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Davos, Switzerland | At the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, only one Australian company had its own office in the jamboree’s central hotel, sitting cheek-by-jowl with those of the big global banks and accounting firms.
Occupying a prime corner, with a big placard warning about lethal humidity at the door, is Fortescue Metals Group. Andrew Forrest has become a highly visible Davos regular, and for the past two years has been joined by Fortescue Future Industries chief Mark “Hutch” Hutchinson.
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