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Brett Redman

July 2024

Brett Redman.

Transmission ‘will get easier’ after EnergyConnect: Transgrid CEO

Brett Redman’s comments come as speculation mounts Transgrid will need to bring other contractors in to complete the delayed $2.3 billion transmission project.

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  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

June 2024

Former Origin Energy boss Grant King will succeed Jerry Maycock as chairman of Transgrid.

Grant King to succeed Jerry Maycock as Transgrid chairman

The changeover at the helm of the NSW grid owner comes as the build-out of the transmission system has become a major stumbling block to the energy transition.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

October 2023

TransGrid CEO Brett Redman is prepared to compulsorily acquire properties in the path of the HumeLink transmission project.

One landowner can’t stop the energy transition: TransGrid CEO

TransGrid is prepared to compulsorily acquire properties along the route of the proposed 360-kilometre HumeLink in southern NSW if landowners don’t agree to sell.

  • Jenny Wiggins

March 2023

Building new transmission lines is vital if Australia to successfully transition awau from fossil fuels.

Transgrid locks in supplies to build out transmission

Transgrid has placed orders worth $150 million after the federal government agreed to underwrite a spend of $385 million.

  • Colin Packham

December 2022

Elli Baker, who alleges discrimination and breach of contract by Transgrid.

Transgrid denies discriminating against female executive

Transgrid has had to defend itself in court against discrimination claims by a woman executive beaten to a promotion by a man she claimed stared at her breasts.

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  • Jemima Whyte
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October 2022

Australia risks losing the race in the great energy reset

Coal power is on its way out, but Australia faces intensifying global competition to build the infrastructure needed to replace it, Transgrid CEO Brett Redman says.

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  • Colin Packham

September 2022

Plans to install new overhead transmission lines to support the transitioning power grid are meeting strong local opposition.

Transgrid confident of overcoming HumeLink obstacles

The NSW power grid owner insists the huge transmission project can be delivered on time, shrugging off doubts amid scarce skilled labour and rising costs.

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  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

August 2022

Transgrid CEO Brett Redman was previously CEO of AGL Energy.

Transgrid’s plan to streamline $8b grid build-out

The NSW high-voltage grid owner is bundling together $8 billion of transmission projects to make their delivery more efficient, potentially saving $500 million.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

June 2022

TransGrid CEO Brett Redman said the company is committed to delivering transmission projects on time.

Rewiring the Nation vital for grid built-out: Redman

The TransGrid CEO said the Labor government’s initiative should facilitate investment in transmission to ease the transition to renewables.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

March 2022

TransGrid CEO Brett Redman says the NSW grid company is where he can make the most difference.

No transition without transmission: Redman’s new motto

Now at the “pointy end” of the energy transition, the former AGL boss who is now CEO of TransGrid says the speed of change was unimaginable five years ago.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

June 2021

Television presenter David Koch, wearing glasses, and son AJ Koch with his sisters Georgie and Brie at a basketball game in 2017.

There’s nothing like a CEO humblebragger

The head of the ABS and David Koch’s son are among those who deflect credit for altruism while drawing attention to it.

  • Aaron Patrick

May 2021

AGL operates the Loy Yang A coal-fired power plant in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.

AGL may need to raise equity as demerger doubts mount

AGL may have to raise about $600 million in equity, on UBS estimates, to support the planned split of its business as wholesale power prices plunge.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith
AGL interim CEO Graeme Hunt says he’ll stay in the role as long as the board needs him.

AGL Energy stands firm on demerger

Interim CEO Graeme Hunt sought to reassure investors that lenders are on board after analysts and investors questioned how the demerger could work in practice.

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  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

April 2021

Former AGL chairman Graeme Hunt, left, has temporarily replaced Brett Redman as CEO.

AGL demerger in doubt as investors query CEO exit

Some investors are voicing doubts that AGL’s demerger will go ahead after the departure of CEO Brett Redman, saying his exit may give the company more room to manoeuvre.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith
Ougoing chief executive Brett Redman and chairman Graeme Hunt pictured in January 2020.

‘Literally zero sense’: AGL chairman under fire over CEO exit

Analyst Mark Samter has unleashed a scathing assessment of the AGL board and questioned the motives of chairman Graeme Hunt for stepping into the CEO job for a $2.25 million base salary.

  • Jonathan Shapiro
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Sydney institution Rockpool, the site of a rather awkward AGL dinner with a very large elephant in the room.

The Rockpool dinner that left AGL with a bitter aftertaste

It was supposed to be a convivial meal, but the reverberations of Brett Redman’s shock announcement must have given everyone indigestion.

  • Jennifer Hewett
In happier times: AGL chief executive Brett Redman, left, who is leaving the company, with chairman Graeme Hunt in January last year.

Turmoil as Brett Redman abandons AGL

The chief executive has resigned after advising the board he could not commit to seeing through the full demerger of Australia’s oldest energy utility.

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  • Elouise Fowler
AGL chief executive Brett Redman blew up his own job.

Redman’s exit piles pressure on AGL

At age 50, Brett Redman is young enough to take on another CEO role after leaving AGL. But the damage caused by his shock departure could put a blot on his CV.

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  • Tony Boyd
The departure of Brett Redman comes at a pivotal time for AGL as it navigates a challenging future.

Shock exit is bad news for AGL shareholders

The departure of Brett Redman comes at a pivotal time for the energy retailer as it navigates a challenging future.

  • Matthew Warren

March 2021

AGL’s coal power plants would be separated into a new company if a split goes ahead.

AGL faces battle to create value from split

The rationale for AGL’s potential split is widely accepted in the market, but analysts aren’t convinced shareholders will see an increase in value.

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  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

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