SOUTHERN (SO)
Sector: Utilities
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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Sector: Utilities
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Director information for SO
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO | Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Southern Company; Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer | 68 | ["operating company CEO experience", "power delivery experience", "human resources experience", "external affairs and government policy expertise", "more than 35 years of service"] | ["Audit", "Nomination and Corporate Governance", "Compensation"] | 2026 |
Companies shown below are based on exact name match for the selected Director
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IVZ | Non-executive director | 68 | ["Public company executive", "Executive strategy and execution", "Technology", "Marketing and client focus", "Regulatory - government and legal", "Executive leadership", "Public company board experience"] | ["Audit", "Compensation", "Nomination and Corporate Governance", "Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| WTRG | President and Chief Executive Officer; Chair of the Risk Mitigation and Investment Policy Committee | 65 | ["President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company since March 2023","Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Power, 2020 to March 2023","Held various executive leadership positions at Southern Company since 1988","Legislative aide in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979-1987)","Over 20 years of experience as an executive of a gas and electric utility","Significant experience with utility operations, human resources, and governmental affairs"] | ["Risk Mitigation and Investment Policy Committee","Corporate Governance Committee","Risk Mitigation and Investment Policy"] | 2023 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company Age: 68 Director since: March 2023 Board committees: None Other public company directorships: Invesco Ltd. Director Highlights Mr. Womack s qualifications include operating company CEO experience, power delivery experience and human resources experience. His extensive knowledge of the Company, its customers and communities based on more than 35 years of service, as well as his external affairs and government policy expertise, are valuable to the Board. 4 Mr. Womack was named President, effective March 2023; Chief Executive Officer, effective May 2023; and Chairman of the Board, effective December 2023. He has held numerous leadership positions across the Southern Company system, most recently serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Georgia Power since June 2021 and President of Georgia Power since November 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Womack served as Executive Vice President and President of External Affairs of the Company from January 2009 to October 2020. 4 Mr. Womack joined Southern Company in 1988 and has served as executive vice president of external affairs at Georgia Power and senior vice president and senior production officer of Southern Company Generation, where he was responsible for coal, gas, and hydro generation for Georgia Power and Savannah Electric, a subsidiary of Southern Company that merged into Georgia Power in 2006. Mr. Womack also served as senior vice president of human resources and chief people officer at Southern Company, as well as senior vice president of public relations and corporate services at Alabama Power. 4 Prior to joining Southern Company, he worked on Capitol Hill for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington D.C. He served as a legislative aide for former Congressman Leon E. Panetta and as staff director for the Subcommittee on Personnel and Police for the Committee on House Administration. 4 Mr. Womack serves on the Board of Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ), where he is a member of the Audit, Nomination and Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees. Mr. Womack served on the Board of Essential Utilities, Inc. until 2023. 4 He also serves on the Board of Georgia Ports Authority. He is past chair of the Board of the East Lake Foundation and is on the national Board of The First Tee. Mr. Womack previously chaired the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau Board and the Atlanta Sports Cou ncil.