Ontario Power Generation

Board of Directors

Board Committees

Board of Directors

The Honourable Jake Epp, Chairman
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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. Prior to being appointed as interim Chairman, in May 2003, he was appointed by the Ontario government to lead a panel to review the delays and cost overruns in the first refurbished unit 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.

Tom Mitchell, President and CEO
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tom Mitchell is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG). He was appointed to his current position in April 2009. Previously he held the position of Chief Nuclear Officer. Prior to assuming his current position, he was Chief Nuclear Officer responsible for providing support to Darlington, Pickering A and Pickering B. He also served as Site Vice President and Senior Vice President, Pickering B. Upon joining OPG in April 2002, he was Vice President, Nuclear Operations and was responsible for providing support to the Pickering and Darlington nuclear stations.

Tom has over 30 years of nuclear experience. Before joining OPG, he held the position of Vice President of the Assistance Division of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) in Atlanta, Georgia. During his career at INPO, he managed the radiological protection, plant analysis and engineering support departments. His considerable operations experience includes the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station where he served as Manager of Operations Support, Director of Site Engineering, and Site Vice President. During his time with Peach Bottom, the performance of the plant went from being in regulatory shutdown to a recognized leader in safe and reliable operation. Tom's involvement in the nuclear industry has extended outside the United States. He served as the Deputy Director of the Atlanta Center for the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), where he was involved in WANO activities in several parts of the world including CANDU plants at Bruce, Darlington, Pickering, Point Lepreau, Cernavoda and KNPP.

As of Jan. 1, 2012, Tom is the Chair of the WANO Atlanta Centre Governing Board, and by virtue of that appointment, is a member of the WANO Governing Board in London, U.K. He was also asked by WANO to chair and lead a special post-Fukushima commission. Its mandate was to make recommendations on how WANO could improve its programs and structure in the wake of the disaster. In April 2012, Tom was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Electric Power Research Institute.

Tom Mitchell holds a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering from Cornell University.

Donald Hintz
Punta Gorda, Florida, U.S.A.
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 through May 2008 was 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
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Gary Kugler currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization. He 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. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in honours physics and a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from McMaster University. He is also a graduate of the Directors Education Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors.

M. George Lewis
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
As a member of the RBC Group Executive since February 2007, George Lewis is one of nine executives responsible for setting the overall strategic direction of RBC, Canada’s largest bank and publicly traded company. Mr. Lewis is Group Head, RBC Wealth Management, which is the largest wealth manager in Canada and sixth largest globally. Mr. Lewis is also Chairman of RBC Global Asset Management Inc. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Lewis was Head of Wealth Management for the Canadian Personal and Business banking segment of RBC, as well as serving as Head of Products for that segment. Formerly, he was Managing Director, Head of Institutional Equity Sales, Trading and Research with RBC Capital Markets and was Canada’s top-rated equity research analyst for three consecutive years focusing on electric utilities and natural gas pipelines and utilities. 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 Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, the Anglican Diocese of Toronto Foundation and is the Chair of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He is a current member and Past Chair of the Bishop’s Company of the Anglican Diocese of Toronto, as well as a Patron and past member of the Cabinet of the United Way of Greater Toronto.

Peggy Mulligan
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Peggy Mulligan was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. until December 2010. Prior to this she was a Principal at Priiva Consulting, and before this she served as 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. She holds a B. Math (Honours) from the University of Waterloo and was named a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA) of Ontario in 2003.

C. Ian Ross
Blue Mountains, Ontario, Canada
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 GrowthWorks Canadian Fund Ltd., RuggedCom Ltd., Clearford Industries Inc., and The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO). He is also a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Marie C. Rounding
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marie Rounding is Counsel at Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP where she is a member of the National Energy and Infrastructure Industry Group. She was appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the Advisory Council on National Security and served on it from 2007 to 2010. 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 Committees for Sentry Investments Inc. She also serves as a member for several related entities including Vertex One Asset Management Inc. Ms. Rounding is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and Osgoode Hall Law School. She is also certified by the Institute of Corporate Directors.

William (Bill) Sheffield
Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
William Sheffield is the former Chief Executive Officer of Sappi Fine Paper plc., and a former Executive Vice President at Abitibi Consolidated. He has experience in operating large international industrial companies. He also spent 17 years with Stelco. In addition to OPG Mr. Sheffield currently serves on the Boards of Velan Inc., Canada Post, and is the Board Chair at Houston Wire & Cable Company. 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 has been certified by both the Institute of Corporate Directors in Canada (ICD.D) as well as the National Association of Corporate Directors in the United States.

David G. Unruh
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
David Unruh is a retired lawyer and general counsel, as of January 1, 2011 serving as a Director of Union Gas Limited, MMM Group, and The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company. 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.