NOVI, Mich., Nov. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ITC Holdings Corp.
(ITC) today announced the appointment of Leanne Bell and Jocelyn
H. Perry to its board of directors, effective February 1, 2022 and January 1, 2022, respectively. They join 10 other
members of the ITC board of directors.
"Leanne and Jocelyn bring a tremendous amount of industry
perspective and value to our company," said Linda Apsey, President and CEO of ITC. "They
understand the vital role that transmission plays in connecting our
country to renewable resources, improving reliability and
resiliency, and achieving widespread building and vehicle
electrification."
Ms. Bell is a retired financial and power infrastructure expert
with a portfolio of board work spanning the infrastructure space in
both the U.S. and Europe. She has
overseen the investment of more than $6
billion in global power infrastructure projects and
companies. Before committing full time to non-executive board
roles, Ms. Bell was CFO of Synergy Renewables LLC, Managing
Director of Tiger Infrastructure Partners (formerly Lehman Brothers
Global Infrastructure Partners) and Managing Director of GE Energy
Financial Services. She is currently appointed to the boards of
Onward Energy Services, Ventient Energy Services Limited and Nassau
Financial Group. Ms. Bell received her AB in economics from
Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Having an extensive career in the utility business, Ms. Perry
currently serves as Executive Vice President, CFO of Fortis Inc., a
leader in the regulated gas and electric utility industry in
North America and holding company
of ITC. Ms. Perry previously spent 13 years at Newfoundland Power,
primary distributer of electricity on the island portion of
Newfoundland and Labrador, in a variety of capacities,
including CFO, COO and President and CEO. Prior to that, she served
as the Director of Finance at Fortis and served in other financial
capacities throughout the private sector. She is a fellow chartered
professional accountant and received her chartered accountant
designation. Ms. Perry completed a Bachelor of Commerce at
Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
About ITC Holdings Corp.
ITC Holdings Corp. is the
largest independent electricity transmission company in
the United States. ITC provides
transmission grid solutions to improve reliability, expand access
to markets, allow new generating resources to interconnect to its
systems and lower the overall cost of delivered energy. Through its
regulated operating subsidiaries ITCTransmission, Michigan
Electric Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and ITC Great Plains,
ITC owns and operates high-voltage transmission infrastructure in
Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, and in development in Wisconsin. These systems serve a combined peak
load exceeding 26,000 megawatts along 16,000 circuit miles of
transmission line, supported by 700 employees and 1,000
contractors. ITC is based in Novi,
Michigan. For further information visit
www.itc-holdings.com. ITC is a subsidiary of Fortis Inc., a leader
in the North American regulated electric and gas utility industry.
For further information visit www.fortisinc.com.
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