Mike Cannon-Brookes
Opinion
CBD
Energy crunch an unexpected boon for Mike Cannon-Brookes
How the crusading anti-fossil fuel billionaire tech bro could win out from Australia’s energy crunch. Plus, a new face at League HQ.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Latest
Grok wants AGL to serve its ‘green’ customers as coal power fizzles out
Tech tycoon Mike Cannon-Brookes’ Grok Ventures says a refreshed AGL board can profit from the utility’s solar and battery-loving customers that didn’t like its old business model.
- by Peter Milne
Mike Cannon-Brookes to help link Australia’s burgeoning tech sector with India
The tech billionaire is throwing his weight behind an effort to grow links between Australia and India’s technology sectors.
- by Latika Bourke
Cannon-Brookes tones down AGL board demand
Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has declared he will seek only one nominee to the board of power giant AGL instead of two.
- by Nick Toscano
‘Project Greenlight’: How Cannon-Brookes sank the AGL split
Atlassian’s co-founder and climate crusader has ridden the teal wave to pull off the most sophisticated campaigns in Australian corporate history.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
Mergers & acquisitions
Combat or consensus: Cannon-Brookes’ team to meet this week with AGL
The billionaire investor has at least one non-negotiable element to his demands - that AGL does not attempt to sell off either of its two businesses.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Analysis
Electricity
AGL rethink highlights Victoria’s future coal challenge
If Victoria has any hope of maintaining its momentum towards lower emissions, it’ll need greater climate and energy policy planning.
- by Josh Gordon
Opinion
Executive shake-up
The Friday coup that seized control of power giant AGL
On Friday evening, major institutional shareholder Martin Currie called AGL’s board to deliver the news that it would be voting against the merger, and it was game over.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Updated
Executive shake-up
Cannon-Brookes demands AGL rules out ‘flogging off’ coal-fired power plants
After successfully derailing its planned demerger, Cannon-Brookes now wants AGL to rule out asset sales, including of its coal-fired power plants.
- by Nick Toscano
What next for AGL after demerger plan goes up in smoke?
AGL says it will conduct a “strategic review” and has announced a “renewal” of its leadership after abandoning a controversial plan to split the company in two.
- by Jackson Graham
Billionaire Cannon-Brookes wants AGL board seats if coal split fails
Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has declared he will seek two seats on AGL’s board if the energy giant’s proposed demerger collapses.
- by Nick Toscano