Ameren promotes Smith, Gilson

Smith will lead electrical and pure gasoline area operations together with subtransmission and distribution upkeep, engineering design, security and coaching, reliability planning, dispatch operations, electrical and pure gasoline emergency response, and building providers for Ameren Illinois.

Smith holds a Bachelor of Science diploma in industrial and organizational psychology and an Government MBA from Washington College.  He spent greater than 37 years working for Ameren’s Missouri phase and most lately served as Vice President, Financial, Neighborhood and Enterprise Improvement for Ameren Missouri.  He led a staff targeted on driving vitality options, together with buyer renewable vitality and sustainability choices, clear electrification, and group and financial improvement, to create sustainable development for the five hundred communities Ameren Missouri serves.

David Wakeman, Senior Vice President, Operations and Technical Providers, will retire at finish of 2022.

Wakeman has held quite a few management positions in his 40-year profession with Ameren earlier than serving as SVP of Operations and Technical Providers for Ameren Illinois the final two years.  All through the rest of the yr, Wakeman will work with Smith on transitioning operations and lead particular initiatives for the Ameren Illinois govt workplace.

Wakeman holds a bachelor’s diploma in electrical engineering and an MBA, each from Washington College in St. Louis.  He’s additionally a licensed Skilled Engineer.

Craig Gilson was named Vice President, Electrical Operations and Distribution.

Gilson has greater than 40 years of expertise with the corporate serving in a wide range of roles, together with most lately as senior director of Electrical Operations and Distribution.  Beneath Gilson’s course, the corporate has made important enhancements in security, storm response, energy outage restoration and area communications.  He holds a civil engineering diploma from College of Illinois and MBA from Bradley College.  

“These management modifications place us to proceed executing on our plan to construct a cleaner, greener and extra resilient vitality grid and ship worth for our prospects,” stated Leonard Singh, Chairman and President, Ameren Illinois.