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Aaron Boeke is the new vice president of Gas Operations for Columbia Gas of Virginia. He held the position of senior director of Asset and Knowledge Management at the company, previously.
DTE Gas chose Todd Richards to serve as general counsel, chief compliance officer and ethics officer, with Katherine Lorenz moving to the electric side of the company.
Angela Henderson has been selected as the vice president of Supply Chain at Consumers Energy.
Manitoba Hydro named Allan Danroth as president and CEO, having previously served as vice president of operations at Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries. He succeeds Hal Turner, who served as interim, following the departure of Jay Grewal in February.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company named Austin Hastings as vice president of Gas Engineering.
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions selected Heather Castleman as president of the Industrial Americas business unit of Trelleborg Sealing Solutions.
Kongsberg Discovery names Sandeep Sandhu as the new country manager for the U.S. and Canada. Previously, he held the position as general manager for Kongsberg Discovery Canada.
John Larsen will leave his post as the Alliant Energy Board’s executive director, prior to Jan. 1. He will serve as the “non-employee” chairman of the Board of Companies.
Mike Roeder has been promoted from vice president of state and federal government to senior vice president of External Affairs at CenterPoint.
Tnemec Company hired Jack Walker to its team as a technical manager. Walker brings 20 years of expertise to the company, having begun his career as a residential painter in 2002. In 2007, he transitioned to the lab at Carboline, where his technical skills evolved while developing advanced spray procedures for new products and technologies.
Johnny Howze is the new senior vice president of Supply Chain and chief procurement officer at Southern Company, where he had served as senior vice president.
Business
Takeuchi opened its first production facility outside Asia in Moore, South Carolina only two years ago. Now it has rolled its 10,000th compact track loader rolled off the facility’s line. “Our employees are very proud to have produced so many machines in a relatively short period of time,” said Ralph Wabnitz, director of factory operations for Takeuchi-US, pointing out that the company has become a large employer in the region.
Welding and coating services company CRC Evans expanded its apprentice program underpinning the commitment to developing the next generation of professionals to support the energy industry. The apprentices, based at five locations across Europe, will undertake formal certification training with local education providers across a variety of disciplines, including electrical engineering, welding, and fabrication. P&GJ