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Steven R. Rogel
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Chairman of the BoardMr. Rogel, 67, has served on the Board since September 2009 and was appointed Chairman in February 2010. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), a company that grows and harvests trees, builds homes and manufactures forest products globally, in 1999 and was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director thereof from December 1997 to January 1, 2008 when he relinquished the role of President. He relinquished the Chief Executive Officer role in April of 2008 and retired as Chairman as of April 2009. Before joining Weyerhaeuser Company Mr. Rogel was Chief Executive Officer, President and a director of Willamette Industries, Inc., a lumber and paper company purchased by Weyerhaeuser Company in 2002. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Willamette Industries, Inc. until October 1995 and before that time, as an Executive and Group Vice President for more than five years. Mr. Rogel is a director of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), a rail transportation service company, where he is a member of the corporate governance and compensation committees. He is a director of the Kroger Company (NYSE: KR), a food retailer, where he is a member of the corporate governance and financial policy committees. Mr. Rogel received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington. The qualifications of Mr. Rogel identified by the Board include the following: Mr. Rogel has significant executive management, business and corporate governance experience as a result of his years of service in top executive positions with Weyerhauser Company and Willamette Industries, Inc., as well as his service on other corporate boards. Mr. Rogel qualifies as a financial expert and is an independent director. |
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J. Barnie Beasley, Jr.
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DirectorMr. Beasley, 58, has served on the Board since October 2008, when he retired as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Nuclear Operating Company, a subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO) that provides electricity in the southeastern United States. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer since September 2004 and Chairman since June 2005. Mr. Beasley's career with Southern Nuclear Operating Company began in 1997, where he served as a Vice President and later as Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer. Prior to Southern Nuclear, Mr. Beasley spent 27 years in various roles with Georgia Power Company. He has held a Senior Reactor Operator's license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and he currently holds a Professional Engineering License in the State of Georgia as an Electrical Engineer. He is a member of both the Georgia Society and the National Society of Professional Engineers. Mr. Beasley is also a member of the National Nuclear Accrediting Board which is responsible for accrediting nuclear power plant training programs. He previously served on the board of directors and several committees for the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), including the board of directors, executive committee, and the organization and compensation committee. Additionally, he served on the board of directors and audit committee for the Foundation for Nuclear Studies, a Washington, DC based organization that seeks to promote sound national policy on the use and development of nuclear technologies. Mr. Beasley also previously served as a director for the Southeastern Electric Exchange, a non-profit, non-political trade association of investor-owned electric utility companies, as a director of Junior Achievement of Greater Birmingham, and on the advisory board of INROADS/Birmingham, a program that prepares talented minority youth for corporate and community leadership. Mr. Beasley currently serves as chairman of the University of Georgia Engineering advisory board. Mr. Beasley graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. The qualifications of Mr. Beasley identified by the Board include the following: Mr. Beasley has decades of experience in the nuclear and power industries, including high level executive management and business oversight experience. Mr. Beasley also has education and experience in the engineering fields and experience on boards and committees in the nuclear industry. Mr. Beasley has cultivated strong relationships with U.S. industry leaders and is experienced in communicating and working with U.S. government and state representatives and administrators. Mr. Beasley qualifies as a financial expert and is an independent director. |
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Dr. Pascal Colombani
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DirectorDr. Colombani, 64, has served on the Board since June 2009. Dr. Colombani is a member of the French Academy of Technology, and has been a senior advisor for high technology and energy at AT Kearney Paris, a private global management consulting company, since 2003. He also holds several board positions, including the non executive chairmanship of Valeo SA (Paris: FR.PA), a company that designs, produces and sells automobile components globally, and non executive directorships at Alstom SA (Paris: ALO.PA), a company that develops innovative transport and energy technology, British Energy p.l.c. (a subsidiary of Électricité de France ("EDF") (Paris: EDF.PA)), a company that owns nuclear power stations and provides businesses with electricity, Rhodia SA (Paris: RHA.PA), a global chemical manufacturing company, and Technip SA (Paris: TECNV.PA), a global engineering, technology and project management company for the oil and gas industry. Dr. Colombani has held a number of positions in the nuclear energy sector, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Areva (Paris: CEI.PA), a global supplier of carbon-free power and electricity, and director