Mike Cannon-Brookes to back new AGL board members in bid to clean up climate polluter
by Peter Hannam from on (#644ZF)
Tech billionaire will support four independent non-executive directors to transform the company
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Tech billionaire and climate activist Mike Cannon-Brookes will back four new members to the board of AGL in his latest bid to steer Australia's biggest power generator and carbon polluter towards a lower emissions future.
Cannon-Brookes, who in May used his clout as AGL's largest shareholder to block AGL's plans to split into two companies, will support the four independent non-executive directors to transform the company, according to a media release by his family company, Grok Ventures.
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