Dominion Energy announced the promotion of Steven D. Ridge to senior vice president, succeeding James R. Chapman, who will be leaving the company for a senior finance role outside the utility industry after a transition period. Ridge will assume his new role – in which he will be responsible for corporate and financial planning, investor relations, tax, treasury, mergers and acquisitions, and asset management – effective later this month. Before his current role leading western gas operations, Ridge served as vice president-Investor Relations.

Ridge was an executive director in the Energy Investment Banking Group at J.P. Morgan in New York prior to joining Dominion Energy in 2014. During his nearly decade-long banking career, Ridge worked with clients in the electric and natural gas utility sectors on strategic and financing transactions. Ridge earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Brigham Young University and a master's degree in international economics and finance from Brandeis University.

Chapman came to Dominion Energy in 2013. He became senior vice president-Mergers & Acquisitions and treasurer in 2016 and assumed the role of chief financial officer in 2018. About 7 million customers in 15 states energize their homes and businesses with electricity or natural gas from Dominion Energy, headquartered in Richmond, Va.

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