Laurie L. Fitch

Key Qualifications and Skills Leading to Board Nomination

• Finance and Accounting - As an institutional equity investor and investment banker, Ms. Fitch has over 25 years of experience focusing on corporate finance, capital markets, debt and equity financing, and financial strategy. Additionally, Ms. Fitch serves as a director on the board of Man Group plc, an active investment management business, and has experience serving on public company and non-profit institution audit committees. The Board believes that this experience will be important to the Board’s oversight of the Company’s plans to make significant capital investments focused on additional system resiliency, reliability, and grid modernization, including the associated financing of such investments.
• Utility Industry Experience - Ms. Fitch has vast experience advising companies in the utility industry on strategy, corporate finance, and transactions as an equity investor and investment banker. Further, Ms. Fitch previously served as a non-executive director on the board of EDP, SA, a global integrated utility company. Ms. Fitch’s utility industry experience will provide important insights to the Board as the Board oversees the Company’s continued execution of our ten-year capital plan.
• Energy Transition - As a non-executive director on the board of EDP Renováveis, SA, a global renewable energy company that develops, constructs, and operates wind and solar power generation facilities, Ms. Fitch can provide important insights to the Board with respect to overseeing the risks and opportunities associated with transitioning to sources of energy with lower GHG emissions profiles. The Board believes this experience will be beneficial to the Company as the Board oversees the Company’s generation transition.

Experience

• Former Partner, Strategic Advisory (2016 – 2023) of PJT Partners, a global advisory-focused investment bank
• Managing Director, Co-Head Global Industrials Group (2012 – 2016) of Morgan Stanley & Co, a global investment bank and financial services company
• Senior Analyst and Partner, International Growth (2006 – 2011) of Artisan Partners LP, an asset management company
• Managing Director and Director of International Research (2002 – 2006) of TIAA-CREF, an asset management company
• Associate Analyst, Equity Research (1999 – 2002) of Schroder & Co./UBS, global financial services companies
• VP, Middle East and Africa Division (1994 – 1999) of The Bank of New York, a global financial services company

Other Boards (For Profit and Non-Profit Entities)

Public Company

• EDP Renováveis, SA (2024 – Present)
• Man Group plc (2023 – Present)
• EDP, SA (2018 – 2024)
• Enquest plc (2018 – 2021)

Other

• Trustee - The American University in Cairo (2019 – present)
• Member - Tate Board of Trustees Audit Subcommittee (UK) (2015 – present)

Education and Credentials

• B.A., American University
  
• ​M.A., Georgetown University​
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