New Opportunities: The New York Independent System Operator named Rana Mukerji to its senior management team to serve as vice president, market structures. Mukerji joins the ISO from Raleigh-based ABB Inc., where he served since 1999 as vice president and general manager, and senior group vice president.
CMS Energy shareholders elected an interim appointee to the company's board of directors and also re-elected 10 incumbents. The interim appointee is Jon E. Barfield, chairman and president of The Bartech Group. Barfield was appointed to the board on Sept. 1, 2005.
Shareholders of Pepco Holdings Inc. elected two new members to the board of directors. Frank O. Heintz and Lester P. Silverman were the first directors elected to one-year terms under the restated certificate of incorporation that provides for the annual election of directors. Heintz, 62, is retired president and CEO of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. From 1982 to 1995, Heintz was chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission. Silverman, 59, is director emeritus of McKinsey & Co., having retired from the international management consulting firm in 2005.