Donald Pether Appointed to Emera Inc. Board of Directors

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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nHALIFAX, Nov. 7 /CNW/ - Don Pether, former Chair of the Board (and CEO)\nof Dofasco Inc., has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Emera Inc.\n\n\nPrior to his position as Chair, Mr. Pether, who joined Dofasco Inc. in\n1970, was the President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Pether is currently\nChair of the Board of the Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation, is Vice-Chair\nof the Board of Governors for McMaster University, and is Chair of the Board\nof the McMaster Innovation Park. He sits on the Council of Governors for the\nArt Gallery of Hamilton and the Board of Directors of Samuel Manu-Tech Inc.\nand is a former trustee of the Fording Canadian Coal Trust Board.\n\n\n"We are very pleased to welcome Don Pether to our Board of Directors,"\nsaid Derek Oland, Chair of the Emera Inc Board. "Don's extensive business\nexperience acquired through thirty six years with Dofasco, one of Canada's\nmost successful companies, will be of great benefit to Emera's Board and\nleadership team."\n\n\nMr. Pether holds a BSc. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University\nof Alberta and an Honourary Doctorate of Laws from McMaster University.\n\n\nEmera Inc. (EMA-TSX) is an energy and services company with $4.7 billion\nin assets. Electricity is Emera's core business. The company has two\nwholly-owned regulated electric utility subsidiaries, Nova Scotia Power Inc.\nand Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, which together serve 600,000 customers.\nEmera also owns 19% of St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited, which serves\nmore than 50,000 customers on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia and 25% of\nGrand Bahama Power Company which serves 19,000 customers on the Caribbean\nisland of Grand Bahama. In addition to its electric utility investments, Emera\nhas a joint venture interest in Bear Swamp, a 600 megawatt pumped storage\nhydro-electric facility in northern Massachusetts; a 12.9% interest in the\nMaritimes & Northeast Pipeline; a 7.4% interest in Open Hydro and Emera Energy\nServices which manages energy assets on behalf of third parties. Visit Emera\non the web at www.emera.com.\n\n\n","length":2173,"tagName":"div"}]

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