HR Notices From September 24-26

DTE Energy Board Elects Anderson CEO; Earley Becomes Executive Board Chairman: DTE Energy president and COO Gerard M. Anderson will become president and CEO Oct. 1, taking the reins from Anthony F. Earley Jr., who has been Anderson's mentor for the past decade. The DTE Energy board of directors elected Anderson to the post last week. Anderson, 52, has assumed increasing responsibility for key business functions over the last few years and was elected to the board last year. Earley, 61, will have the title of executive chairman of the board and continue as a full-time employee of the company, with particular responsibility for relationships with external constituents. Anderson has served as DTE Energy president and chief operating officer since 2005. He first came to the company in 1993 as vice president of non-utility businesses. He became executive vice president of DTE Energy in 1997, directing the company's power generation, power marketing, fuel supply and marketing activities. He was named president of DTE Energy in 2004 and assumed COO responsibilities in 2005.
Anderson will report directly to the board.  Earley will advise Anderson on strategic planning activities and share responsibility for community and governmental relations and other external issues. Earley joined DTE Energy in 1994 and has been CEO and chairman of the board since 1998. He was president and COO from 1994 through 1998. Anderson has extensive experience in strategic planning and corporate and business development, and broad experience managing capital intensive industries.  Prior to joining DTE Energy, he was a senior consultant at McKinsey and Co. Inc., specializing in the energy sector and financial institutions. He has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and earned a master of business administration degree and a master of public policy degree from the University of Michigan.  He is a director of The Andersons Inc., a company providing agricultural industry products and services, and a director of many community and nonprofit organizations. More at www.dteenergy.com.

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