of EDF, an electricity provider in Europe, North and South America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Previously he had an industrial career with Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB), an oilfield services provider in Europe, the United States, Japan and China. Dr. Colombani graduated from École Normale Supérieure at Saint-Cloud in France, holds a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the University of Paris Sud and performed post-doctoral work in France and California. Dr. Colombani, 64, has served on the Board since June 2009. Dr. Colombani is a member of the French Academy of Technology, and has been a senior advisor for high technology and energy at AT Kearney Paris, a private global management consulting company, since 2003. He also holds several board positions, including the non executive chairmanship of Valeo SA (Paris: FR.PA), a company that designs, produces and sells automobile components globally, and non executive directorships at Alstom SA (Paris: ALO.PA), a company that develops innovative transport and energy technology, British Energy p.l.c. (a subsidiary of Électricité de France ("EDF") (Paris: EDF.PA)), a company that owns nuclear power stations and provides businesses with electricity, Rhodia SA (Paris: RHA.PA), a global chemical manufacturing company, and Technip SA (Paris: TECNV.PA), a global engineering, technology and project management company for the oil and gas industry. Dr. Colombani has held a number of positions in the nuclear energy sector, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Areva (Paris: CEI.PA), a global supplier of carbon-free power and electricity, and director of EDF, an electricity provider in Europe, North and South America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Previously he had an industrial career with Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB), an oilfield services provider in Europe, the United States, Japan and China. Dr. Colombani graduated from École Normale Supérieure at Saint-Cloud in France, holds a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the University of Paris Sud and performed post-doctoral work in France and California. The qualifications of Dr. Colombani identified by the Board include the following: Dr. Colombani has extensive international energy industry experience as a result of his work with Schlumberger Limited, AT Kearney Paris, and as a member of the French Academy of Technology. Dr. Colombani has important government experience and relationships, particularly in light of his service as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the French Atomic Energy Commission from January 2000 to December 2002. Dr. Colombani also has a doctorate and post-doctoral experience in nuclear science and corporate management perspective and experience gained from years of service on other international boards of directors and in various advisory positions. Dr. Colombani is an independent director. |
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J.I. "Chip" Everest, II
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DirectorMr. Everest, 53, has served on the Board since July 2007. From July 2007 through February 2009, Mr. Everest held the office of Vice Chairman of the Company. Prior thereto, Mr. Everest served as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2005 until July 2007. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Everest was the Director of Finance and Corporate Development at USPCI, a Union Pacific Corporation hazardous waste company. He became Vice President, Finance at ECDC Environmental in 1992 after its acquisition by USPCI and Laidlaw Environmental. In 1997, Mr. Everest co-founded ISG Resources, Inc., a provider of coal combustion products management and marketing services to the electric power industry, after acquiring JTM Industries from Laidlaw. In 2002, Headwaters Incorporated (NYSE: HW), a global company providing products, technologies and services in the building products, construction material and energy industries, acquired ISG and Mr. Everest became the Vice President of Corporate Development and Treasurer at Headwaters Incorporated. In 2003 Mr. Everest co-founded Western Pacific Group, a small private equity fund focused on making long-term investments in a wide cross section of companies and real estate. Mr. Everest is a member of the British North American Committee of the Atlantic Council. Mr. Everest holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Methodist University and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas. The qualifications of Mr. Everest identified by the Board include the following: Mr. Everest has extensive knowledge of the Company's unique challenges, regulatory environment, and history as a result of being an executive officer of the Company from 2005 through February 2009. Mr. Everest also has extensive management experience at companies in related industries, such as USPCI, ISG Resources, Inc. and Headwaters Incorporated, as well as finance and private equity experience. Mr. Everest also has valuable relationships with key government representatives and influential local and national industry and government leaders. |
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David Lockwood
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Director Mr. Lockwood, age 50, has been a partner of ValueAct Capital, an investment management firm, since 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Lockwood was Chairman and CEO of Liberate Technologies (NYSE: LBRT), a provider of software to digital media companies, from 2003 to 2006. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Lockwood was CEO and President of Intertrust (NYSE: ITRU), a company that develops software for digital rights management and licenses intellectual property. Mr. Lockwood has also held a number of positions in the financial services industry, including Managing Director at Goldman Sachs. Currently, Mr. Lockwood serves as a director of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc. (NYSE: LVB), a manufacturer of musical instruments, and BigBand Networks, Inc. (NYSE: BBND), a leader in digital video networking. He is also a lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Lockwood holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Miami University (Ohio) and a Masters of Business Administration degree from the Graduate School of Business of the University of Chicago. |
