People: Just Energy Group Inc (JE)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Rebecca MacDonald

 58 2010 Executive Chairman of the Board

Kenneth Hartwick

 49 2010 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Hugh Segal

 63 2010 Vice Chairman of the Board, Lead Independent Director

Beth Summers

 2010 Chief Financial Officer

R. Andrew McWilliams

 2011 President, Chief Executive Officer of Momentis

Mark Silver

 2011 President of National Home Services

James Lewis

 2011 Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President

Deborah Merril

 2010 Executive Vice President - Commercial Sales; President of Hudson

Darren Pritchett

 2010 Executive Vice President - Consumer Sales

Gord Potter

 2010 Executive Vice President - Regulatory and Legal Affairs

Stephanie Bird

 2011 Senior Vice President, Corporate Risk Officer

Jonah Davids

 2011 Vice President, General Counsel

Abe Grohman

 41 2011 Executive Director of Hudson Solar

John Brussa

 55 2010 Director

Gordon Giffin

 63 2010 Director

George Sladoje

 2012 Director

Michael Kirby

 2010 Independent Director

R. Roy McMurtry

 79 2010 Independent Director

Brian Smith

 61 2010 Independent Director

William Weld

 63 2012 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Rebecca MacDonald

 Ms. Rebecca MacDonald is Executive Chairman of the Board of Just Energy Group Inc. Ms. MacDonald was the principal founder of Just Energy and has been a director since 2001. She has been engaged in the deregulation of natural gas for over 22 years. Before forming Just Energy in 1997 she was the president of EMI, another energy marketing company. She became an officer of the Just Energy in January 2000 and previously served as chief executive officer. For the past five years she has been Just Energy’s executive chair. She is a past director of the Canadian Arthritis Foundation and is actively involved in a number of other charities. She founded the Rebecca MacDonald Centre for Arthritis Research at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. She was named Canada’s top woman CEO for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Profit Magazine. She was also named Ontario Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young in 2003. On April 3, 2009 she received the International Horatio Alger Award – Canada. Ms. MacDonald has a 100% attendance record for board meetings for the year ended March 31, 2012. She was recently elected to the board of Canadian Pacific Railways Limited.

Kenneth Hartwick

 Mr. Kenneth Hartwick, C.A. is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Just Energy Group Inc. Mr. Hartwick has been a director of Just Energy since 2008. Mr. Hartwick serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Just Energy and its affiliated entities in Canada and the United States, and was previously Just Energy’s Chief Financial Officer. Before joining Just Energy he served as Chief Financial Officer of Hydro One from October 2001 to April 2004. Prior to joining Hydro One, Mr. Hartwick was Vice-President, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (consulting business) (May to October 2000) and a partner of Ernst & Young LLP (auditors) from July 1994 to April 2000. Mr. Hartwick has a 100% attendance record for board meetings for the year ended March 31, 2012. As indicated in Schedule B, he is also a director of one other Canadian public company, where he serves as chair of the audit committee and chair of the compensation committee. He is also a member of the Ontario Energy Association.

Hugh Segal

 The Honourable Hugh D. Segal is Vice Chairman of the Board, Lead Independent Director of Just Energy Group Inc. Mr. Segal has been a director of Just Energy since 2001. Mr. Segal is a Canadian Senator. He is a director of one other Canadian public company as described in Schedule B of this proxy circular.and is Director of the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute in Calgary, a Member of the Atlantic Council and a former President of the Institute for Research on Public Policy. Mr. Segal was the recipient of the Order of Canada in 2003, an Honorary Doctorate from the Royal Military College in 2004 and made an Honorary Captain of the Canadian Navy in 2005. Mr. Segal earned his Bachelor of Arts (history) degree in 1972 from the University of Ottawa and studied international trade economics at the graduate level at the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. In 2003, after serving as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister, he was named Senior Fellow at the School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University, and is also an Adjunct Professor of public policy at Queen’s School of Business. His experience on several public company boards and committees and in social, economic, foreign policy and public administration qualify him well to serve as lead director and vice chairman of Just Energy and a member of all four Just Energy board committees. He attended all board, committee and strategy meetings and has a 100% attendance record for the year ended March 31, 2012.

