Mark Baxter stopped talking about his upbringing to break through the ‘class ceiling’. Now he’s fighting for change

Less than half of ‘class marginalised workers’ were offered career development in the past year in Australia, compared to 76% of ‘privileged’ employees, a new study suggests

“Mark went to a state school but we won’t hold that against him.”

Former corporate high-flyer Mark Baxter heard variations of this phrase from senior leaders in the early years of his career.