Constellation Energy Names Christopher J. Close Chief Financial Officer for Commercial Businesses
October 01 2009 - 2:28PM
Business Wire
Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) today announced the appointment
of Christopher J. Close as chief financial officer for
Constellation Energy Resources, its commercial business division.
In this role, Close will be responsible for developing short- and
long-term financial plans and strategies for Constellation Energy
Resources and maintaining oversight of its financial statements and
operating results. His appointment is effective immediately, and he
will report jointly to Kathleen W. Hyle, chief operating officer,
Constellation Energy Resources, and Jonathan W. Thayer, senior vice
president and chief financial officer of Constellation Energy.
Most recently, Close served as vice president of finance for
Exelon Generation, a competitive energy generator and marketer and
a division of Exelon Corp. Close had broad financial
responsibilities for the business, where he led financial planning
and analysis, business unit finance and economic evaluation
functions. He joined Exelon in 2002 and held a number of senior
financial management positions with increasing responsibility
before being named vice president, finance, in December 2005.
Earlier in his career, Close gained valuable experience in
accounting, audit, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations,
planning and treasury in various industries, including packaged gas
distribution (Airgas, Inc.), chemical production (ARCO Chemical)
and public accounting (Price Waterhouse).
Close graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in
accounting and a minor in management information systems from the
University of Delaware in Newark, Del. He earned a Master of
Business Administration degree, with an emphasis in finance and
international business, from Villanova University, Villanova,
Pa.
About Constellation Energy
Constellation Energy (www.constellation.com) is a leading
supplier of energy products and services to wholesale and retail
electric and natural gas customers. It owns a diversified fleet of
generating units located throughout the United States, totaling
approximately 9,100 megawatts of generating capacity, and is among
the leaders pursuing the development of new nuclear plants in the
United States. The company delivers electricity and natural gas
through the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), its regulated
utility in Central Maryland. A FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in
Baltimore, Constellation Energy had revenues of $19.8 billion in
2008.
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