What Happened?
Atlanta, GA-based Nancy Sykes as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
About the Company
AGL Resources has been renamed Southern Company Gas. Southern Company Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), America`s premier energy company. Southern Company Gas serves approximately 4.5 million natural gas utility customers through its regulated distribution companies in seven states and more than 1 million retail customers through its companies that market natural gas and related home services. Other non-utility businesses include asset management for natural gas wholesale customers and ownership and operation of natural gas storage facilities. Natural gas is the best energy choice for today and tomorrow. At the intersection of profit, people and planet is sustainability – the place where we meet present needs without compromising the quality of life for future generations. And that`s why we`re proud to serve our customers with environmentally friendly natural gas. We offer our customers a wide range of energy services under one umbrella: seven regulated utilities as well as non-regulated businesses that offer retail, wholesale and storage services. Maintaining a diversified portfolio of companies optimizes our ability to weather economic storms and provide consistent and incremental value to our shareholders. With our size and scope, Southern Company Gas is well-positioned to lead our industry into the future. Throughout our rich history of serving customers, we have held ourselves accountable for doing business the right way. For us, that means living our corporate values and giving back to the communities we serve. We work hard to be a company with which all of our stakeholders – employees, customers, investors and neighbors – are proud to be connected.
About the Person
Nancy Sykes is executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Southern Company Services, providing direction to the overall enterprise of America’s premier energy company. Sykes is responsible for managing the human resources and labor relations function for Southern Company and all of its subsidiaries, which serve 9 million electric and gas utility customers across the country. She also develops and implements human capital strategies to attract, engage and motivate the current workforce and the workforce of the future. She joined Southern Company from U.S. Steel, where she served as vice president and chief human resources officer since 2015. There, she was responsible for all facets of the company’s human resources organization, including employee development, talent management and acquisition, compensation and medical and health services. Sykes joined U.S. Steel after spending more than five years with The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Her last role at Goodyear was vice president for human resources, Asia Pacific, with responsibility of all aspects of human resources for the company’s Asia Pacific strategic business unit across 12 countries. Prior to Goodyear, she worked at General Electric for 20 years in a number of the GE industrial businesses. A native of Binghamton, N.Y., Sykes graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. She is also a certified Six Sigma Black Belt
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