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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Gordon Giffin

 63 2011 Independent Chairman of the Board

Dawn Farrell

 53 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Non-Independent Director

Brett Gellner

 2010 Chief Financial Officer

Paul Taylor

 2011 President - U.S. Operations

Dawn de Lima

 Chief Human Resources and Communications Officer

Cynthia Johnston

 2012 Executive Vice President - Corporate Services

Robert Schaefer

 Executive Vice President - Corporate Development

Joseph Shaw

 2011 Executive Vice President - Operations

John Kousinioris

 2012 Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

David Koch

 2012 Vice President, Controller

Todd Stack

 Vice President, Treasurer

Maryse St.-Laurent

 2005 Vice President, Corporate Secretary

Robert Emmott

 Chief Engineer

Kenneth Stickland

 2011 Chief Business Development Officer

William Anderson

 64 2003 Independent Director

Timothy Faithfull

 68 2003 Independent Director

C. Kent Jespersen

 67 2004 Independent Director

Michael Kanovsky

 64 2004 Independent Director

Gordon Lackenbauer

 69 2005 Independent Director

Karen Maidment

 54 2010 Independent Director

Yakout Mansour

 65 2011 Independent Director

Martha Piper

 67 2006 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description

Gordon Giffin

 Ambassador The Honourable Gordon D. Giffin serves as Independent Chairman of the Board of TransAlta Corporation. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Giffin served as the United States Ambassador to Canada with responsibility for managing Canada/U.S. bilateral relations, including energy and environmental policy. Prior to this appointment, he practised law for 18 years as a senior partner in Atlanta, GA and Washington, DC. His practice focused on energy regulatory work at the state and federal levels. Prior to that, he served as Chief Counsel and Legislative Director to United States Senator Sam Nunn, with responsibility for the legal and legislative operations of the office. In 2001, Mr. Giffin returned to private practice where he specializes in state and federal regulatory matters, including those related to trade, energy and trans-border commerce. Mr. Giffin holds a bachelor of arts from Duke University (Durham, NC) and a juris doctorate from Emory University School of Law (Atlanta, GA).

Dawn Farrell

 Mrs. Dawn L. Farrell serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Non-Independent Director of TransAlta Corporation. She became President and CEO of TransAlta on January 2, 2012. Prior to her appointment, she served as Chief Operating Officer from 2009 to 2011. She has over 25 years of experience in the electric energy industry, holding roles at TransAlta and BC Hydro. She has served as Executive Vice-President, Commercial Operations and Development; Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development; Executive Vice-President, Independent Power Projects; and Vice-President, Energy Marketing and IPP Development at TransAlta Corporation. Prior to that, she was Executive Vice-President Engineering, Aboriginal Relations and Generation and from 2003 to 2006, Mrs. Farrell served as Executive Vice-President, Generation at BC Hydro. She sits on the board of directors of the Calgary Stampede. Her past boards include the Mount Royal College Board of Governors, Fording Coal Income Fund, New Relationship Trust Fund, Mount Royal College Foundation, Vision Quest Windelectric and TransAlta Cogeneration. She holds a bachelor of commerce degree with a major in finance and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Calgary. Mrs. Farrell has also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.

Brett Gellner

 Mr. Brett M. Gellner serves as Chief Financial Officer of TransAlta Corporation. Prior to June 2010, Mr. Gellner was Vice-President, Commercial Operations of the Corporation. He is responsible for all financial policy, planning and reporting, as well as M&A, tax, treasury and risk management planning and implementation. Mr. Gellner has experience in finance, valuation, economics, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial agreements. He also has knowledge of the power industry, having worked as co-head of CIBC World Markets’ Power & Utilities group. In this role, he was involved in numerous transactions including leverage buy-outs, high yield and investment-grade debt financings, initial public offerings, hybrid securities financings and private offerings of equity and debt. Prior to CIBC World Markets, he held senior roles in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Development groups of publicly-traded company, and with an international consulting firm. He has a master’s degree in Applied Economics from the University of Alberta and has a Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He has also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.

