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Bank executive asked by board to relocate to New Orleans

Associated Press — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:17:25 +0000

GULFPORT — Hancock Holding president and CEO Carl Chaney says the board of directors has asked him to move to New Orleans. Chaney tells The Sun Herald the Greater New Orleans represents approximately 41 percent of the company’s balance sheet. He says he plans to move his family in June. John Hairston, CEO and chief [...]

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MISO board approves Entergy, SMEPA as new members

MBJ Staff — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:10:27 +0000

HATTIESBURG and JACKSON — MISO’s board of directors has approved seven new transmission-owning members, as well as a new transmission-planning portfolio. The additions include six Entergy utility operating companies, including Entergy Mississippi in Jackson, along with Hattiesburg-based South Mississippi Electric Power Association (SMEPA). Full integration of Entergy and SMEPA is planned for December 2013.

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TVA holding meeting to discuss new CEO’s authority

Associated Press — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:45:40 +0000

NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The Tennessee Valley Authority is expected to have a special meeting today to discuss delegating authority to the utility’s new chief executive until it fills several vacancies on its board. The board is made up of nine members and five seats are pending congressional action, including one that’s up for reappointment. Congress [...]

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Hosemann pushes for streamlining boards, commissions

Associated Press — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:37:50 +0000

JACKSON — Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann is advocating streamlining state government by reining in the 200 boards and commissions that oversee various agencies. In his inaugural State of the State speech in January, Gov. Phil Bryant asked Hosemann, whose office maintains the state’s records, to make recommendations “on possible termination or consolidation” of boards [...]

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CEO elected to board of American Banking Association

MBJ Staff — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:03:31 +0000

GULFPORT — John Hairston, CEO of Hancock Holding Co., has been elected to the board of directors of the American Banking Association. Hancock Holding is the parent of Hancock Bank and Whitney Bank. The Sun Herald reports Hairston’s election took place at the organization’s recent meeting in San Diego. He is one of nine members [...]

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TVA board meets — Kilgore retiring and rates to stay steady

Associated Press — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:08:41 +0000

NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Tennessee Valley Authority president Tom Kilgore is retiring. TVA announced that the board of directors has a process underway to recommend a new president and CEO. Kilgore announced his retirement at the end of the meeting. He will serve as the head of the federal utility until a successor is hired. Kilgore [...]

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Ratepayers watching closely as TV board meets to craft budget

Associated Press — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:05:19 +0000

NORTH MISSISSIPPI — Electricity rates for Tennessee Valley Authority customers in seven states are on the agenda for the utility’s board of directors. The board meets today in Knoxville and will vote on the budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. Part of the financial plan will be deciding whether to raise or [...]

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Lott appointed to Camgian’s board of directors

MBJ Staff — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:57:20 +0000

STARKVILLE — The board of directors of Camgian Microsystems Corporation has appointed former U.S. Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi as an independent director of the firm. Lott’s appointment expands Camgian’s board to four directors. “Sen. Lott’s significant experience and valuable perspective on business and government will be a tremendous asset for Camgian as we build [...]

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Rice agrees to join KiOR’s board of directors

For the MBJ — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:31:47 +0000

COLUMBUS — KiOR Inc., a cellulosic fuels producer, is adding former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice its board of directors, starting July 2011. Rice served as U.S. secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 after serving as the chief national security advisor to President George W. Bush beginning in 2001. Rice is currently professor of [...]

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Trustmark hires Grafton as independent board chairman

For the MBJ — Wed, 11 May 2011 13:31:35 +0000

JACKSON — Trustmark Corporation, and its subsidiary, Trustmark National Bank, announced that Daniel A. “Dan” Grafton has been elected chairman of the board of directors of Trustmark and the bank. Grafton has been a member of Trustmark’s board since 2007 and of the bank’s board of since 2006. He retired, in 2007, as president of [...]

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