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Jackie Sheppard Appointed to Emera Inc. Board of Directors
HALIFAX, Feb. 13 /CNW/ - (EMA-TSX): Jacqueline Sheppard, former Executive Vice-President, Corpora...
About this update from Emera Incorporated
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nHALIFAX, Feb. 13 /CNW/ - (EMA-TSX): Jacqueline Sheppard, former Executive\nVice-President, Corporate & Legal of Talisman Energy Inc., an independent\nupstream oil and gas company, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of\nEmera Inc.\n\n\nMs. Sheppard joined Talisman Energy Inc. in 1993 and was responsible for\nLegal Affairs, Business Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate\nProjects, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, Corporate\nResponsibility and Government Affairs. In addition, she played a significant\nrole in corporate strategy and has extensive experience in business\ntransactions and risk assessment having completed numerous international and\ndomestic business transactions to establish Talisman's global business\nactivities. Ms. Sheppard also served as secretary to the board and has been\nrecognized nationally in numerous rankings as one of Canada's leading business\nwomen and business lawyers. She is also a Director on the Board of Directors\nof NWest Energy Inc.\n\n\n"Jackie Sheppard brings extensive knowledge of the energy sector to our\nBoard of Directors," said Derek Oland, Chair of the Emera Inc. Board.\n"Jackie's experience with international markets, as well as her solid\nfoundation in risk management and governance, makes her a tremendous addition\nto the Emera Board."\n\n\nMs. Sheppard holds a BA from Memorial University of Newfoundland, a BA\nand MA from Oxford University, and an LLB from McGill University.\n\n\nAbout Emera\n\n\nEmera Inc. (EMA-TSX) is an energy and services company with $5.3 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\nowns the Brunswick Pipeline, a 145km gas pipeline in New Brunswick; has a\njoint venture interest in Bear Swamp, a 600 megawatt pumped storage\nhydro-electric facility in northern Massachusetts; a 12.9% interest in the\nMaritimes &...