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   Geoffrey F. Hyland
Chair, Fortis Inc.
Caledon, Ontario

Mr. Hyland, 64, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in May 2001 and was appointed Chair of the Board in May 2008. He retired as President and CEO of Shawcor Ltd. in June 2005 after 37 years of service. Mr. Hyland is a Director of FortisOntario Inc. He continues to serve on the Board of ShawCor Ltd. and is a Director of Enerflex Systems Income Fund, SCITI Total Return Trust and Exco Technologies Limited.


   Peter E. Case
Corporate Director
Freelton, Ontario

Mr. Case, 54, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in May 2005. After 17 years as a utility and pipeline analyst, he retired in February 2003 as Executive Director, Institutional Equity Research at CIBC World Markets. Prior to that position, he was Managing Director at BMO Nesbitt Burns. Mr. Case has been a Director of FortisOntario Inc. since March 2003.


   Frank Crothers
Chairman & CEO, Island Corporate Holdings Limited
Nassau, Bahamas

Mr. Crothers, 64, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in May 2007. Over the past 35 years, Mr. Crothers has served on many public and private sector boards. He served a three-year term as Chairman of CARILEC, the Caribbean Association of Electrical Utilities. Mr. Crothers is the former President of P.P.C. Limited, which was acquired by Fortis Inc. in August 2006. He serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Caribbean Utilities Company, Limited and serves on the Board of Belize Electricity Limited. Mr. Crothers also serves as a Director of Franklin Templeton Resources, Talon Metal Corp., Fidelity Merchant Bank & Trust Cayman (Cayman) Limited and Victory Nickel Inc.


   Ida J. Goodreau
President and Chief Executive Officer. Lifelabs
Vancouver, British Columbia

Ms. Goodreau, 57, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in May 2009. She was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Lifelabs, Canada's largest provider of community laboratory services, in March 2009. She joined Lifelabs from Vancouver Coastal Health Authority where she was President and Chief Executive Officer since 2002. Prior to entering the health care field, Ms. Goodreau held senior leadership roles in several Canadian and international pulp and paper and natural gas companies. She has served on numerous private and public sector boards and is currently a Director of Terasen Inc.


   Douglas J. Haughey
President and Chief Executive Officer, Windshift Capital Corp.
Calgary, Alberta

Mr. Haughey, 52, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in May 2009. From 1999 through 2008, Mr. Haughey held several executive roles with Spectra Energy and predecessor companies. He had overall responsibility for its western Canadian natural gas midstream business, was President and Chief Executive Officer of Spectra Energy Income Fund and also led Spectra's strategic development and mergers and acquisition teams based in Houston, Texas. Mr. Haughey is a director of Enerflex Systems Income Fund and Pembina Pipeline Income Fund.


   H. Stanley Marshall
President & CEO, Fortis Inc.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Mr. Marshall, 58, has served on the Fortis Inc. Board since 1995. He joined Newfoundland Power Inc. in 1979 and was appointed President and CEO of Fortis Inc. in 1996. Mr. Marshall serves on the Boards of all Fortis utilities in western Canada and the Caribbean and the Board of Fortis Properties Corporation. He is also a Director of Toromont Industries Ltd.


   John S. McCallum
Professor of Finance, University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Mr. McCallum, 65, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in July 2001 and is Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board. He was Chairman of Manitoba Hydro from 1991 to 2000 and Policy Advisor to the Federal Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1991. Mr. McCallum is a Director of FortisBC Inc. and FortisAlberta Inc. He also serves as a Director of IGM Financial Inc., Toromont Industries Ltd. and Wawanesa.


   Harry McWatters
Wine Consultant
Summerland, British Columbia

Mr. McWatters, 63, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in May 2007. He is the founder and past President of Sumac Ridge Estate Wine Group. Mr. McWatters is President of Harry McWatters Inc., Vintage Consulting Group Inc., Okanagan Wine Academy and Black Sage Vineyards Ltd. He was appointed Chair of the Board of FortisBC Inc. in 2006. Mr. McWatters has been a Director of FortisBC Inc. since 2005 and a Director of Terasen Inc. since November 2007.


   Ronald D. Munkley
Corporate Director
Mississauga, Ontario

Mr. Munkley, 62, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in May 2009. He retired in April 2009 as Vice Chairman and Head of the Power and Utility Business of CIBC World Markets. Mr. Munkley has acted as lead advisor on most Canadian utility merger and acquisition transactions since joining CIBC World Markets in 1998. Prior to that, he was employed at Enbridge Consumers Gas for 27 years, culminating as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Munkley led Enbridge Consumers Gas through deregulation and restructuring in the 1990s.


   David G. Norris
Corporate Director
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Mr. Norris, 61, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in May 2005 and was appointed Chair of the Audit Committee of the Board in May 2006. He has been a financial and management consultant since 2001, prior to which he was Executive Vice-President, Finance and Business Development, Fishery Products International Limited. Previously, he held Deputy Minister positions with Department of Finance and Treasury Board, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Mr. Norris was appointed Chair of the Board of Newfoundland Power Inc. in 2006. He has been a Director of Newfoundland Power Inc. since 2003 and a Director of Fortis Properties Corporation since 2006.


   Michael A. Pavey
Corporate Director
Moncton, New Brunswick

Mr. Pavey, 61, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in May 2004. He retired as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of Major Drilling Group International Inc. in 2006. Prior to joining Major Drilling in 1999, he held senior executive positions with a major western Canadian integrated electric utility. Mr. Pavey was previously a Director of Maritime Electric Company, Limited.


   Roy P. Rideout
Corporate Director
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Mr. Rideout, 61, joined the Fortis Inc. Board in March 2001 and is Chair of the Human Resources Committee of the Board. He retired as Chairman and CEO of Clarke Inc. in October 2002. Prior to 1998, Mr. Rideout served as President of Newfoundland Capital Corporation Limited and held senior executive positions in the Canadian airline industry. He also serves as a Director of the Halifax International Airport Authority and NAV CANADA.