Michael G. Morris

Michael G. Morris (born 1947 in Fremont, Ohio) is a former president, chief executive officer, and chairman of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power, one of the USA's largest generators of electricity, from 2004 to November 2011,[1][2] and continued as AEP's chairman until 2013.

[4] Morris' first major executive positions were as executive vice president of marketing, transportation and gas supply for Jackson, Michigan-based Consumers Energy, and as president of Colorado Interstate Gas Company (CIG).

[5] From 1997 until taking the chairmanship of AEP, Morris served as the chairman, president and chief executive officer of the Hartford, Connecticut-based Northeast Utilities, the largest utility system in New England.

[8] In January 2014, Akins was elected chairman of the board, bringing Morris' service to the company to a close.

[9] Morris has served on the boards of several major corporations and government advisory groups.

Michael Morris (left) and Columbus, Ohio Mayor Michael B. Coleman (right) open the valve to inaugurate the new AEP Fountain at the reopening of Bicentennial Park in Columbus on July 7, 2011.
President Barack Obama talks with Michael G. Morris, right, of American Electric Power Company, and David Cote , of Honeywell International Inc. , in the Cross Hall of the White House, before a dinner with CEOs, February 24, 2010.