Yakout Mansour
Mr. Mansour has over 40 years of experience in a wide variety of professional, managerial and executive leadership capacities in the electric utility business. He retired from his last executive position as the President and CEO of the California Independent System Operator Corporation, a position he held from 2005 to 2011. He previously served in senior executive roles at BC Hydro and British Columbia Transmission Corporation.
In 2009, Mr. Mansour was named to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity Advisory Committee. He has also served on the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), the Canadian National Committee of the international organization CIGRE and the Transmission Council of the Canadian Electric Association.
At TransAlta, Mr. Mansour is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Board.
Mr. Mansour, a professional engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is a graduate of the University of Calgary (Calgary, AB) with a master of science and a graduate of the University of Alexandria (Alexandria, Egypt) with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. He has authored and co-authored numerous publications and is recognized internationally in the field of power engineering.
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