Our Board of Directors

Ken Hartwick is OPG’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Ken joined OPG in March 2016 as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President - Finance, where he led all operations under Finance, Business Development, Strategy, and Risk. In that role, Ken also led the launch of Canada’s first utility green bond as well as OPG’s expansion to the United States through the acquisition of Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC. Ken was appointed the OPG President and CEO on April 1, 2019.

Ken joined OPG from Wellspring Financial Corporation, where he was CFO and Treasurer. He was also interim President and CEO at Atlantic Power Corporation, a generating company that does business in Canada and the United States. For ten years prior, Ken was the CFO and CEO of Just Energy Corporation, a Canadian-based energy retailer. In addition, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Hydro One between 2001 and 2004. He also held senior positions at Capgemini and was a partner at Ernst & Young LLP.

Ken is a Chartered Professional Accountant with an Honours Bachelor of Business Administration degree. He serves on a number of boards of directors.

Originally from Norwood, Ontario (near Peterborough), Ken now lives in Milton with his wife. He has three grown children.

Selma Lussenburg currently serves as a director of MAG Silver Corp. (TSX/NYSE: MAG) and the Muskoka District Airport. She is also the Chair of the Ontario Government’s Internal Audit Justice Sectoral Advisory Committee, a member of the Executive Committee of the Canada-US Law Institute, and is a Canadian private sector representative on the CUSMA 31.22 Advisory Committee (previously NAFTA 2022 Committee) on the resolution of private commercial disputes.

From 2013 to 2018, Selma was Vice President Governance, Corporate Safety and Security, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (Toronto Pearson International Airport/GTAA). Prior to that, Selma served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for two other large and complex businesses in highly regulated industries: the Ontario Municipal Retirement System (OMERS) (investment and pension administration) and AT&T Enterprises Canada (AT&T) (telecommunications). Prior to assuming these senior executive roles, Selma was in private practice and advised on corporate, commercial, mining and trade law matters at top tier law firms in Canada and Australia.

At Toronto Pearson International Airport, Selma was the senior executive responsible for corporate safety and security and the senior executive diversity and inclusion champion; while at OMERS, she established the legal and compliance department. In addition to her other responsibilities at AT&T, she served as the Chief Privacy Officer for AT&T’s Canadian operations.

Selma served as Chair of the IATA/ACI World Smart Security Committee (focused on enhancing passenger security and other security screening efficiency and effectiveness) and Chair of the Aeropole Board of Governors. She has also served as Chair of the board of directors of Ontario Capital Growth Corporation and as a member of the board of directors of Oxford Properties.

Selma has been appointed as King’s Counsel (KC), holds an ESG designation (GCB.D) from Competent Boards, a Chartered Director (C. Dir) designation from the Directors College, and a Masters of International Law degree from the Australian National University as well as other degrees.

Scott McDonald is an experienced corporate director and former senior executive. In addition to presently serving as a director and Human Resources & Governance Committee Chair of OPG, Scott has previously served as a director, Human Resources Committee Chair, and Governance Committee Chair on the boards of directors of Purolator, SCI Logistics, and Michael Garron Hospital.

Scott’s career as a senior business executive was with large complex Canadian and North American companies in both the private and public sectors. With extensive C-suite experience in Human Resources, his background also includes general management, operations, sales, and distribution across several industries: consumer packaged goods, food, logistics and distribution, and forest products. His career provided him with the opportunity to have worked in both official languages, and also to work and live in Toronto, Sudbury, Montreal, and Ottawa.

Scott holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and is a member of the Human Resources Professionals Association, holding a Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) designation. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and executive programs at McGill University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Jill Pepall is a senior investment executive with a successful career in the banking, insurance, and public sector pension industries. Most recently, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Investment Management Corporation of Ontario, with $70 billion of assets under management, and its predecessor organization, Ontario Pension Board. Prior to that, she was Managing Director and CIO at Scotia Asset Management and Head of Investments at Empire Life Insurance.

