Richard Grellman: What Alzheimers Taught a Top Business Leader About Prayer

Insight with Karl Faase · Oct 28, 2026 · 1h 4m

It was four o'clock on a Sunday afternoon when Richard Grellman sat down to tell his wife, Suellen, that she'd be moving into aged care the next day. He had researched the conversation, written it out and memorised it - and got one sentence in before he broke down. It was Suellen, living with early-onset Alzheimer's, who comforted him: "Don't worry, sweetie, it'll be all right. You're doing the right thing."

In this episode, Karl Faase speaks with Richard about a life lived on both sides of success. He reflects on three decades at KPMG, and decades of chairing boards from AMP to Mission…