Who are American Electric Power's decision-makers?
American Electric Power's top decision-makers include William J. Fehrman, Rob Berntsen, Doug Cannon, Johannes Eckert. Buying decisions depend on the business unit, operating asset, regulatory exposure, cybersecurity requirements, finance case, and procurement path.
- CEO
- William J. Fehrman
- CFO/key exec
- Rob Berntsen
- Founded
- 1906
- Employees
- Approximately 16,000+
- HQ
- Columbus, OH
- Status
- Nasdaq: AEP
- William J. FehrmanChairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerCEO since August 2024Leads AEP after prior CEO roles at Centuri and Berkshire Hathaway Energy.
- Rob BerntsenExecutive Vice President and General CounselExecutive leadershipLeads legal, governance, and regulatory risk.
- Doug CannonPresident, AEP TransmissionTransmission leaderOversees transmission investment, operations, and reliability programs.
- Johannes EckertExecutive Vice President and Chief Information & Technology OfficerTechnology leaderLeads enterprise technology, cybersecurity, and digital modernization.
Who leads American Electric Power?
American Electric Power is led by William J. Fehrman as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The broader executive group includes finance, operations, legal, technology, segment, and utility or regional leaders who control priorities across Electric transmission, Electric distribution, Regulated generation, Renewables, Grid modernization.
Who actually makes buying decisions at American Electric Power?
Large purchases usually need a business sponsor plus procurement, finance, legal, security, risk, and the relevant operations or asset leader. For grid, plant, route, water, gas, field, or customer systems, operational leadership and engineering can matter as much as corporate IT.
How is American Electric Power organized as it scales?
American Electric Power is organized around operating companies, regions, corporate functions, and asset-level teams. Sellers should map the budget owner first, then identify technical approvers, security reviewers, procurement process owners, and executives accountable for the metric the project improves.
As of June 2026.Sources:AEP leadershipAEP investors
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