Beth Summers

 Ms. Beth Summers, C.A. is Chief Financial Officer of Just Energy Group Inc. Formerly Ontario Energy Savings Corporation (OESC). She joined Just Energy in February 2009 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to this, Ms. Summers was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hydro One Inc.

R. Andrew McWilliams

 Mr. R. Andrew McWilliams is President, Chief Executive Officer of Momentis., the subsidiary of Just Energy Group Inc. Mr. McWilliams was an independent representative of Momentis from April 2010 to June 1, 2011, prior to which he was self-employed working in the multi-level marketing industry.

Mark Silver

 Mr. Mark L. Silver is President of National Home Services., the subsidiary of Just Energy Group Inc. Mark Silver was the Chief Executive Officer of Universal Energy Group Ltd. (energy retailer) until July 1, 2009 when it was acquired by the Company.

James Lewis

 Mr. James W. Lewis is Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Just Energy Group Inc. He was appointed to his current role in June 2011 and, prior to this, held the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager, Eastern U.S. Prior to this, Mr. Lewis was Senior Vice President for North American Operations for Just Energy.

Deborah Merril

 Ms. Deborah Merril is Executive Vice President - Commercial Sales and President of Hudson of Just Energy Group Inc. She was appointed to her current role of Executive Vice President - Commercial Sales, in April 2010, and prior to this, held the position of Senior Vice President, Commercial Sales and Marketing. Before April 2010, Ms. Merril was Vice President of Just Energy Texas LP.

Darren Pritchett

 Mr. Darren Pritchett is Executive Vice President - Consumer Sales of Just Energy Group Inc. Formerly Ontario Energy Savings Corporation (OESC). Mr. Pritchett joined Just Energy as Executive Vice President, Consumer Sales, in April 2008. Prior to this, Mr. Pritchett ran a direct marketing organization, contracted by Just Energy.

Gord Potter

 Mr. Gord Potter is Executive Vice President - Regulatory and Legal Affairs of Just Energy Group Inc. Formerly Ontario Energy Savings Corporation (OESC). He joined the Company in June 2003 and currently holds the position of Executive Vice President, Regulatory and Legal. Prior to this, Mr. Potter held the positions of Director, Vice President and Senior Vice President within the Regulatory department from June 2003 to April 2009. Before joining Just Energy, Mr. Potter was Director, Utility Relations, at Direct Energy Marketing Limited.

Stephanie Bird

Jonah Davids

 Mr. Jonah Davids is Vice President, General Counsel of Just Energy Group Inc. Jonah Davids was an associate with McMillan LLP (law firm) until November 2007.

Abe Grohman

 Mr. Abe Grohman is Executive Director of Hudson Solar., the subsidiary of Just Energy Group Inc. Abe Grohman was the President of Hudson until May 7, 2010 when it was acquired by the Company.

John Brussa

 Mr. John A. Brussa is Director of Just Energy Group Inc. He currently serves on two board committees. He is a senior partner with the law firm Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP where he specializes in taxation and energy law with a special relating to businesses in the energy sector. Accordingly, his contribution to the proceedings of the board and its committees is invaluable. As indicated in Schedule B of this proxy circular, Mr. Brussa serves as a director on other public boards and committees, particularly in the oil and natural gas sectors. He serves as a member of the compensation committee on other public company boards and accordingly brings considerable compensation experience as a non voting member of Just Energy’s compensation committee.

Gordon Giffin

 Ambassador Gordon D. Giffin is Director of Just Energy Group Inc. Mr. Giffin is a senior partner in the Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Georgia based law firm, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP. He has been a director of Just Energy since 2006 and currently serves on two board committees – the Risk Committee and the Compensation, Human Resources, Environmental, Health and Safety Committee. Mr. Giffin is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, and is on the Board of Trustees for The Carter Center and on the Board of Counsellors of Kissinger-McLarty Associates. Mr. Giffin served as United States Ambassador to Canada from 1997 to 2001. As indicated in Schedule B of this Information Circular, Mr. Giffin serves on several boards of Canadian public companies and committees thereof in the financial, transportation and natural resource sectors and as such is in a unique position, based on his experience both as a director and lawyer, to contribute to a discussion of the issues required to be addressed by the board of Just Energy and its committees. He regularly attends all board meetings and committee meetings on which he serves, including the board meetings of all of Just Energy’s U.S. operating subsidiaries where he also serves as a director. He has a 100% attendance record for board and committee meetings for the year ending March 31, 2012.

