Ontario Power Generation

Board of Directors

Board Committees

Executive Committee
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Board of Directors

The Honourable Jake Epp, Chairman
Jake Epp was appointed as Chairman of the Board of Ontario Power Generation Inc. in April 2004. He held the position of interim Chairman from December 2003 until his current appointment. Jake Epp was a member of the provincial government’s review committee that was created in December 2003 and headed by John Manley, to look at OPG’s future role in the province’s electricity market; examine its corporate and management structure; and decide whether OPG should go ahead with refurbishing three more nuclear reactors at the Pickering A nuclear power plant. The committee’s report was presented to the government in March 2004. In May 2003, he was appointed by the Ontario government to lead a panel to review the delays and cost overruns at the Pickering A nuclear generating station. The findings of the report were released in December 2003. He is also certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors.

James F. Hankinson, President and CEO
James Hankinson was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ontario Power Generation Inc. in May 2005. He has broad management experience in energy, transportation, resource and manufacturing-based businesses. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of New Brunswick Power Corporation from 1996 to 2002, and during that time, had a significant impact on improving the operational and financial position of the company. In 1973, he joined Canadian Pacific Limited, and served as Chief Operating Officer from 1990 to 1995. A chartered accountant, Mr. Hankinson has a Master of Business Administration from McMaster University, and an Honourary Doctor of Laws degree from Mount Allison University. He also sits on the boards of CAE Inc. and Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

Donald Hintz
Donald Hintz is the retired President of Entergy Corporation, where he was responsible for Entergy’s 30,000 megawatts of generating assets, including 10 nuclear plants. Prior to his appointment as President he spent seven years as President and CEO of Entergy Operations Inc. Here he oversaw the improvement of Entergy’s nuclear operations to top quartile performance. Mr. Hintz currently serves on the Board of Entergy Corporation and is the President of the American Nuclear Society, an international organization of more than 10,500 nuclear scientists and engineers. He has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, and has completed the Utility Executive Program and the Advanced Management Program at the University of Michigan and the Harvard Business School, respectively.

Gary Kugler
Dr. Gary Kugler is the retired Senior Vice President, Nuclear Products and Services of Atomic Energy of Canada, Limited (AECL), where he was responsible for all of AECL's commercial operations, including nuclear power plant sales and services world-wide. During his 34 years with AECL, he also held various technical, project management, and business development positions. Prior to joining AECL, he served as a pilot in the Canadian air force. Dr. Kugler currently serves as Chairman of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s Board of Directors. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in honours physics and a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from McMaster University.

M. George Lewis
George Lewis is Group Head, Wealth Management, RBC Financial Group. Mr. Lewis is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RBC Asset Management Inc. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Lewis was Head of Wealth Management for the Canadian Personal and Business segment of RBC FG, Canada’s largest bank. Formerly he was Managing Director, Head of Institutional Equity Sales, Trading and Research with RBC Capital Markets and was Canada’s top-rated analyst for 3 consecutive years. He has extensive experience in the investment industry and has a Master of Business Administration degree with distinction from Harvard University, a Bachelor of Commerce degree with high distinction from Trinity College at the University of Toronto and is a chartered financial analyst and chartered accountant, as well as being certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mr. Lewis serves on the Board of Directors of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Foundation and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and is Chair of the Bishop’s Company of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, as well as a member of the Cabinet of the United Way of Greater Toronto and Patron.

David J. MacMillan
David MacMillan is a Managing Director of Good Energies, a European based multi-billion dollar private equity fund that invests in renewable energy technology companies and renewable energy companies and projects worldwide. He is also a Non-Executive Director of InterGen N.V., an international owner and operator of utility scale power generation plants. He has extensive international experience in the power generation sector with a focus on investment strategy and financing. Mr. MacMillan was also a former Director of Killingholme Power Limited. Mr. MacMillan holds a B.A. and a M.A. of Economics from McGill University.

Corbin A. McNeill Jr.
Corbin McNeill is the retired Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Exelon Corporation, which was formed by the merger of PECO Energy and Unicom Corp. At PECO, he had been Chairman, President and CEO, having joined PECO in 1988 as Executive Vice President, Nuclear. Prior to PECO, he oversaw nuclear operations at the Public Service Electric and Gas Company and the New York Power Authority. Mr. McNeill currently serves as a Director of Owen-Illinois Inc. and Portland General Electric. Mr. McNeill has a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and has completed the Executive Management Program at the Stanford University.

Peggy Mulligan
Peggy Mulligan is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Linamar Corporation. Prior to Linamar, Mrs. Mulligan was with the Bank of Nova Scotia for eleven years as Executive Vice President, Systems and Operations and Senior Vice President, Audit and Chief Inspector. Before joining Scotiabank, she was an Audit Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Toronto. Peggy Mulligan is a Trustee of Resolve Business Outsourcing Income Fund. She holds a B. Math (Honours) from the University of Waterloo and was named an FCA by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 2003.

C. Ian Ross
Ian Ross served at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario from 1997 to September 2003. Most recently he held the position of Senior Director, Administration in the Dean’s Office, and was also Executive in Residence for the School’s Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Growth. He has served as Governor and President and CEO of Ortech Corporation; Chairman, President and CEO of Provincial Papers Inc.; and President and CEO of Paperboard Industries Corp. Mr. Ross currently serves as a Director for a number of corporations including Menu Foods Limited, GrowthWorks Canadian Fund Ltd., PetValu Canada Inc., RuggedCom Ltd., eJust Systems (formerly Praeda Management Systems) and The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO). He is also a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Marie C. Rounding
Marie Rounding is Counsel at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP where she is a member of the National Energy and Infrastructure Industry Group. On November 1, 2007, she was appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the Advisory Council on National Security. Ms. Rounding served as Chair of the Ontario Energy Board from 1992 to 1998 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Gas Association from 1998 to 2003. Prior to those appointments she was Director of the Crown Law Office, Civil Law at the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. She has extensive background in regulatory and administrative law, and as a leading regulator was involved in the deregulation of the natural gas markets and the early restructuring of the electricity sector in Ontario. Ms. Rounding currently serves as a Director for Nova Scotia Power Inc. and as a member of the Independent Review Committee for Sentry Select Capital Corp. and several related entities. She is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall Law School and is certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors.

William (Bill) Sheffield
William Sheffield is the former Chief Executive Officer of Sappi Fine Paper plc., and a former Executive Vice President of International Operations and Corporate Development at Abitibi Consolidated. He has experience in operating large international industries. He also spent 17 years with Stelco. Mr. Sheffield currently serves on the Boards of Velan Inc., Canada Post, Houston Wire & Cable Company and Corby Distilleries. Mr. Sheffield has a B.Sc. in Chemistry from Carleton University, an M.B.A. from McMaster University and completed the Advanced Management Program at INSEAD School of Business, France and is certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors.

David G. Unruh
David Unruh is a retired lawyer and general counsel currently serving as a director of Union Gas Limited, Pacific Northern Gas Ltd., Corriente Resources Inc., The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, TransLink, Canada Line Rapid Transit Inc., and Globe Foundation of Canada and TransLink. Prior to this, Mr. Unruh served as Vice Chairman of Westcoast Energy Inc. and Union Gas Limited, before that as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Houston based Duke Energy Gas Transmission and, before that as Senior Vice President, Law and Corporate Secretary of Westcoast Energy Inc. Mr. Unruh practiced corporate and commercial law in Winnipeg, Manitoba before joining Westcoast Energy Inc. in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1993.