Gary Smith Email & Phone Number

Gary Smith is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Newfoundland Power Inc., employing over 700 people and serving almost 260,000 customers throughout the island portion of Newfoundland and Labrador.Gary holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) from Memorial University of Newfoundland and is a graduate of Memorial’s Executive Development Program.Gary has enjoyed an extensive career within the Fortis Group of Companies. From 1983 to 1999, he held progressive technical and management positions with Newfoundland Power. Gary was Manager, Operations with Maritime Electric Company Limited in Prince Edward Island and excelled in the position of Vice President of Operations & Engineering with FortisAlberta. He finally came back home in 2008 as Newfoundland Power’s Vice President of Customer Operations and Engineering, and was appointed President and CEO in August 2014. Gary is a believer in lifelong learning and remains active within his industry. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland, and a member of the Steering Committee on Power Engineering for the Canadian Standards Association. Gary is also an active member of his community, and sets out to make a difference in everything he supports. He is a member of the Board of the Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Care Foundation, he is an active advisor to the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Memorial University of Newfoundland, and is Chair of the Junior Achievement of Newfoundland & Labrador Board of Directors.

Listed skills include Project Management, Public Speaking, Electrical Engineering, Power Generation, and 10 others.