VOORHEES, NJ, June 25, 2015 -- American Water (AW), the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company, has named Greg Panagos its new vice president (VP) of Investor Relations, effective July 6, and has named Martin Uczen as VP of Business Development and Strategy, effective June 24.
Greg Panagos
Panagos succeeds Edward Vallejo, who was named AW's VP of Financial Strategy, Planning and Decision Support in January 2015.
Panagos has served in a number of senior investor relations and communication roles prior to joining AW, most recently serving as senior VP of investor relations and communications for Barrick Gold Corporation, located in Toronto, Ontario. In this role, he led investor relations, communications and corporate social responsibility for the world's largest gold mining company with annual revenues in excess of $10 billion.
Prior to that, Panagos served as VP of investor relations and communications at Transocean, where he developed and led the investor and media relations strategies leading to and following the merger between Transocean and Global Santa Fe. He also led investor relations and/or communications at Noble Energy, Inc., and Pennzoil Company.
Panagos holds a master's degree in business administration from Rice University and a bachelor's degree in economics/accounting from Claremont McKenna College.
Martin Uczen
In this new role, Uczen will work with senior leadership and the Business Development teams in both the regulated and market-based businesses to identify, evaluate and execute growth strategies for the company. He will also function as a key leader in AW's Innovation Development Process, which tests, develops and implements new technologies in the water industry.
Uczen brings more than 20 years of experience in corporate strategy and finance. He most recently served as director, Corporate Strategy and Business Development with Verizon Communications, where he led the strategy and execution of its energy and utilities line of business. Prior to that, he spent 14 years in several roles of increasing responsibility at Duke Energy.
In his most recent position with Duke as director of Corporate Strategy and Growth Initiatives, his leadership in growth initiatives resulted in the launch of commercial wind, solar and electric transmission businesses.
Uczen earned a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., and an MBA from the University of North Carolina. He is also a certified public accountant in New York and North Carolina.
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"American Water receives 29 national awards for water quality excellence"
About American Water
Founded in 1886, American Water is the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company. With headquarters in Voorhees, N.J., the company employs approximately 6,400 dedicated professionals who provide drinking water, wastewater and other related services to an estimated 15 million people in more than 45 states and parts of Canada. For more information, visit www.amwater.com.
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