George Sladoje

 Mr. George Sladoje has been appointed as Director of Just Energy Group Inc., effective November 6,2012. Mr. Sladoje serves as Principal, Sladoje Consulting, Chicago where he specializes in providing regulatory and compliance consulting to organizations dealing in electricity and gas trading and has provided marketing services to grid operators across the United States including Midwest ISO and ERCOT. He has also served as a director of other companies and has worked with many national regulators including The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the SEC FERC, the public utility commissions of several states, The California Power Exchange, and the United States Power Fund.

Michael Kirby

 The Hon. Michael J.L. Kirby, Ph.D. is Independent Director of Just Energy Group Inc. Mr. Kirby is Chairman of the Partners for Mental Health a national mental health charity and a corporate director. Mr. Kirby was a Member of the Senate of Canada from 1984 until 2006. He holds a B.Sc. and M.A. in mathematics from Dalhousie University and a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Northwestern University. He has an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Dalhousie University, Simon Fraser University, York University, Carleton University and the University of Alberta. As indicated in Schedule B of this proxy circular, Mr. Kirby serves as a member of the board and committees of several public Canadian companies in several diverse business sectors which uniquely qualify him to serve as chair of the audit committee and chair of the risk committee of Just Energy. He is a dedicated and committed director reflected by a 100% attendance record at all Just Energy board and committee meetings for the year ended March 31, 2012. Until 2005, Mr. Kirby was Vice-Chair of the Accounting Standards Oversight Council. Previously, Mr. Kirby was Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, the Senate Committee which handles all business legislative and regulatory issues, and was Chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. From 2007 until March, 2012 he was Chairman of the Mental Health Commission of Canada.

R. Roy McMurtry

 The Honourable R. Roy McMurtry, Q.C. is Independent Director of Just Energy Group Inc. Mr. McMurtry has been a director of Just Energy since June, 2007. He currently serves as a member of the Compensation, Human Resources, Environmental, Health and Safety Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. McMurtry was Attorney General for the Province of Ontario from 1975 to 1985, the High Commissioner for Canada in Great Britain from 1985 to 1988 and was Chief Justice, Province of Ontario from February 1996 to May 31, 2007, and currently serves as Counsel, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP. Mr. McMurtry is also an Officer of the Order of Canada, a member of the Order of Ontario and has received a number of honorary degrees. He is also the Chancellor of York University. Mr. McMurtry’s experiences in public life and contribution to the judicial system in Canada uniquely qualifies Mr. McMurtry to contribute to the deliberations of a public company engaged in the marketing of energy contracts and related products to the public.

Brian Smith

 Mr. Brian R.D. Smith, QC, is Independent Director of Just Energy Group Inc. He served as Minister of Education, Minister of Energy and the Attorney General in the government of British Columbia between 1979 and 1988 and was Chair of Canadian National Railways between 1989 and 1994. He was the Chair of British Columbia Hydro from 1996 to 2001 and presently serves as the Federal Chief Treaty Negotiator and is an Energy Consultant associated with the law firm of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP. He is a member of the board and committees of several Canadian public companies as indicated in Schedule B of this proxy circular and based upon his involvement on other public company boards and committees (including as a member of several audit and compensation committees), is qualified to serve as Chair of the Compensation, Human Resources, Environmental, Health and Safety Committee and as a member of the Audit Committee and Risk Committee of the Board and has a 100% attendance record for the year ended March 31, 2012.

William Weld

 Mr. William F. Weld is Independent Director of Just Energy Group Inc., since 2 April 2012. Mr. William F. Weld currently practices with the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery, in Washington, DC and New York where he specializes in government strategies, corporate governance and compliance and international business practices. Mr. Weld has a distinguished career in government and business. He also served as Senior Advisor to the Chair of Ivanhoe Capital Corporation, a private holding company headquartered in British Columbia. During the 1990’s, Mr. Weld served two terms as Governor of Massachusetts, being elected in 1990 and re-elected in 1994. He served as national co-chair of the Privatization Council and led business and trade missions to many counties in Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa. He also served as a director of other public companies and is an active member of the United States Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to his election as governor, Mr. Weld was a federal prosecutor for seven years, serving as the Assistant U.S. Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division of the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts during the Reagan administration. He was also a commercial litigator in Boston and Washington.

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