Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $16 billion1 of assets across North America and internationally.
For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.
Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represents over 4 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.1
Arun Banskota
President and Chief Executive Officer
Arun Banskota is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Algonquin. Prior to that, as Vice President, Data Center Global Services and Energy Team at Amazon.com, Mr. Banskota was responsible for the planning, engineering, and delivery of datacenter capacity for Amazon Web Services, a high growth global market-leader of cloud services. Mr. Banskota previously served as President and CEO of EVGo, a high growth start-up division of NRG created to build scale and presence in the emerging electrical vehicle sector. Mr. Banskota was also Managing Director, Global Power, El Paso Corporation. He was also on the leadership team for a large-scale solar power company and has successfully managed project development and financing for solar, wind, and natural gas projects.
Mr. Banskota holds a Masters of Arts from the University of Denver, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
Jeff Norman
Chief Development Officer
Mr. Norman is the Chief Development Officer of Algonquin. He was appointed to the Algonquin executive team in 2015. Mr. Norman cofounded the Algonquin Power Venture Fund in 2003 and served as President until it was acquired by Algonquin in 2008. Since 2008, Mr. Norman and the business development team have developed and constructed over 2 GWs of renewable energy projects and acquired 14 utilities. Mr. Norman has over 28 years of experience and has reviewed the economic merits of renewable energy projects and utilities throughout North America.
Mr. Norman is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts (Chartered Accountancy) and a Masters of Accounting from the University of Waterloo.
George Trisic
Chief Sustainability Officer
George Trisic is the Chief Sustainability Officer of Algonquin. In his role, Mr. Trisic is responsible for leading the sustainability and government affairs. He has broad experience managing in high growth, start up and expanding businesses across multiple sites and regions. His skill set includes leading multi-functional groups in finance, human resources, legal and information technology in a senior executive role.
Mr. Trisic holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the University of Western Ontario. Additionally, he holds a Chartered Director certification from the Directors College (McMaster University).
Arthur Kacprzak
Chief Financial Officer
Arthur Kacprzak is Chief Financial Officer of Algonquin. Mr. Kacprzak joined Algonquin in 2012 as Vice-President Treasurer, leading the company’s treasury and corporate finance functions. In this capacity he was responsible for maintaining the company’s investment grade balance sheet and funding its growth initiatives. He was appointed to the role of CFO in September 2020. Prior to joining Algonquin Mr. Kacprzak held various senior level financial positions and has accumulated over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, treasury, accounting, taxation and management consulting.
Mr. Kacprzak holds a Bachelors of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and a Global Professional Master of Laws degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He is a Chartered Accountant as well as a CFA Charterholder.
Johnny Johnston
Chief Operating Officer
Johnny Johnston is the Chief Operating Officer of Algonquin. Mr. Johnston has over 20 years of international experience in the utilities industry. Prior to joining the Corporation, Mr. Johnston, worked for National Grid where he led the transformation of its U.S. gas business. He has held a number of senior leadership roles in operations, customer service and strategy working in both the U.K. and U.S. across gas and electric businesses. Mr. Johnston has served on the board of the not-for-profit Heartshare Human Services of New York.
Mr. Johnston holds a Masters degree in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Cranfield. Mr. Johnston is a registered Chartered Engineer in the U.K.