David Grain - Southern Independent Director

SOJC Preferred Stock  USD 24.09  0.07  0.29%   

Director

Mr. David J. Grain is an Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Grains qualifications include capital allocation expertise, financial expertise, major capital projects knowledge and experience, technology innovations knowledge and experience and risk management experience. Mr. Grains extensive experience managing large and small businesses and raising and managing investor capital, particularly in a regulated industry, is also valuable to the Board. Mr. Grain is the founding member and managing director of Grain Management, a private equity firm focused on investments in the media and communications sectors, which he founded in 2006. With offices in Sarasota, Florida and Washington, D.C., the firm manages funds for a number of the countrys leading academic institutions, endowments and public pension funds. Grain Management also builds, owns and operates wireless infrastructure assets across North America. Mr. Grain also founded and was Chief Executive Officer of Grain Communications Group, Inc. Prior to founding Grain Management, he served as President of Global Signal, Inc., Senior Vice President of ATT Broadbands New England Region and Executive Director in the High Yield Finance Department at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Grain was appointed by President Obama in 2011 to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council. He previously served as Chairman of the Florida State Board of Administration Investment Advisory Council as an appointee of former Governor Charlie Crist, where he provided independent oversight of the state board funds and major investment responsibilities, including investments for the Florida Retirement System programs. Mr. Grain is a Director of New Fortress Energy LLC, serving as a member of the Audit Committee. He is currently a member of the Advisory Board of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College and serves on the Investment Committee of the United States Tennis Association. since 2012.
Age 57
Tenure 12 years
Phone404-506-5000
Webhttp://www.southerncompany.com
Grain was appointed by President Obama in 2011 to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council. He previously served as Chairman of the Florida State Board of Administration Investment Advisory Council as an appointee of the former Governor Charlie Crist. He is currently a Director at Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida and a Trustee of the College of the Holy Cross and serves on the Investment Committee of the United States Tennis Association.

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The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The Southern Company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Southern is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. Southern Co (SOJC) is traded on New York Stock Exchange in USA. It is located in 30 Ivan Allen Jr Boulevard NW and employs 31,344 people. Southern is listed under Utilities category by Fama And French industry classification.

Southern Leadership Team

Elected by the shareholders, the Southern's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: Southern inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of Southern. The board's role is to monitor Southern's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. Southern's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, Southern's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
Henry Clark, Independent Director
Stanley Connally, Chairman and Presidentident, CEO of Gulf Power
John Johns, Independent Director
William Smith, Independent Director
Donald James, Independent Director
Christopher Cummiskey, Executive Vice President
Steven Specker, Lead Independent Director
Daniel Tucker, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Jon Boscia, Independent Director
Stephen Kuczynski, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Nuclear
Anthony Earley, Independent Director
Anthony Wilson, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Mississippi Power
Janaki Akella, Independent Director
Bryan Anderson, Executive Vice President and Presidentident of External Affairs
E Wood, Independent Director
Andrew Evans, Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President
Juanita Baranco, Independent Director
Dale Klein, Independent Director
Kristine Svinicki, Director
David Grain, Independent Director
Mark Crosswhite, Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Alabama Power
Ernest Moniz, Independent Director
Thomas Fanning, Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer
James Kerr, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Chief Compliance Officer
Kimberly Greene, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company Gas
Christopher Womack, Executive Vice President and Presidentident - External Affairs
Colette Honorable, Independent Director

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