Governance Southern Company

SO

US8425871071

Electric Utilities

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06-09	Utilities Up on Rotation Out of Tech - Utilities Roundup	DJ
06-05	Southern Files Mixed Shelf Offering	MT

Executive Committee: Southern Company

Manager

Positions heldSince

Christopher Womack

68 year

Chief Executive Officer	23/05/2023
President	30/03/2023

David Poroch

57 year

Director of Finance/CFO

30/07/2025

Aaron Abramovitz

Treasurer

30/07/2025

Hans Brown

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

30/07/2025

Tonya Bryant

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

31/12/1998

Sterling Spainhour

57 year

General Counsel

31/03/2023

Sloane Drake

Human Resources Officer

Dekia Scott

Chief Investment Officer

08/09/2024

Matthew Kim

50 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

30/07/2025

Laura Hewett

Corporate Secretary

30/09/2024

Stan Connally

56 year

Chief Operating Officer

31/05/2018

Composition of the Board of Directors: Southern Company

Director

CommitteesSince

Christopher Womack

68 year

Audit Committee	12/10/2021
Compensation Committee	12/10/2021
Governance Committee	12/10/2021
Nominating Committee	12/10/2021

David Grain

63 year

Compensation Committee	30/04/2021
Governance Committee Chair
Nominating Committee Chair
Audit Committee
Nominating Committee	30/04/2021

Lizanne Thomas

68 year

Audit Committee Chair	16/07/2012
Finance Committee	30/06/2023
Governance Committee
Nominating Committee
Compensation Committee Chair

Janaki Akella

65 year

Audit Committee	31/07/2024
Finance Committee	06/07/2025
Compensation Committee	31/07/2024
Nominating Committee	31/07/2024

John Johns

74 year

Governance Committee
Nominating Committee
Finance Committee Chair

Shantella Cooper

58 year

Compensation Committee	03/12/2020
Governance Committee	15/10/2023
Nominating Committee	04/02/2024

James Etheredge

62 year

Audit Committee
Finance Committee	20/05/2025
Compensation Committee	20/05/2025

John Turner

64 year

Executive Committee	30/06/2018
Finance Committee	15/02/2026

Kristine Svinicki

59 year

Audit Committee	21/02/2023
Finance Committee	21/02/2023

David Meador

69 year

Audit Committee

30/06/2023

Bill Smith

72 year

Audit Committee Chair

31/12/2005

Anthony Earley

76 year

Director/Board Member	01/01/2019
Independent Dir/Board Member	01/01/2019

Latest Appointments: Southern Company

02-17	The Southern Company Appoints John M. Turner, Jr. to Board Committees, Effective February 17, 2026	CI
29/09/25	Flowers Foods, Inc. Elects Sterling A. Spainhour to Board of Directors, Effective October 1, 2025	CI
22/07/25	Southern Company's Georgia Power Appoints Tyler Cook as CFO	MT
22/07/25	Southern Company Announces Executive Appointments, Effective July 31	CI
21/07/25	Southern Company Names Chief Information Technology Officer	MT
21/07/25	Southern Company Names Hans Brown as Executive Vice President & Chief Information Technology Officer, Effective July 31, 2025	CI
21/07/25	Southern Company Announces the Election of John M. Turner, Jr. as an Independent Director, Effective September 1, 2025	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: Southern Company

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Henry Clark

Director/Board Member	18/10/2009	20/05/2025
Independent Dir/Board Member	18/10/2009	20/05/2025

Thomas Fanning

Chief Executive Officer	30/11/2010	23/05/2023
Chairman	30/11/2010	30/12/2023
Chief Operating Officer	13/10/2010	30/11/2010
President	03/08/2010	30/03/2023

Juanita Powell Baranco

Director/Board Member	31/12/2005	24/05/2022
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/2005	24/05/2022

Steven R. Specker

Director/Board Member	17/10/2010	25/05/2021
Independent Dir/Board Member	17/10/2010	25/05/2021

Jon Boscia

Director/Board Member	06/12/2007	25/05/2021
Independent Dir/Board Member	06/12/2007	25/05/2021

Veronica M. Hagen

Director/Board Member	07/12/2008	21/05/2019
Independent Dir/Board Member	07/12/2008	21/05/2019

Art Beattie

Director of Finance/CFO

31/12/2009

31/05/2018

Warren Hood

Director/Board Member	06/12/2007	22/05/2018
Independent Dir/Board Member	06/12/2007	22/05/2018

H. William Habermeyer

Director/Board Member	31/12/2006	26/05/2014
Independent Dir/Board Member	07/07/2011	26/05/2014

W. Hinson

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

10/03/2006

30/03/2013

Anthony J. Topazi

Chief Operating Officer	12/08/2010	23/05/2012
Sales & Marketing	30/11/2003	30/11/2003

J. Neal Purcell

Director/Board Member	31/12/2002	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	10/07/2011	-

Michael D. Garrett

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2003

30/12/2010

David Ratcliffe

Chief Executive Officer	31/12/2003	30/11/2010
Chairman	31/12/2003	30/11/2010
President	31/12/2003	30/11/2010

