General Cable Corp. (Highland Heights, Ky.): The company’s board of directors has appointed Ned Hall, the executive V.P. and COO of Atlantic Power Corp., to serve as an independent director of the company until he stands for election at its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified. Hall fills the vacancy created by Robert Smialek’s.
He has served in in his current position for Atlantic Power Corp. since April 2, 2013. Prior to joining Atlantic Power, Hall spent more than 24 years working in the energy sector at AES Corp., a publicly traded global electricity generation, transmission and distribution company (AES). In addition to serving in multiple executive posts for power companies, Hall also served as Chairman of the Board of American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) from 2010 to 2011 and as a member of the AWEA board from 2005 to 2013. Details