September 2024
‘The main thing is self-awareness’: Lessons from Harvard
Former Telstra CEO Andy Penn reveals what he learned at the Harvard Business School.
- Aaron Patrick
September 2023
The tougher regime for cyber threats that directors must heed
Boards face a tension between government calls to rapidly share information after a hack while fearing scrutiny from ASIC and cyber-related class actions.
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- Nick Bonyhady
May 2023
Quad launches investor group with Andy Penn, Joe Hockey on board
The former Telstra boss and former Liberal treasurer are among five Australian-based leaders appointed to an advisory board for a new Quad investor network.
February 2023
Telstra CEO eyes agriculture in plan for next decade
Telstra boss Vicki Brady has named growth in services to agriculture and non-traditional telco markets as a key focus of her leadership of the company.
- Paul Smith
February 2023
Experts reject government’s cyberattack IT takeover plan
A strategy to take over some companies’ IT systems if they suffer an online attack has been criticised as unnecessary and unworkable by industry insiders.
- Tess Bennett, Paul Smith and Tom McIlroy
- Exclusive
- Renewables
Finkel warns on big renewable challenge
The former chief scientist has joined former Telstra CEO Andy Penn and former energy tsar Audrey Zibelman on the board of Victoria’s government-owned energy operator.
- Patrick Durkin and Angela Macdonald-Smith
January 2023
Honours recipient Penn calls for debate on Voice and Australia Day
The former Telstra boss and other prominent figures who received Australia Day honours say there should be a meaningful debate about Indigenous opposition to January 26.
- Tom McIlroy and Hannah Wootton
December 2022
Andy Penn names the nation’s biggest emerging cyber threat
Hostile countries are helping cybercriminals cripple major corporations and hurt rival economies.
- Lucas Baird
September 2022
Qantas boss thumbs a ride on the PM’s plane
Forget the Gulfstream and the Global Express: Anthony Albanese’s prime ministerial plane is now the most exclusive shuttle service going.
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- Samantha Hutchinson
August 2022
Great expectations for migrant quota boost may fall on deaf ears
A mooted increase in the migration cap to be discussed at the jobs summit may not be enough to plug the gaps, states say.
- Andrew Tillett
- Opinion
- Telecommunications
Penn exits Telstra on his terms
After seven tumultuous years, Andy Penn is delivering a higher dividend and optimism about Telstra’s ability to deliver improved results and service as he hands over to Vicki Brady.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
The brave call Andy Penn got right at Telstra
Andy Penn helped rebuild the trust between Telstra and the market; the company’s shares are up more than 50 per cent since he announced the T22 strategy in 2018.
- James Thomson
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- Earnings season
Tepid result for Telstra as it is warned on over-dependence on mobile
Analysts cautioned that underperformance in fixed telephone lines threatened to undercut growth in the nation’s dominant telco.
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- Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Telstra CEO’s $30b parting gift
Andy Penn’s report card after seven years reads a lot better than the 36 per cent fall in the share price thanks to a deal that comes to fruition in October.
- Tony Boyd
- Opinion
- Telecommunications
Telstra backs ‘profound’ NBN reset
In one of his last interviews before retiring as Telstra’s CEO, Andy Penn, has welcomed the sea change in the regulation of the government-owned wholesale broadband provider, NBN Co.
- Tony Boyd
July 2022
Telstra and Microsoft make a formidable team
The term “strategic partnership” is so overused investors tend to switch off. But that would be a mistake when it comes to this deal.
- Tony Boyd
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Telstra holds upper hand in TPG network deal
Submissions to the ACCC’s inquiry into the Telstra-TPG network-sharing deal in rural areas have raised concerns about Telstra expanding its already dominant position in mobiles.
- Tony Boyd
May 2022
Telstra promotes Michael Ackland to CFO role
The company’s consumer and small business head Michael Ackland will become chief financial officer in September when Vicki Brady succeeds Andy Penn in the top job.
- Lucas Baird
April 2022
CEOs call for ‘tough decisions’ on skills and energy transition
The bosses of some of Australia’s biggest firms say they want the next government to cut out partisan squabbles and address energy policy and skills shortages.
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- Paul Smith and Jonathan Shapiro
Telstra has found a new CEO, a new chairman is next
Andy Penn’s exit and the board’s appointment of his successor, Vicki Brady, is just one piece in the impending changes at the top.
- Lucas Baird and Jemima Whyte