Janaki Akella - Southern Independent Director

SOJC Preferred Stock  USD 23.18  0.43  1.82%   

Director

Dr. Janaki Akella will be appointing as Independent Director of the company, Effective January 02, 2019. Dr. Akellas qualifications include electrical engineering, global business technology and data analytics analysis expertise. Her experience with technology market disruptions is particularly valuable to the Board as the Southern Company system continues to develop innovative business strategies. On December 11, 2018, we announced that the Board elected Dr. Akella as an independent Director, effective January 2, 2019 since 2019.
Age 59
Tenure 5 years
Phone404-506-5000
Webhttp://www.southerncompany.com
Akella serves as the Digital Transformation Leader of Google LLC, a position she has held since 2017. At Google, Dr. Akella addresses challenges and complex technical issues arising from new technologies and new business models. Prior to joining Google, Dr. Akella held a number of leadership positions during a 17year career at McKinsey & Company where she most recently served as principal. She led and contributed to over 100 consulting engagements in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America with multiple project teams and client executives. She began her career with HewlettPackard as a member of the system technology technical staff, engineer scientist and technical contributor. She previously served on the Board of the Guindy College of Engineering North American Alumni and is active in the Churchill Club.

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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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