Paul Taylor

Dawn de Lima

 Ms. Dawn E. de Lima serves as Chief Human Resources and Communications Officer of Transalta Corp. Prior to this role, Ms. de Lima was Vice President, Supply Chain Management, responsible for driving procurement strategies, managing TransAlta’s strategic supplier relationships, and launching the Inventory Optimization initiative. Since joining TransAlta in 2006, Ms. de Lima also served as Vice President, Corporate Human Resources with TransAlta. She has spent nearly two decades involved in human resources as a business leader and has held senior positions in Bell Canada and Norigen Communications. Ms. de Lima has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Calgary and her Masters of Business Administration degree from Queen's University.

Cynthia Johnston

 Ms. Cynthia Johnston serves as Executive Vice President - Corporate Services of Transalta Corp. She is responsible for IT, Supply Chain Management, Engineering & Construction, Land, and the Company’s Project Management Office. Prior to her current role, Ms. Johnston was Vice President, Renewable Operations. She has more than 25 years of electric industry experience and returned to TransAlta in late 2009 after five years with FortisAlberta Inc. where she held several vice presidential roles overseeing regulatory and legal affairs as well as customer and corporate services. Previously with TransAlta, Ms. Johnston held the position of Vice President, Operations, where she was responsible for fuel supply and hydro operations. Prior to that position, she was Vice President, Transmission and was responsible for TransAlta’s divestiture of its $850 million transmission business to AltaLink Management/SNC Lavalin. In 2000, she led TransAlta’s divestiture of its $700 million distribution and retail business to UtiliCorp. Ms. Johnston has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Calgary and a Masters in Applied Economics from the University of Victoria.

Robert Schaefer

 Mr. Robert L. Schaefer serves as Executive Vice President - Corporate Development of Transalta Corp. He is responsible for Corporate Development at TransAlta, which includes marketing and trading operations. Mr. Schaefer has over two decades of experience in Canada, the United States and Europe, including senior positions with several energy sector companies. He has held roles in strategy and business development, trading and marketing, and risk management in over 15 years in the energy business. Mr. Schaefer started his career in finance and immediately prior to joining TransAlta was Chief Financial Officer of Resin Systems, Inc. Some of his accomplishments include the establishment of a pipeline company's corporate risk management function, as well as integrating one of Canada’s exporters of gas into a US Merchant Power company’s energy marketing business. Mr. Schaefer holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary, obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1991 and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.

Joseph Shaw

 Mr. Joseph Wilfrid Hugo Shaw serves as Executive Vice President - Operations of Transalta Corp. He is responsible for the safe and effective operations of TransAlta’s coal, gas, hydro and wind power generating assets in Canada. Mr. Shaw has over two decades of experience in the power industry with a number of public, private and project development companies. He has served in a series of engineering and business development roles with increasing responsibilities, including earlier service with TransAlta in the late 1980s and 1990s. His career includes experience in sustainable development and project management. Most recently, Mr. Shaw served as TransAlta’s Vice President, Coal Operations and Engineering Services. Mr. Shaw has a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of New Brunswick and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Calgary.

John Kousinioris

 Mr. John H. Kousinioris has been appointed as Chief Legal and Compliance Officer of TransAlta Corporation effective November 17,2012. Mr. Kousinioris has more than 20 years of experience specializing in securities law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance in the oil and natural gas sectors, and brings experience to the oversight of TransAlta's regulatory, legal and compliance matters.

David Koch

 Mr. David J. Koch is Vice President, Controller of Transalta Corporation. Prior to May 2011, Mr. Koch was Vice-President, Operations Finance. Prior to November 2010, he was Vice-President, Financial Operations. Prior to December 2006, he was Director, Generation Finance from March 2004.

