ESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC (WTRG)
Sector: Utilities
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Sector: Utilities
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Director information for WTRG
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| WTRG | Director; Retired Partner, Ernst & Young LLP; Chair | 63 | ["Retired Partner, Ernst & Young (EY)","Retired from Ernst & Young LLP (EY) in December 2024","EY Audit Partner and Senior Advisory Partner, 2021-2024","Managing Partner Philadelphia Office EY, 2008-2021","Partner EY, 2000-2008","EY, 1987-2000","Graduate of Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting","Over 38 years of experience in finance, audit, strategy, and mergers and acquisitions","Public company audit partner for a major pharmaceutical company","financially literate","audit committee financial expert"] | ["Audit","Risk","Audit Committee of Main Line Health Board","The Mann Center for the Performing Arts"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Retired from Ernst & Young LLP (EY), a global professional services and accounting firm, December 2024 EY Audit Partner and Senior Advisory Partner, 2021-2024 Managing Partner Philadelphia Office EY, 2008-2021 Partner EY, 2000-2008 EY, 1987-2000 Mr. Bruner is a graduate of Indiana University from which he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. Mr. Bruner has over 38 years of experience in various leadership roles with responsibilities involving finance, audit (internal controls, disclosure controls and procedures), strategy, and mergers and acquisitions, including being a public company audit partner for a major pharmaceutical company. Mr. Bruner s extensive leadership experience and his substantial expertise in public company financial statements (and controls) and as an auditor stood out to the Board of Directors. Based upon all of Mr. Bruner s qualifications, the Board of Directors believes Mr. Bruner s independence, his broad financial experience, and his leadership roles support the Board s conclusion that Mr. Bruner should serve as a director of the Company. Mr. Bruner has served on several non-profit boards, including as member and Chair of The Mann Center for the Performing Arts, member and Chair of the Audit Committee of Main Line Health Board, and member and former Treasurer of The Union League of Philadelphia.