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Clare Spottiswoode, CBE
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DirectorMs. Spottiswoode, 56 has served on the Board since July 2009. Ms. Spottiswoode was appointed as Chair of EnergySolutions EU Limited in January 2010. From November 2006 to December 2009, she served as the first policyholder advocate representing the interests of with-profits policyholders in Norwich Union's (a subsidiary of Aviva p.l.c. (NYSE: AV)) proposed reattribution of inherited estates. From 2000 through 2009 she held a number of non-executive directorships including Deputy Chair of Bergesen Worldwide Gas, a gas and shipping company, Deputy Chair of British Energy (a subsidiary of Électricité de France ("EDF") (Paris: EDF.PA)), a company that owns nuclear power stations and provides businesses with electricity, director of GEM BioFuels (AIM: GBF), a green energy company that converts bio fuels into diesel and director of Advanced Technology (UK) p.l.c., a communications software provider. Ms. Spottiswoode served as Director General of Ofgas, the regulator of the gas industry in the United Kingdom from 1993 to 1998. During her career she has also acted as an economist at HM Treasury, the United Kingdom's economic and finance ministry responsible for formulating and implementing the Government's financial and economic policy, lectured at London Business School, and set up and managed private business interests. Currently, Ms. Spottiswoode is a non-executive director of Ilika, p.l.c., a research and development company, a non-executive director of Tullow Oil p.l.c. (LSE: TLW.L), an oil and gas exploration and production company, and chair of Gas Strategies Limited, an energy consultancy. Ms. Spottiswoode is also a member of Future Banking Commission, a commission established to inform a new United Kingdom government what it might consider to reform the banking system by summer 2010. The qualifications of Ms. Spottiswoode identified by the Board include the following: Ms. Spottiswoode has significant executive management, regulatory, corporate governance and board level experience in related industries in the United Kingdom, a strategically important area for significant operations of the Company. Ms. Spottiswoode also has strong relationships with influential government, academic, and industry leaders in the United Kingdom. |
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Robert A. Whitman
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DirectorMr. Whitman, 56, has served on the Board since July 2008. Mr. Whitman has been a director of Franklin Covey Co. (NYSE: FC), a global consulting and training company, since May 1997 and has served as Chairman of its board of directors since June 1999 and Chief Executive Officer since January 2000. Mr. Whitman served as a director of Covey Leadership Center from 1994 to 1997. Prior to joining the Franklin Covey Co., Mr. Whitman served as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Hampstead Group, a provider of consulting services to the housing industry, from 1992 to 2000. Mr. Whitman received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from the University of Utah and a Masters of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. The qualifications of Mr. Whitman identified by the Board include the following: Mr. Whitman has strong executive management, accounting and business skills arising from his extensive experience in executive and board level positions with Franklin Covey Co. and his related educational background. Mr. Whitman qualifies as a financial expert and is an independent director. |
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David B. Winder
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DirectorMr. Winder, 71, has served on the Board since our initial public offering in November 2007. Mr. Winder was a certified public accountant with KPMG LLP, as an employee from 1963 to 1972 and as a partner from 1972 until his retirement in 1997. Since his retirement from KPMG, Mr. Winder was Executive Director, Department of Community and Economic Development for the State of Utah from March 1997 to April 2002 and Special Assistant to the Governor of the State of Utah from April 2002 to March 2004, where he was responsible for various projects following the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Since November 2002, Mr. Winder also has been a consultant to various for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Winder is currently a director and chair of the audit committee of GE Capital Financial, Inc., the industrial bank subsidiary of GE Capital Inc., a subsidiary of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), and of Alsco, Inc., a textile services company. Mr. Winder is a member of the board of directors, past board president and audit committee chair of the Utah Retirement Systems and Public Employees Health Program. He is the chair of the board of directors of the Utah chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Mr. Winder received an A.B. degree in Social Sciences from Stanford University with highest honors. The qualifications of Mr. Winder identified by the Board include the following: Mr. Winder has strong management, business and accounting skills as a result of his years of work with KPMG, service as executive director of the Utah Department of Community and Economics Development and other roles. Mr. Winder provides to the Board important accounting experience and strong relationships with key government leaders, Mr. Winder qualifies as a financial expert and is an independent director. |
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