General Cable Announces Board of Directors Appointment
30 July 2014 - 6:30AM
Business Wire
General Cable Corporation (NYSE: BGC), announced today
that its Board of Directors appointed Mr. Ned Hall to serve as an
independent director of the Company until he stands for election at
the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is
duly appointed and qualified. Mr. Hall will serve on the Board’s
Nominating and Governance Committee. The appointment of Mr. Hall
fills the vacancy created by Mr. Robert L. Smialek’s retirement and
reinstates the Board’s size to seven members.
Mr. Hall is Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer
of Atlantic Power Corporation, a publicly traded power generation
and infrastructure company (NYSE: AT) (TSX: ATP), and he has served
in that position since April 2, 2013. Prior to joining Atlantic
Power, Mr. Hall spent more than 24 years working in the energy
sector at AES Corporation, a publicly traded global electricity
generation, transmission and distribution company (NYSE: AES).
While at AES Corporation, Mr. Hall held various positions including
Managing Director, Global Business Development from 2003 to 2005;
President, Wind Generation from 2005 to 2008; President, North
America from 2008 to 2011; and Chief Operating Officer, Global
Generation from 2011 to 2013. Mr. Hall served as Chairman of the
Board of American Wind Energy Association (“AWEA”) from 2010 to
2011, as a Member of the AWEA Board from 2005 to 2013, and
currently serves as an advisor to AWEA’s Bylaws Task Force.
“We are very pleased to have Ned join the General Cable Board of
Directors,” said Jack Welsh, Non-Executive Chairman of General
Cable. “Ned brings to our Board a deep understanding of the global
energy sector, as well as a record of achievement in operations
that will complement our Board and benefit both the stockholders
and management of General Cable."
“I look forward to having the benefit of Ned’s expertise given
his over twenty-five years of experience in power generation,
transmission and distribution companies,” said Gregory B. Kenny,
President and Chief Executive Officer of General Cable. “Ned has
managed complex organizations as well as served on energy related
Boards located in South America, Asia, Europe and North America. He
knows firsthand the challenges and opportunities presented in the
energy transmission and distribution sector, our largest single end
market. Ned is also very familiar with all generation alternatives
including fossil, hydro, wind, solar and biomass. Ned began his
career as a mechanical engineer for New England Electric. He also
spent four years in Hong Kong focused on Chinese development
projects on behalf of AES.”
General Cable (NYSE:BGC), a Fortune 500 Company, is a global
leader in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and
distribution of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable
products for the energy, industrial, construction, specialty and
communications markets. For more information about General Cable
visit our website at www.generalcable.com.
Atlantic Power Corporation (NYSE: AT) (TSX: ATP) owns and
operates a diverse fleet of power generation assets in the United
States and Canada. Atlantic Power's power generation projects sell
electricity to utilities and other large commercial customers
largely under long-term power purchase agreements, which seek to
minimize exposure to changes in commodity prices. Its power
generation projects in operation have an aggregate gross electric
generation capacity of approximately 2,945 MW in which its
aggregate ownership interest is approximately 2,024 MW. Its current
portfolio consists of interests in twenty-eight operational power
generation projects across eleven states in the United States and
two provinces in Canada. Visit Atlantic Power Corporation’s website
at www.atlanticpower.com.
General Cable CorporationLen Texter, Vice President, Investor
Relations, 859-572-8684
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