Street Talk

Investment banking veteran John Wylie moonlights at BlueScope

Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport

Mar 12, 2026 – 5.19pm

Veteran fund manager, battle-hardened investment banker, activist investor. Credit Suisse boss turned Tanarra Capital chief executive John Wylie wears many hats. Now he’s got a new one to add to the stand.

Wylie is working as an informal advisor to the board of BlueScope Steel as it navigates a $14.2 billion bid from Stokes family-controlled conglomerate SGH Limited and its Nasdaq-listed bidding partner Steel Dynamics.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.

Emma Rapaport is a co-editor of the Street Talk column. Prior to that, she was a markets reporter at The Australian Financial Review.