American Water Works Company, Inc. announced that John C. Griffith has been named Executive Vice President effective May 16, 2022. Griffith most recently served as a Managing Director in Bank of America Securities' Mergers & Acquisitions group, leading the firm's practice for regulated utilities and renewables. In the role, Griffith served as the lead investment banker on major U.S. and international utility transactions, including transaction origination, structure development, financing solutions, analysis and modeling, as well as team development.

He also advised on a large number of public and private renewables transactions globally over the last five years. Prior to joining Bank of America in 2014, Griffith served as CEO of HighWave Energy, a start-up renewable fuels company. As CEO, Griffith built the senior executive team and led the capitaldevelopment and deployment strategy, as well as the financial planning structure and process.

Griffith also held multiple positions during a fourteen-year career with Merrill Lynch & Co., culminating as Managing Director.