Brad Banducci quits as Woolworths CEO after trainwreck ABC interview
Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci has left the supermarket giant in the wake of a disastrous Four Corners interview this week.
Banducci will officially step away from his role in September, a position he has held since 2016. Amanda Bardwell, head of loyalty and eCommerce, will replace him as CEO.
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All power to Aldi.
It’s so easy to point fingers and throw stones at leaders, but the isolation and stress is real. Plus the pressure – most people couldn’t cope with it. So good for him to make a life choice to essentially say f*ck it – it’s not worth it. [edited]
I doubt it was his decision…the interview was a disaster!
Haha as if it was his decision.
Regardless, this guy is smarter than the cumulative IQs of all those critiquing his performance.
He was a bumbling clueless fool in the interview.. no surprise at all.
About 6 months ago I cancelled our regular weekly grocery shop delivery. When asked why I was cancelling my delivery subscription I answered that we can no longer afford to buy groceries on a regular basis. Is this supermarket giant is listening now?
I would say that this is a good thing for Woolworths. This person would have disintegrated under a ‘Senate Select Committee on Supermarket Price’ setting where all comments are on record and under scrutiny
The reality is, Woolworths CEOs were on ACCC’s speed dial since the BigW children’s nightwear fiasco back in 2008. Woolworths frantically re-vamped their Quality Assurance systems a number of times, the only result being ever-increasing numbers of embarrassing product safety recalls. This anti-competitive behaviour business was just the tip of a very big iceberg.