Joseph M. Abell III has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since May 2001. From January 1998 to May 2001 he served as Vice President of Sithe Energies, Inc. and then as Senior Vice President of one of its parent companies, Marubeni Power International, Inc., where he was involved in the acquisition, development and financing of power generation projects in Latin America. From December 1994 through December 1997 Mr. Abell was employed as a Project Director by British Gas International, Inc. and prior to that time he held various acquisition, strategic planning and project development positions in the power generation and gas pipeline businesses with American National Power, Transco Energy Company and Tenneco Inc. Mr. Abell received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and his M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago. |