Manitoba Hydro names Allan Danroth as new president and CEO

Manitoba Hydro announced Allan Danroth arsenic its caller president and CEO, Ben Graham, chair of nan Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board announced connected Tuesday.

Danroth served arsenic a vice-president pinch Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries and successful a elder domiciled astatine Capital Power, an power shaper based successful Alberta.

“We are highly pleased to denote that Allan will beryllium joining nan Manitoba Hydro squad pursuing an extended section and nationalist hunt process that took spot complete nan past fewer months,” said Graham.

“We cognize he is simply a proven, successful leader, pinch some extended elder activity acquisition successful (a) assortment of power and assets businesses, arsenic good arsenic ‘boots connected nan ground’ acquisition successful powerfulness engineering,

“As a result, Allan brings some a blase guidance and section position to Manitoba Hydro, which will beryllium captious to guiding nan inferior guardant successful nan coming years.”

Danroth replaces Jay Grewal, who was fto spell 4 months aft nan Manitoba New Democrats won past year’s provincial election.

Grewal ruffled feathers erstwhile she said Manitoba could request caller powerfulness procreation by 2029 and would scope retired to independent producers to proviso powerfulness from upwind and different sources.

The curate responsible for Manitoba Hydro, Adrien Sala, has said caller power resources would person to beryllium publically owned.

Meanwhile, Danroth wouldn’t talk early power plans astatine his first property convention and said he’s conscionable settling into nan occupation and gathering pinch his team.

“It’s not due for maine to remark connected that, that’s getting really into specifics. I haven’t moreover been capable to meet each of my team, it’s summertime and tons of folks are away,” he said.

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But he says he’s eager to return connected nan challenges astatine nan Crown corporation.

“The first shape of that is learning and listening to my activity squad and trying to understand those issues and what are opportunities are and nan things we tin do differently,” he said.

Danroth will beryllium moving to Manitoba to return connected nan domiciled and he is looking guardant to moving pinch and listening to labor and nan broader community.

“Keeping things elemental and focused connected Manitoba Hydro’s domiciled arsenic nan province’s supplier of energy and earthy state will beryllium cardinal to preparing america for nan power world of tomorrow,” he said.

Graham added he wanted to widen a individual statement of acknowledgment to interim CEO Hal Turner for his activity complete nan past number of months arsenic nan committee completed its hunt and action process.

“It is ne'er easy being thrust into an interim position,” said Graham. “Hal remains a captious portion of nan elder activity squad astatine Manitoba Hydro, and connected behalf of each members of nan Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board I want to convey him for his efforts and his activity done this period.”

And Danroth said he will beryllium leaning connected Turner a batch during his first first weeks and months connected nan job.

“I cognize he has done a awesome occupation keeping things connected way complete nan past fewer months, and I convey him successful beforehand for his support.”