Management | Directors

Irving Gerstein, C.M., O.Ont: 

 
Senator Irving R. Gerstein has been our Chairman of the Board and a director of the Company since October 2004.  He is a retired executive and is currently a director of Medical Facilities Corporation and Student Transportation of America Ltd.  He previously served as a director of other public companies, including Economic Investment Trust Limited, CTV Inc., Traders Group Limited, Guaranty Trust Company of Canada, Confederation Life Insurance Company and Scott's Hospitality Inc., and as an officer and director of Peoples Jewellers Limited.  Senator Gerstein is a Member of the Order of Canada, a Member of the Order of Ontario and was appointed to the Senate of Canada in December 2008.  He is an honorary officer of Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto), having previously served as Chairman of the Board, Chairman Emeritus and a director over a period of twenty-five years, and is currently a member of its Research Committee.  Senator Gerstein received his BSc in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania (Wharton School of Finance and Commerce).

Ken Hartwick, C.A.: 

Ken Hartwick has been a director of the Company since October 2004.  Mr. Hartwick has over 15 years of management experience in the energy sector, and 20 years experience in the financial sector.  Mr. Hartwick's experience in the energy industry spans several markets, having played an integral role as Energy Savings' Chief Financial Officer since April 2004 launching Energy Savings' businesses in Alberta, British Columbia, Indiana, New Jersey, California, Massachusetts, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Texas, as well as growing the businesses already established in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Illinois, and New York.  He is currently President and CEO for Just Energy, an integrated retailer of commodity products.  He has been engaged in the energy industry with one of the largest distribution companies in North America, Hydro One Inc, gaining increasing executive-level responsibility throughout his career there.  

John McNeil:

John McNeil has been a director of the Company since October 2004. Mr. McNeil is President of BDR NorthAmerica Inc. ("BDR") an energy consulting company based in Toronto. Ontario. Prior to his appointment at BDR in 2000, Mr. McNeil was Managing Director Investment Banking with Scotia Capital Inc. from 1996 to 1999. Previously, he was a Senior Vice-President and Director of ScotiaMcLeod Inc. from 1991 to 1995. Mr. McNeil has extensive expertise in the areas of asset management models, capitalization, mergers and acquisitions, business and enterprise valuations, capital markets and market ratings and has worked extensively throughout North America and Europe.  Mr. McNeil specializes in the electric power sector and his major focus in recent years has been in the field of corporate and enterprise activity resulting from the restructuring of the electricity sector in North America. Mr. McNeil received a B.A. (Honours) from Queens University, a JD from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia.  

Holli Nichols:

Holli C. Nichols has been a director of the Company June, 2010.  She currently serves as Managing Director of SCF Partners, a private equity investor since 1989 that provides equity capital and strategic growth assistance to build energy service and equipment companies that operate throughout the world,  Prior to joining SCF Partners in March, 2011, Nichols served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dynegy Inc., a provider of wholesale power, capacity and ancillary services in multiple regions of the United States. Prior to joining Dynegy, she was a Senior Manager-Audit with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where she supervised teams that provided audit services to large public companies in the oil and gas industry.  A Certified Public Accountant, Nichols received a bachelor's of science from Baylor University and a master's of business administration from Rice University.  She serves on the board of His Grace Foundation, which supports children who undergo bone marrow transplants.

R. Foster Duncan:

Mr. Duncan has been a director of the Company since June, 2010.  He has more than 30 years of senior corporate, investment banking, and private equity experience.  Mr. Duncan joined SAIL Capital Partners, LLC in April 2011 as Managing Director of SAIL Sustainable Partners, LLC.  Prior to joining SAIL, he was a Managing Director at Advantage Capital Partners with senior management responsibility for the firm's energy related portfolio.  From 2005 through 2009, Mr. Duncan was managing member of KD Capital L.L.C., an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. ('KKR') which he and KKR formed.  Mr. Duncan was located in KKR's offices and worked exclusively with KKR and its portfolio companies in connection with creating value and investing in the energy, utility, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors.  Previously, Mr. Duncan was Executive Vice President and CFO of Cinergy Corp., Chairman of Cinergy's Investment Committee and CEO and President of Cinergy's Commercial Business Unit.  Mr. Duncan is active with the Edison Electric Institute, serves as a member of the Wall Street Advisory Group, and is the past Chairman of the Finance Executive Advisory Committee.  He has also held senior management positions at LG&E Energy Corp. and Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold and Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs Inc.  He graduated with Distinction from the University of Virginia and later received his MBA degree from the A. B. Freeman Graduate School of Business at Tulane University.  Mr. Duncan is on the Board of Directors of North American Energy Alliance, LLC in Iselin, New Jersey and Xtreme Power Inc. in Austin, Texas.  He also serves on the Board of Advisors of GridPoint, Inc. in Arlington, Virginia.  Mr. Duncan is active in a number of civic organizations including the Board of Directors of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital Foundation in New Orleans, the Board of Trustees of Cincinnati Country Day School and in Charlottesville, Virginia the National Advisory Board of the University of Virginia Jefferson Scholars Program.

 

Barry Welch:
Mr.  Welch has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Power since October 2004 and a Director of the Company since June 2007.  Prior to joining Atlantic Power Corporation, Mr. Welch was the Senior Vice President and head of the Bond & Corporate Finance Group of John Hancock Financial services, Boston, Massachusetts, from 2000 to 2004.  Mr. Welch served on several committees at John Hancock, including its Pension Investment Advisory Committee and Investment Operating Committee.  Mr. Welch was Chairman of John Hancock's Bond Investment Committee and reported monthly on investment portfolio, strategy and activity to the Committee of Finance of John Hancock's board of directors.  Mr. Welch also led the development and approval of Hancock's involvement with ArcLight Capital Partners' Fund I and served as a member of ArcLight Energy Partners Fund I's Investment Committee.  Previously at John Hancock, Mr. Welch headed the Bond and Corporate Finance Group's Power and Energy investment team. From 1986 to 2004, he was involved directly or oversaw $25 billion of investments in more than 1,000 utility, project finance and oil and gas transactions.  Prior to joining John Hancock, Mr. Welch spent more than three years as a developer of power projects at Thermo Electron Corporation's Energy Systems Division (later known as Thermo Ecotek).  There, he was involved in greenfield development of natural gas, wood and waste-to-energy projects, as well as asset management roles for operating plants.  Mr. Welch received a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, and an M.B.A. from Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts.  Mr. Welch serves on the Board of Directors of the Walker Home and School in Needham, Massachusetts.