Chris Womack has formally change into president and CEO of Southern Firm, one of many nation’s largest power suppliers.
His appointment makes Womack amongst a couple of Black chief executives main one of many 500 largest U.S.-based publicly traded firms. His appointment is an enormous deal on condition that the variety of Black CEOs has reportedly declined from practically 20 lately. Strain continues on company America to spice up the variety of Blacks in C-suite positions.
The Atlanta-based firm introduced earlier Womack was appointed president of Southern and elected as a member of its board of administrators. The enterprise declared Womack was appointed the gasoline and electrical utility holding firm’s CEO following the tip of its 2023 annual assembly on Might 24.
Womack beforehand was chairman, president, and CEO of Georgia Energy, the Southern Firm’s largest subsidiary. Earlier than that, he was government vice chairman and president of exterior affairs for Southern Firm.
A Greenville, Alabama, native, Womack joined Southern Firm in 1988 and has held a number of management positions inside the firm and its subsidiaries. His roles have included serving as government vice chairman of exterior affairs at Georgia Energy and senior vice chairman and senior manufacturing officer of Southern Firm Era, overseeing coal, gasoline, and hydro technology for Georgia Energy and Savannah Electrical.
Womack was senior vice chairman of human sources and chief individuals officer at Southern Firm, in addition to senior vice chairman of public relations and company companies at Alabama Energy.
In an unique interview with BLACK ENTERPRISE, Womack mentioned his company achievement.
“It’s a fantastic alternative to deliver honor to guide this glorious firm that gives an unbelievable service and with the ability to work with an unbelievable crew to deal with all of the challenges that face the power business and produce Southern Firm to the longer term.”