Jerry L. Stewart

Corporate Officer/Principal

03/08/2010

30/09/2010

John Pemberton

General Counsel

16/08/2010

14/09/2010

Dale Klein

Director/Board Member	18/07/2010	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	18/07/2010	-

Gerald J. St. Pé

Director/Board Member

31/12/1994

25/05/2010

Thomas F. Chapman

Director/Board Member

31/12/1999

25/05/2010

William Bowers

Director of Finance/CFO	31/12/2007	31/12/2009
Corporate Officer/Principal	30/04/2001	31/12/2007

Francis Blake

Director/Board Member

31/12/2003

06/10/2009

Carrie Kurlander

Public Communications Contact

29/08/2009

Dorrit J. Bern

Director/Board Member

31/12/1998

20/07/2008

Jackie Collins

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

29/05/2008

Zack T. Pate

Director/Board Member

31/12/1997

22/05/2007

Dan Amos

Director/Board Member

01/01/2006

Bruce Scott Gordon

Director/Board Member

31/12/2005

H. Allen Franklin

Chairman	31/03/2001	31/12/2003
President	31/03/2001	31/12/2003

Oderval Esteves Duarte Filho

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2003

Leonard J. Haynes

Sales & Marketing

30/04/2001

A. William Dahlberg

Chief Executive Officer	31/12/1994	31/03/2001
Chairman	31/12/1994	31/03/2001

W. Larry Westbrook

Director of Finance/CFO

31/12/1985

28/02/2001

Dwight H. Evans

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2000

Warren Y. Jobe

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1997

31/12/2000

Andrew J. Dearman

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2000

G. Edison Holland

General Counsel	31/12/2000	-
Corporate Secretary	31/12/2000	-

William Hardcastle

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1993

30/12/1999

Donald James

Director/Board Member	31/12/1998	-
Independent Dir/Board Member	31/12/1998	-

Glen A. Kundert

Director/Board Member	29/05/2011	29/05/2011
Investor Relations Contact	31/12/1975	09/08/2011
Public Communications Contact	26/07/2010	-

Charles Eldred

Corporate Officer/Principal

Kirk Finchem

Corporate Officer/Principal

18/01/2010

Frederick D. Kuester

Public Communications Contact

E. John Neumann

General Counsel

William George Hairston

President

David Gallaspy

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bob Turner

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bette Trevillion

Human Resources Officer	09/08/2009	09/08/2009
Public Communications Contact	09/08/2009	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	09/08/2009

L. G. Hardman

Director/Board Member

Trey Duskin

Corporate Officer/Principal

W. Dean Hudson

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Jason T. Cuevas

Public Communications Contact

08/06/2009

Bill Bland

Corporate Officer/Principal

Ken DeCarlo

Corporate Officer/Principal

R. Bryan Seal

Corporate Officer/Principal

Cliff S. Thrasher

Corporate Officer/Principal

Cibuzar Alan Martin

Corporate Officer/Principal

Fernando de Agüero

Corporate Officer/Principal

C. B. Harreld

Corporate Secretary

Mike Herrald

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mickey A. Brown

Corporate Officer/Principal

Charles Plunkett

Corporate Officer/Principal

Donald G. Gibson

Corporate Officer/Principal

William C. Archer

Corporate Officer/Principal

James Bailey

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mark Wimberly

Corporate Officer/Principal

Steven R. Spencer

Corporate Officer/Principal

Richard A. Knowles

Corporate Officer/Principal

William James Rushton

Director/Board Member

Ronald T. Mitchell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Chin-Yee Lin

Corporate Officer/Principal

Valerie Holpp

Public Communications Contact

Jimmy Burton

Corporate Officer/Principal

Robert G. Dawson

Corporate Officer/Principal

Karen Dowdle

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jim Clayton

Corporate Officer/Principal

John Campbell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Richard L. Holmes

Corporate Officer/Principal

Chuck Jordan

Corporate Officer/Principal

Wayne A. Ellis

Corporate Officer/Principal

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	17
Female	8

Of which Executive Committee

Male	7
Female	4

Of which Directors

Male	9
Female	3

Revisions

Recommandations analystes

Évolution recommandations analystes 1 an

Évolution recommandations analystes 4 mois

Objectif analystes

Évolution objectif analystes 1 an

Évolution objectif analystes 4 mois

ESG MSCI

Environnement

Social

Gouvernance

Polémique

Controverses Ethiques

Controverses sur les droits de l'Homme

Controverses Subventions fiscales

Conforme à la finance Islamique

Southern Company specializes in the electricity production and distribution. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - electricity distribution (66.5%): 144,500 GWh sold in 2024 intended mainly for commercial customers (50,200 GWh), residential customers (49,300 GWh) and industrial customers (48,900 GWh); - distribution and marketing of natural gas (16.6%); - wholesale electricity sales (9.1%): 50,100 GWh sold; - other (7.8%): primarily telecommunication services.

Employees

29,651

Sector

Electric Utilities

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