taking of Vocus - Interview with James Spenceley
James founded Vocus and grew Vocus from a small telco to the 4th largest telco in Australia

James explains his rationale for merging with M2 and the issues with the merger
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25min
July 27, 2023 Ep12 - Class Actions - Going Private
The Taking of Vocus - Class Action - Going Private - Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance
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14min
July 25, 2023 Ep11 - Everything Changes - New CEO - New Board - I retire
The Taking of Vocus - Everything changes yet some things remain the same
New CEO Kevin Russell appointed
Jon Brett and Rhoda Phillipo retire

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15min
July 23, 2023 Interview Chris Deere - Chief Technical Officer - Vocus Group Limited - July 2013 - Mar 2017
In this frank, hard hitting interview, Chris outlines his experiences at Vocus and sheds further light on some incidences in the podcasts.
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35min
July 19, 2023 Interview Matt Hollis - Sales and Marketing Director - Corporate and Wholesale - July 2010 - Dec 2016
Matt Hollis - 23rd employee at Vocus
Sales and Marketing Director - Corporate and Wholesale
July 2010 - Dec 2016
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14min
July 17, 2023 Ep10- The Year of Changes
The Year of Changes
Vaughan Bowen elected Chair following David Spence's resignation
Christine Holman resigns
Jancor Partners takes a significant stake
John Ho appointed to board
New divisional structure
Julie Fahey appointed to board
Geoff Horth Resigns
Vaughan resigns and Bob appointed as chair

New management structure

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13min
July 14, 2023 Interview Denise Hanlon - Human Resources Director - Apr 2015 - Sept 2017
Denise Hanlon - Human Resources Director -Vocus
Led HR and Human Resource function from April 2015 to Sept 2017
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23min

FAQs about The taking of Vocus, acquisitions and boardroom coups:

How many episodes does The taking of Vocus, acquisitions and boardroom coups have?

The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.