Jill currently serves on several boards of directors and board committees. She is a board member and chair of the investment committee of the CAMH Foundation (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health). She is a member of the investment committee of the board of CMA Impact Inc. (Canadian Medical Association). She is also a non-trustee member of the investment committee of the board of the Municipal Pension Plan of British Columbia and serves on the investment committee of the board for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

Jill received her Masters of Business Administration degree from the Schulich School of Business. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Director.

Tracy Primeau has more than 30 years experience in the energy sector, having recently retired from Bruce Power as a shift manager in the operations division. Tracy began her career in the nuclear industry, where she was one of the few women to become a CNSC licensed Authorized Nuclear Operator and the only female shift manager to work her way up from the shop floor.

Throughout her career, Tracy has been a tireless communicator, having been an active member of Women in Nuclear (WiN) Canada, where she currently holds a WiN Canada Board position. She also serves on the Ingenium Board of Trustees and the United College Board of Governors.

As a proud member of the Nipissing First Nation, Tracy strives to use the Seven Grandfather Teachings in her leadership every day. She was a founding member of the Ontario Hydro Native Circle in 1992 and was the first Chair of the Bruce Power Native Circle, a position she held for many years.

Raising her two boys with her husband, Tracy has always been active in her community. Currently, she is a past board Chair of the Women’s House Serving Bruce & Grey, works on many local municipal committees, recently joined the National Museum of Science and Technology Board of Trustees and sits on the Municipality of Kincardine Economic Development Committee as the Energy Representative.

Tracy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Waterloo and is an active alumni member of United College (formerly St. Paul’s College) and their Indigenous program as well as serves on their board of directors.

Jim Reinsch retired from the Bechtel Group where he was Senior Vice President and Partner, and past President of Bechtel Nuclear. In this role he was responsible for the global profit/loss, customer relations, operations, project management, marketing, and business development of Bechtel’s three nuclear business segments: nuclear operating plant services, steam generator replacement, and operations of Bechtel’s global nuclear activities. During his 40 years with Bechtel, he also presided over Bechtel Canada, and managed large regions in the United States and Asia. He served as the President of the American Nuclear Society organization and was a member of the Nuclear Energy Institute as well as a member of their Executive Committee.

Jim is also a member of several international nuclear energy organizations, including the World Association of Nuclear Operators and the World Nuclear Association. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland.

Jim is a past board member of Frederick Memorial Hospital, Hood College Board of Trustees, Duke Energy, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Terrestrial Energy, and the Emirate Nuclear Energy Corporation’s Committee on Nuclear Power which reports to the board of directors.

James Sheppard was appointed to the OPG Board in March 2017 and currently serves as an Independent Consultant. Joe was Interim Senior Vice President for Southern California Edison Company and served as its Interim Chief Nuclear Officer from September 2010 to December 9, 2010.

From 1993 to 2009, Joe held several senior positions associated with the South Texas Project (STP) nuclear power plant, including Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of STP Nuclear Operating Company, which operated the facility for its three owners. He served as Executive Officer of STP Electric Generating Station. He served as an executive at STP for ten years, holding positions of Vice President and Assistant to the President and Chief Executive Officer; Vice President of Engineering and Technical Services; Vice President of Business Systems; Assistant to the executive vice president; and General Manager of Licensing. He was an independent director at Xcel Energy Inc. from March 2011 until March 2021.

Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master’s degree in business administration from Duke University. He also was licensed as a Senior Reactor Operator by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Anju Virmani recently retired from her role as Chief Information Officer of Cargojet Inc. (TSX: CJT). She currently serves as a member of the board of directors of Payments Canada and was a past board member of Ontario Health, where she was a member of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee, and the Innovation and Transformation Committee.

In the past, Anju served as an advisory member of the Advisory Council for National Security and the Cross Cultural Roundtable on National Security. She also served on the boards of Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network and the Toronto Transit Commission as a citizen board member.

Anju is a successful technology executive with more than 20 years of experience in leading organizations through transformations in technology and managing technology strategy and risk.

Anju supports initiatives in diversity and inclusion that provide technical education for women of diverse backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs through mentorship and scholarships.

Anju holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Delhi (New Delhi, India), a Master’s degree in business administration from the City University of New York, holds an ESG designation (GCB.D) from Competent Boards and a Chartered Director (C.Dir) designation.