Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has won approval from shareholders to install four new directors on AGL Energy's board ahead of the annual general meeting.
AGL chairwoman Patricia McKenzie told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday that former Tesla Energy director Mark Twidell, former Energy Security Board chairwoman Kerry Schott, Metcash director Christine Holman and Professor John Pollaers would be joining as new members of the board, based on the proxies lodged ahead of the meeting.
"The board welcomes these new directors to the board and will work constructively with them in the best of interests of shareholders," she said.
Mr Cannon-Brookes' private company, Grok Ventures, which is the largest shareholder in Australia's biggest power producer, had nominated the four candidates as part of a broader effort to accelerate the 180-year old company's transition to renewables.