Mr. Bunting most recently served as group president, utility operations, at Entergy Corporation ( Entergy ), an integrated energy company, from 2012 until his retirement in 2017. Before that, he was senior vice president and chief accounting officer at Entergy from 2007 to 2012 and chief financial officer ( CFO ) of several subsidiaries from 2000 to 2007. He held other management positions of increasing responsibility in accounting and operations at Entergy since joining the company in 1983. Mr. Bunting has been a director of Unum Group since 2013 and is currently chair of its Audit Committee and a member of its Regulatory Compliance Committee. Mr. Bunting has been a director of the Hanover Group since 2020 and is a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Bunting previously served as a director of Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives (IEA) from 2021 until October 2022 and as a member of the Nominating & Governance and Compensation Committees. He previously served as a director of Imation Corp., a global data storage and information security company. He also serves on the boards of Foundation for the Mid South and National Association of Black Accountants Inc. (NABA) and previously served on the board of Hendrix College. Mr. Bunting s utility industry knowledge, including his experience in customer service, safety and regulatory relations, are valuable to us as we continue to execute on our robust long-term utility infrastructure investment plans. He also brings additional public company experience in the areas of strategic finance, accounting, auditing, and capital and risk management to the Board. He is a certified public accountant.