Governance Southern Company

SO

US8425871071

Electric Utilities

Market Closed - Nyse Other stock markets 04:00:01 2025-01-14 pm EST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
82.05 ^USD	+0.22%		+1.35%	-0.33%

Jan. 13	BMO Capital Adjusts Southern Price Target to $92 From $97	MT
Jan. 06	Seaport Adjusts Price Target on Southern to $89 From $96	MT

Executive Committee: Southern Company

Manager

Positions heldSince

Christopher Womack

67 year

Chief Executive Officer	2023-05-23
President	2023-03-30

Jean Lynch

Human Resources Officer

1996-12-31

Sterling Spainhour

56 year

Compliance Officer	2023-03-31
General Counsel	2023-03-31

Sloane Drake

Human Resources Officer

David Poroch

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2023-02-28

Scott Gammill

Investor Relations Contact	2022-10-31
Treasurer	2022-10-31

Daniel Tucker

55 year

Director of Finance/CFO

2021-08-31

Mark Berry

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

2019-08-05

Martin Davis

62 year

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

2015-06-30

Myra Bierria

53 year

Corporate Secretary

2015-12-31

Stan Connally

55 year

Chief Operating Officer

2018-05-31

Composition of the Board of Directors: Southern Company

Director

CommitteesSince

Christopher Womack

67 year

Audit Committee	2021-10-12
Compensation Committee	2021-10-12
Governance Committee	2021-10-12
Nominating Committee	2021-10-12

Lizanne Thomas

68 year

Audit Committee Chair	2012-07-16
Governance Committee Chair
Nominating Committee Chair
Audit Committee	2023-06-30
Finance Committee	2023-06-30
Governance Committee
Nominating Committee

John Johns

73 year

Executive Committee	2001-12-31
Compensation Committee	2001-12-31
HR Committee	2001-12-31
Finance Committee	2015-02-08
Compensation Committee Chair	2015-02-08

Shantella Cooper

57 year

Audit Committee	2019-01-30
Compensation Committee	2020-12-03
Governance Committee	2024-02-04
Nominating Committee	2024-02-04

David Grain

62 year

Governance Committee	2012-12-09
Nominating Committee	2021-04-30
Audit Committee
Compensation Committee	2021-04-30

Donald James

76 year

Audit Committee
Finance Committee	2010-04-19
Compensation Committee	1998-12-31
Executive Committee

Anthony Earley

75 year

Compensation Committee Chair
Governance Committee Chair	2019-01-01
Nominating Committee Chair	2019-01-01

Henry Clark

75 year

Audit Committee

2009-10-18

Dale Klein

77 year

Compensation Committee

2010-07-18

Janaki Akella

64 year

Compensation Committee

Bill Smith

71 year

Audit Committee Chair

2005-12-31

David Meador

68 year

Audit Committee

2023-06-30

Kristine Svinicki

58 year

Audit Committee

2023-02-21

Latest Appointments: Southern Company

The Southern Company Announces Stanley W. Connally, Jr. Assumes Role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Effective January 1, 2025	Dec. 10	CI
Southern Company Announces Retirement of Martin B. Davis as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Effective April 1, 2025	24-10-23	CI
Energy Impact Partners hires former Nomura investment banking head McDermott	24-07-09	RE
Southern appoints new CEO of nuclear unit	24-05-13	RE
Southern Co. Chief Executive Christopher Womack to Add Chairman Title	23-12-12	MT
The Southern Company Announces Board Changes, Effective December 31, 2023	23-12-12	CI
The Southern Company Appoints Meredith Lackey as Chief Compliance Officer	23-11-28	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: Southern Company

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Thomas Fanning

Chief Executive Officer	2010-11-30	2023-05-23
Chairman	2010-11-30	2023-12-30
Chief Operating Officer	2010-10-13	2010-11-30
President	2010-08-03	2023-03-30

Juanita Powell Baranco

Director/Board Member	2005-12-31	2022-05-24
Independent Dir/Board Member	2005-12-31	2022-05-24

Jon Boscia

Director/Board Member	2007-12-06	2021-05-25
Independent Dir/Board Member	2007-12-06	2021-05-25

Steven R. Specker

Director/Board Member	2010-10-17	2021-05-25
Independent Dir/Board Member	2010-10-17	2021-05-25

Veronica M. Hagen

Director/Board Member	2008-12-07	2019-05-21
Independent Dir/Board Member	2008-12-07	2019-05-21

Art Beattie

Director of Finance/CFO

2009-12-31

2018-05-31

Warren Hood

Director/Board Member	2007-12-06	2018-05-22
Independent Dir/Board Member	2007-12-06	2018-05-22

H. William Habermeyer

Director/Board Member	2006-12-31	2014-05-26
Independent Dir/Board Member	2011-07-07	2014-05-26

W. Hinson

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2006-03-10

2013-03-30

Anthony J. Topazi

Chief Operating Officer	2010-08-12	2012-05-23
Sales & Marketing	2003-11-30	2003-11-30

J. Neal Purcell

Director/Board Member	2002-12-31	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	2011-07-10	-

