Thomas Fanning - Southern Chairman

SOJC Preferred Stock  USD 22.26  0.46  2.02%   

Chairman

Mr. Thomas A. Fanning is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of The Southern Company. Mr. Fanning has held numerous leadership positions across the Southern Company system during his more than 30 years with the Company. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from 2008 to 2010, leading the Companys generation and transmission, engineering and construction services, research and environmental affairs, system planning and competitive generation business units. He served as the Companys Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2008, where he was responsible for the Companys accounting, finance, tax, investor relations, treasury and risk management functions. In those roles, he also served as the chief risk officer and had responsibility for corporate strategy. Mr. Fanning is on the Board of Southern Power Company, a subsidiary of the Company since 2010.
Age 64
Tenure 15 years
Phone404-506-5000
Webhttp://www.southerncompany.com
Fanning is a Director of Vulcan Materials Company, serving as a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, where he served as Chairman of the Board through 2017.

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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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