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W. Paul Bowers, 59
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Georgia
Power Co.
Director since 2013
Corporate Development Committee (Chair)
Audit and Risk Committee*
Sustainability Committee
*Financial Expert
Mr. Bowers is chairman, president and chief executive officer of Georgia
Power, the largest subsidiary of Southern Company. Prior to assuming his
current role in 2011, Mr. Bowers served as chief financial officer of Southern
Company from 2008 to 2010. Previously, he served in various senior
executive leadership positions across Southern Company in Southern
Company Generation, Southern Power and the company’s former U.K.
subsidiary, where he was president and chief executive officer of South
Western Electricity LLC/Western Power Distribution.
Mr. Bowers is the current chair of the Atlanta Committee for Progress,
serves on the board of Nuclear Electric Insurance Ltd., the Board of
Regents of the University System of Georgia, the Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta’s Energy Policy Council and multiple other boards throughout the
state.
Mr. Bowers brings to the Board a valuable and unique perspective from his
considerable financial knowledge as a former chief financial officer and
national and international business experience including operating in a
highly regulated industry, corporate development activities, and managing
the evolving risks associated with cyber security.
Kriss Cloninger III, 68
President of Aflac Incorporated
Director since 2001
Executive Committee
Mr. Cloninger has been President since 2001 and executive vice president
of Aflac since 1993. He previously served as Chief Financial Officer from
1992 to 2015 and Treasurer of the Company from 1993 to 2015. During his
tenure as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, he had primary
responsibility for overseeing the financial management of all Company
operations, including Aflac U.S. and Aflac Japan. Prior to joining the
Company, he was a principal in KPMG’s insurance actuarial practice and
served as a consultant to Aflac from 1977 until he joined the Company in
1992. Mr. Cloninger has been named Best CFO in the insurance/life
category in America by
Institutional Investor
magazine three times. He is a
member of the boards of directors of Total System Services, Inc. (TSYS),
and the Tupperware Brands Corporation. Mr. Cloninger holds both a
bachelor’s and master’s degree in business administration from the
University of Texas at Austin and is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.
Mr. Cloninger’s financial acumen and expertise in the Company’s
operations and corporate strategy bring a unique economic perspective to
our Board of Directors.
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