Michael D. Garrett

Corporate Officer/Principal

2003-12-31

2010-12-30

David Ratcliffe

Chief Executive Officer	2003-12-31	2010-11-30
Chairman	2003-12-31	2010-11-30
President	2003-12-31	2010-11-30

Jerry L. Stewart

Corporate Officer/Principal

2010-08-03

2010-09-30

John Pemberton

General Counsel

2010-08-16

2010-09-14

Thomas F. Chapman

Director/Board Member

1999-12-31

2010-05-25

Gerald J. St. Pé

Director/Board Member

1994-12-31

2010-05-25

William Bowers

Director of Finance/CFO	2007-12-31	2009-12-31
Corporate Officer/Principal	2001-04-30	2007-12-31

Francis Blake

Director/Board Member

2003-12-31

2009-10-06

Carrie Kurlander

Public Communications Contact

2009-08-29

Dorrit J. Bern

Director/Board Member

1998-12-31

2008-07-20

Jackie Collins

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2008-05-29

Zack T. Pate

Director/Board Member

1997-12-31

2007-05-22

Dan Amos

Director/Board Member

2006-01-01

Bruce Scott Gordon

Director/Board Member

2005-12-31

Oderval Esteves Duarte Filho

Corporate Officer/Principal

2003-12-31

H. Allen Franklin

Chairman	2001-03-31	2003-12-31
President	2001-03-31	2003-12-31

Leonard J. Haynes

Sales & Marketing

2001-04-30

A. William Dahlberg

Chief Executive Officer	1994-12-31	2001-03-31
Chairman	1994-12-31	2001-03-31

W. Larry Westbrook

Director of Finance/CFO

1985-12-31

2001-02-28

Warren Y. Jobe

Corporate Officer/Principal

1997-12-31

2000-12-31

G. Edison Holland

General Counsel	2000-12-31	-
Corporate Secretary	2000-12-31	-

Andrew J. Dearman

Corporate Officer/Principal

2000-12-31

Dwight H. Evans

Corporate Officer/Principal

2000-12-31

William R. Hardcastle

Corporate Officer/Principal

1993-12-31

1999-12-30

John William Holden

Corporate Officer/Principal

1993-12-31

Glen A. Kundert

Director/Board Member	2011-05-29	2011-05-29
Investor Relations Contact	1975-12-31	2011-08-09
Public Communications Contact	2010-07-26	-

Fernando de Agüero

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bette Trevillion

Human Resources Officer	2009-08-09	2009-08-09
Public Communications Contact	2009-08-09	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	2009-08-09

Bob Turner

Corporate Officer/Principal

David Gallaspy

Corporate Officer/Principal

Cliff S. Thrasher

Corporate Officer/Principal

Frederick D. Kuester

Public Communications Contact

Kirk Finchem

Corporate Officer/Principal

2010-01-18

C. B. Harreld

Corporate Secretary

Mike Herrald

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mickey A. Brown

Corporate Officer/Principal

E. John Neumann

General Counsel

William C. Archer

Corporate Officer/Principal

Steven R. Spencer

Corporate Officer/Principal

Cibuzar Alan Martin

Corporate Officer/Principal

William George Hairston

President

L. G. Hardman

Director/Board Member

W. Dean Hudson

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Marc L. Ulrich

Corporate Officer/Principal

Carl Miserendino

Corporate Officer/Principal

Trey Duskin

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bill Bland

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jason T. Cuevas

Public Communications Contact

2009-06-08

Donald G. Gibson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mark Wimberly

Corporate Officer/Principal

James Bailey

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ronald T. Mitchell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Chin-Yee Lin

Corporate Officer/Principal

Valerie Holpp

Public Communications Contact

Jimmy Burton

Corporate Officer/Principal

Robert G. Dawson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Karen Dowdle

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jim Clayton

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ken DeCarlo

Corporate Officer/Principal

Charles Plunkett

Corporate Officer/Principal

John Campbell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Wayne A. Ellis

Corporate Officer/Principal

Chuck Jordan

Corporate Officer/Principal

William James Rushton

Director/Board Member

Richard L. Holmes

Corporate Officer/Principal

Charles Eldred

Corporate Officer/Principal

R. Bryan Seal

Corporate Officer/Principal

Richard A. Knowles

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	23
Female	9

Of which Executive Committee

Male	9
Female	2

Of which Directors

Male	10
Female	3

ESG MSCI

ESG

Environment

Social

Governance

Controversy

Southern Company specializes in the electricity production and distribution. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - electricity distribution (62.2%): 148,000 GWh sold in 2022 intended for residential (41.7% of sales; 49,600 GWh), commercial (33.9%; 48,300 GWh), industrial (23.8%; 49,500 GWh) and other (0.6%; 600 GWh); - distribution and marketing of natural gas (20.4%); - wholesale electricity sales (12.4%): 56,300 GWh sold; - other (5%): primarily telecommunication services.

Employees

27,960

Sector

Electric Utilities

Calendar

2025-02-12 - Q4 2024 Earnings Release (Projected)

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