Boards of Directors
The companies in the NB Power Group share a common Chair, President and CEO and common directors. The Boards of Directors are responsible for directing the affairs of each of the Corporations consistent with the Business Corporations Act and the Electricity Act.
The NB Power Group has a joint Audit Committee for the holding company and all of the operating companies. Each Corporation also has an Environment, Health and Safety Committee as well as a Human Resources, Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition to these committees,
NB Power Nuclear Corporation has a Nuclear Oversight Committee.
Boards of Directors Members
Ed Barrett, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Barrett is co- CEO of Barrett Corporation, a North American investment and management company. He is CEO of Barrett Diversified Inc., which operates wholesale distribution companies in Canada and the US, and is co-founder, significant shareholder, and serves on the Board of Xplornet Communications, a leading broadband and communications company in Canada. In addition to NB Power, Mr Barrett serves on the Board of Wajax Industries, a public company traded on the TSX which is a leading mobile equipment and industrial supplies company in Canada, two private companies based out of New Brunswick, Atlantic Industries and Apex industries, and is Past Chair and Board member of Crandall University.
Norman Betts
Dr. Betts is an associate professor, Faculty of Business Administration, at the University of New Brunswick and is a Fellow of the New Brunswick Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA). He serves on the boards of several publicly traded corporations including Starfield Resources Inc., Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Inc., Tembec Inc., Adex Mining Inc., Chairman Capital Inc and Sheltered Oak Resources Inc. He also serves on the board of Export Development Canada, is co-chair of the Board of Trustees of the UNB Pension Plan for Academic Employees and is a director of the Nature Conservancy of Canada for the Atlantic region.
Normand Caissie
Mr. Caissie is the owner and CEO of Imperial Manufacturing Group, which manufactures metal, plastic and chemical products. He is responsible for the financial and strategic direction of nine independent companies, with facilities both in Canada and the United States. Mr. Caissie is also involved in commercial real estate in strategic locations in Canada.
Andrew Justason
Mr. Justason is the President of Bluegrass Smart Instrumentation, a corrosion monitoring and control company. Prior to founding Bluegrass, he spent seven years as the General Manager of the Centre for Nuclear Energy Research at the University of New Brunswick. He also has ten years of industrial experience in the pulp and paper industry, having held positions in operations, technical, maintenance, and management. Mr. Justason holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from UNB and a Master of Engineering from the University of British Columbia. He is a “black belt” in lean six-sigma as well as a Professional Engineer.
Louis LaPierre
Dr. LaPierre is a retired professor emeritus in biology at the Université de Moncton and past K.C. Irving Chair in Sustainable Development. He has dedicated the past three decades, working with a variety of groups, to protecting the environment. He was a member of the National High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal Panel, the chair of the Bruce Power New Build Environmental Assessment Panel, and chair of the New Brunswick Sustainable Development Strategy. IN July 2011, Dr. LaPierre was appointment as Chair of EIA panel for the Marathon Mine Development in Northern Ontario.
John Mallory
Mr. Mallory is a retired deputy minister of the New Brunswick Department of Finance and secretary of the Board Management, the provincial treasury board. He is a certified corporate director and a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors, having graduated from its Director’s Education Program. As a career public servant Mr. Mallory occupied a number of senior positions in the Provincial Government and has served on numerous Crown Corporation boards including the New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation, the New Brunswick Highway Corporation, the New Brunswick Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Atlantic Lottery Corporation.
Shirley Mears
Ms. Mears is a board director, chair of the audit committee and previously served on the governance, human resources and nominating committee of Starfield Resources Inc. Her previous posts include vice president Finance of Edgewater Computer Systems Inc., senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer of Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc., advisory board director and served on the audit committee of Hydro Ottawa Holding Inc., vice president and Treasurer of Zarlink Semiconductor Inc, vice president and Treasurer of Mitel Corporation, and vice president, Human Resources Canada and Corporate Taxation.
Lise Ouellette
Ms. Ouellette is since November 2011 the development officer and interim director of the Edmundston campus of the Collège communautaire du N.-B., after serving for seven years as executive director of the Association francophone des municipalities du Nouveau-Brunswick. Prior to this, she worked as research and development coordinator at the Université de Moncton - Shippagan campus. She holds a masters degree in sociology from Université de Montréal.
Michael Sellman
Mr. Sellman is the President of Sellman Consulting Service. His former posts include Chief Executive Officer of Nuclear Management Company, responsible for operating eight commercial nuclear plants in the United States, and President, Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company. Mr. Sellman has a bachelor’s degree in physics and a master’s degree in nuclear engineering.
Robert (Bob) Youden
Mr. Youden is a partner in Savarin Consulting Limited. He was previously the chief executive officer of Jacques Whitford during which he led the sale of Jacques Whitford to Stantec, including the integration of operations. Mr. Youden joined Jacques Whitford in 2002 after 17 years with J.D. Irving Limited where he held a number of senior positions. Mr. Youden is Chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Board of PollyCello and the advisory Boards of Moosehead Breweries and Enovex. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University and was a member of the New Brunswick Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Gaëtan Thomas, President and CEO
Mr. Thomas was appointed President and CEO of New Brunswick Power Corporation in January 2010. Prior to his current position, Mr. Thomas was the Vice President of NB Power Nuclear Corporation which he held since 2005. Previous to this, Mr. Thomas held the position of Vice President, NB Power Distribution and Customer Service. Gaetan has a proven track record of close to 30 years with operations experience in many areas of our business including Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Customer Service.
