ST. LOUIS, March 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Bhavani
Amirthalingam has joined Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) as senior
vice president and chief digital information officer. In this newly
created role, she will focus on accelerating Ameren's
customer-centric digital innovation.
"Bhavani is a proven leader, and we are excited to have her join
our Executive Leadership Team," said Warner
Baxter, chairman, president and chief executive officer for
Ameren. "She will be instrumental in driving technological
innovation that will bring value to the millions of people in
Missouri and Illinois who depend on us to power the quality
of their lives."
Amirthalingam has deep experience as a technology leader. She
comes to Ameren from Schneider Electric, a Fortune 500 corporation
that specializes in global energy management and automation
solutions integrating technology, software and services.
Previously, she has also served as the chief information officer
for World Wide Technology Inc., a technology integrator bringing
collaborative and innovative approaches to evaluate, architect and
implement solutions.
"Bhavani is a passionate, results-oriented leader who will help
us achieve and maintain excellence in running our core information
technology operations while at the same time accelerating
innovation and transformation of our business by leveraging
technology," said Martin J. Lyons,
Jr., Ameren's executive vice president and chief financial
officer. "In this role she will drive Ameren's digital
transformation over the next several years that will be critical
for enhanced customer experience, safety, security, reliability and
productivity of our operations."
St. Louis-based Ameren
Corporation powers the quality of life for 2.4 million electric
customers and more than 900,000 natural gas customers in a
64,000-square-mile area through its Ameren Missouri and Ameren
Illinois rate-regulated utility subsidiaries. Ameren Illinois
provides electric distribution and transmission service, as well as
natural gas distribution service, while Ameren Missouri provides
vertically integrated electric service, with generating capacity of
nearly 10,300 megawatts, and natural gas distribution service.
Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois develops regional electric
transmission projects. For more information, visit Ameren.com, or
follow us at @AmerenCorp, Facebook.com/AmerenCorp, or
LinkedIn/company/Ameren.
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