Alstom U.S. President and CEO Pierre L. Gauthier today announced the appointment of two new company executives. Ruth Ravitz Smith will serve as Vice President, Government Affairs and Timothy S. Brown will function as Director, Communications. Both will be located in Alstom’s newly opened Washington, D.C. office and will be responsible for Alstom’s North American activities in their respective functions.
Gauthier said, “I’m delighted to welcome Ruth and Tim to Alstom. They both bring extensive experience in their respective disciplines and join a global team responsible for ensuring that Alstom’s voice is heard in important policy debates on energy and transportation issues. By drawing on Alstom’s experience in the debate on energy and climate change in Europe, Asia and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - policy forums where Alstom’s expertise in delivering clean power has made it an authoritative industry voice - they will help bring a global perspective to the environmental policy discussions within the new Administration and Congress.”
Smith is a senior-level, government relations executive with over twenty-five years experience and a proven track record on both the federal and state levels. Smith was a Principal at Brown Rudnick in Washington, D.C., where she successfully represented a range of clients in the energy, financial services, and transportation industries. Earlier in her career, Ms. Smith opened and ran the Washington offices of Travelers and of Northeast Utilities, New England’s largest energy company.
Brown has extensive experience in energy and environmental policy related communications. He most recently served as Director of Strategic Communications for Exelon Generation, one of the largest utilities in the United States. Prior to that, he held senior level communications and public affairs positions in the energy industry, including positions with Pepco Holdings, the Electric Power Supply Association, and several industry trade groups.
“Alstom has an important and timely story to tell in North America,” said Gauthier, who noted that the company has 6,500 U.S. employees working at 20-plus locations. “Thanks to our unrivalled systems for emissions control and electricity production optimization and our energy-saving, safe and high-performance transport solutions, we are a front-runner in environmental protection and sustainable development. These appointments will help us communicate such clean power and clean transportation solutions more effectively.”
Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world, and provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions, equipment and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including hydro, nuclear, gas, coal and wind. The Group employs 76,000 people in 70 countries, and had orders of €23.5 billion in 2007/08.
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