Podcast – IN CONVERSATION WITH MIKE CANNON-BROOKES AND sUHASINI hAIDAR
This podcast was recorded live in New Delhi on the sixth of September, during the Australia India Leadership Dialogue.
It is a conversation between Mike Cannon-Brookes, the co-CEO and co-Founder of Australian founded tech company Atlassian, and Suhasini Haidar, the Diplomatic Editor of The Hindu.
It delves into Mike’s passion for investing in renewable energy, why there is an urgency to decarbonise our two economies, and how Australia and India can work together to achieve net zero emissions targets.
Mike Cannon-Brookes is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Atlassian, a collaboration software company. Mike co-founded the company with his university friend, Scott Farquhar, in 2002 from Australia, which has grown to over 7,000 staff globally, serving over 200,000 customers. Outside Atlassian, Mike is a technology investor in the areas of software, fintech, agriculture and energy. Mike has been recognised as a leading entrepreneur by Ernst & Young, the Australian Financial Review, Forbes and the World Economic Forum. A passionate clean energy evangelist, he continues to be an investor in climate change philanthropy and sustainable solutions.
Suhasini Haidar is the Diplomatic Editor at The Hindu, one of India’s widely read and respected newspapers. Apart from her coverage of India’s diplomatic Affairs and international developments as well as columns in The Hindu, she presents a weekly vidcast “WorldView with Suhasini Haidar” (available on www.thehindu.com and Youtube). Over a career spanning 28 years, Suhasini worked earlier as Correspondent, CNN International and Foreign Editor, CNN-IBN.