William S. Ayer chairman, president and CEO
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Alaska Air Group, and chairman and CEO of Alaska Airlines
Andrew Chapman, managing director in the MacCap Funds division, Macquarie Group
Benjamin Hawkins, principal of Infrastructure Investments for Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)
Alan W. James, senior managing director of Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Macquarie Group
Alan Kadic, senior principal in the Private Investments group, CPP Investment Board
Christopher J. Leslie, senior managing director in the MacCap Funds division, Macquarie Group
Stephen P. Reynolds, CEO, Puget Energy and Puget Sound Energy
Chris Trumpy, chair of Pacific Carbon Trust
Mark Wiseman, Senior Vice-President - Private Investments, CPP Investment Board
Mark Wong, senior managing director in the MacCap Funds division, Macquarie Group
William S. Ayer
Bill Ayer, chairman, president and chief executive officer
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Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, and chairman and chief executive officer of Alaska Airlines, serves as chairman of the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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He began his career at Alaska Air Group more than 25 years ago. Ayer was appointed a director of Puget Energy and Puget Sound Energy in January 2005. He also serves on the boards of the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the Museum of Flight, and Angel Flight West; and serves on the University of Washington Business School Advisory Board.
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Andrew Chapman
Andrew Chapman, managing director in the MacCap Funds division of the Macquarie Group, is a member of the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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With more than 26 years of experience managing and financing infrastructure in the United States, Chapman oversees a variety of utility assets for Macquarie. Prior to joining the company in 2006, Chapman held executive positions with American Water, the National Association of Water Companies and was chief financial officer and president of Elizabethtown Water Company, a NYSE-listed water utility.
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Benjamin Hawkins
Benjamin Hawkins, principal of Infrastructure Investments for Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Prior to joining AIMCo in 2007, Hawkins held several positions with EPCOR Utilities, a Canadian power and water utility company where he was involved in the development and acquisition of power projects in the US and Canada. Hawkins holds an MBA from the University of Alberta.
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Alan W. James
Alan James, senior managing director of New York-based Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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With expertise in regulated utilities and the energy sector, James has extensive experience in financing. Prior to joining Macquarie in 2005, James held executive positions with Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and Exxon Mobil. He has successfully led more than $25 billion of transactions in the past 10 years, principally in the energy sector.
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Alan Kadic
Alan Kadic, senior principal in the infrastructure group of the Private Investments department at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Prior to joining the CPP Investment Board in 2007, Kadic held positions with Macquarie Bank Limited in Toronto, ING Barings in Amsterdam, and McCormick Rankin, a Toronto engineering consulting firm. A registered professional engineer, Kadic also serves on the board of Wales and West, a natural gas distribution company in the United Kingdom.
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Christopher J. Leslie
Chris Leslie, senior managing director in the MacCap Funds division of the Macquarie Group and chief executive officer of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners I and II, is a member of the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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With more than 16 years of experience in infrastructure, Leslie’s background includes the development and acquisition of natural gas pipelines, natural gas and electric utilities and distribution systems, toll roads, airports, heliports, fixed-base operations, water and wastewater systems, airport car parks, cell phone towers and power generation assets. Leslie, based in New York, has helped expand Macquarie’s infrastructure business in the United States. Under his leadership, Leslie has led a number of significant North American transactions in the utility sector. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.
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Stephen P. Reynolds
Steve Reynolds, chief executive officer of Puget Sound Energy, is a member of the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Reynolds has three decades of experience in both the natural gas and electric power business, including significant accomplishments in energy matters at the state and federal levels in North America and internationally. He was formerly CEO of Reynolds Energy International and served for 10 years as CEO of Pacific Gas Transmission Company of Portland, Oregon.
Reynolds also serves on the boards of directors for ArtsFund, The 5th Avenue Theatre, The Performing Arts Center Eastside, The Nature Conservancy of Washington, Washington Roundtable, Green Diamond Resources Company, Intermec, Inc., the Edison Electric Institute, and the American Gas Association.
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Chris Trumpy
Chris Trumpy, chair of Pacific Carbon Trust and former chair of the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and Land and Water BC, is a member of the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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With more than 30 years of experience in public service, Trumpy’s background includes developing Crown Corporation governance frameworks, work on compensation disclosure and performance measures, and identifying solutions to long-standing fiscal and policy problems, including carbon emissions. Based in British Columbia, Trumpy is a certified general accountant. [Hide extended bio.]
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Mark Wiseman
Mark Wiseman, senior vice president in the Private Investments department at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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He is responsible for leading private equity, infrastructure, and private debt investments for the CPP portfolio. Prior to joining the CPP in 2005, Wiseman led the private equity fund and co-investment program at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, served as vice president at the private equity firm Harrowston Inc., and spent several years as a corporate lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell, practicing in New York and Paris. Wiseman also served as a law clerk to Madam Justice Beverly McLachlin at the Supreme Court of Canada. Wiseman was a Fulbright Scholar at Yale University where he earned a masters degree in law.
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Mark Wong
Mark Wong, senior managing director in the MacCap Funds division of the Macquarie Group and chief financial officer and chief operating officer of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners I and II, serves on the boards of Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy.
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Since joining Macquarie in 1994, Wong has been instrumental in leading acquisitions of various assets including AltaLink, which owns an electricity transmission network in Alberta, Canada; Michigan Electric Transmission Company; and the Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement project for the 100 kilometer road between West Vancouver and Whistler in British Columbia, Canada. Wong is a fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.
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