Corporate Officers
President and CEO
Stephen G. Snyder joined TransAlta Corporation in September 1996 as President & Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that, he was President & CEO of Camco Inc., GE Canada Inc., and Noma Industries Ltd.
Chief Operating Officer
Dawn Farrell leads the TransAlta Operations group which includes trading, plant operations, engineering, technology, commercial operations, business development, and procurement activities. Prior to becoming COO, Ms. Farrell served as Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations and Development at TransAlta from 2007 to 2009.
Chief Financial Officer
Brian Burden is responsible for all financial policy, planning and reporting, as well as tax, treasury and risk management planning and implementation.
Chief Legal Officer
Ken Stickland is responsible for directing the corporation’s legal affairs, sustainable development and environmental health and safety initiatives. In addition, Mr. Stickland’s teams administer the corporation’s government relations, regulatory affairs, corporate security, corporate secretarial matters and country manager duties.
Chief Administration Officer
Mike Williams is responsible for leading the human resources, information technology and corporate communications teams.
Chief Technology Officer
William Bridge is responsible for the generation fleet asset capital, planning and technology strategies.
Vice-President & Treasurer
Frank Hawkins is responsible for ensuring TransAlta has the financial capacity and liquidity to meet its business objectives.
Vice-President, Finance & Controller
Hume Kyle is responsible for providing leadership and direction over TransAlta’s financial activities, principally in the areas of corporate accounting and reporting, strategic finance, taxation, systems and process improvement.
Vice-President & Corporate Secretary
Maryse C. C. St.-Laurent is responsible for the procedures and conduct of meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees, as well as shareholders' meetings, corporate governance issues, corporate disclosure and securities compliance and reporting. She is also responsible to advise the Board and management on securities and finance law matters.
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