Todd Stack

Maryse St.-Laurent

 Ms. Maryse C. C. St.-Laurent serves as Vice President, Corporate Secretary of TransAlta Corporation. She is responsible for the procedures and conduct of meetings of the Board of Directors and its committees, shareholders' meetings, corporate governance issues, corporate disclosure and compliance. Prior to joining TransAlta, Ms. St.-Laurent was Secretary TransCanada PipeLines, L.P since September 2003, recording Secretary since January 2001 and Senior Legal Counsel TransCanada Corporation since 1997. Ms. St.-Laurent has a bachelor of laws from the University of Alberta and a master of laws from Osgoode Hall, York University, in securities and finance.

Robert Emmott

Kenneth Stickland

 Mr. Kenneth S. Stickland serves as Chief Business Development Officer of TransAlta Corporation. He is responsible for directing the corporation’s legal and business development affairs, corporate secretarial matters, sustainable development and growth efforts in Canada and Australia. Prior to joining TransAlta in January 2001, Mr. Stickland was a partner with the Calgary law firm of Burnet, Duckworth and Palmer LLP where he practiced in the energy area for 20 years. Mr. Stickland holds a bachelor of commerce degree and a law degree from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Stickland is and has been a director of various professional associations and not-for-profit organizations. He has also been a director of several publicly listed companies and is currently the lead director at Trinidad Drilling Ltd.

William Anderson

 Mr. William D. Anderson serves as Independent Director of TransAlta Corporation. Mr. Anderson was President of BCE Ventures (a subsidiary of BCE Inc.) from 2001 to 2005 (telecommunications) and prior to that, Chief Financial Officer (‘‘CFO’’) of BCE Inc., Bell Canada Inc. and of Bell Cablemedia plc (telecommunications). As President of BCE Ventures, he was responsible for a number of operating companies as well as being Chief Executive Officer (‘‘CEO’’) of Bell Canada International Inc. In his CFO roles, Mr. Anderson was responsible for all financial operations of the respective companies and executed numerous debt and equity financings, corporate acquisition and disposition transactions as well as corporate and operational restructurings. Mr. Anderson is a past director at BCE Emergis Inc., Bell Cablemedia plc, Bell Canada International Inc., CGI Group Inc., Four Seasons Hotels Inc., Sears Canada Inc. and Videotron Holdings plc. Mr. Anderson holds a bachelor in business administration from the University of Western Ontario (London, ON) and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

Timothy Faithfull

 Mr. Timothy W. Faithfull serves as an Independent Director of TransAlta Corporation. Mr. Faithfull is a 36-year veteran of Royal Dutch/Shell plc (energy), where he held diverse international roles principally in oil products and LNG project development. As President and CEO of Shell Canada Limited, he was responsible for bringing the $6 billion Athabasca Oil Sands Project on line in 2003, the first fully integrated oil sands venture in 25 years. Mr. Faithfull has experience with commodity exposure and risk management, the result of his time directing the global crude oil trading operations of Shell International Trading and Shipping Company from 1993 to 1996. He was Chairman and CEO of Shell Eastern Petroleum in Singapore from 1996 to 1999, including Shell’s main refinery and oil products trading for Asia Pacific. During his time in Singapore, he was a director of DBS Bank and the Port of Singapore Authority. He was a trustee of the main Singapore Arts/Theatre complex. In Calgary, he served on the board of the Calgary Health Trust and the Epcor Arts Centre. Mr. Faithfull is a director of AMEC plc, Canadian Pacific Railway Limited and Canadian Natural Resources Limited. In the U.K., Mr. Faithfull is a director of Shell Pension Trust Limited, where he chairs the Technical Committee. He is a trustee of both Starehe UK and Canada UK Colloquium, and a member of the remuneration committee of Keble Collete, Oxford, all non-public entities. He is a past director of Enerflex Systems Income Fund. At TransAlta, Mr. Faithfull is Chair of the Human Resources Committee of the Board. Mr. Faithfull holds a master of arts in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford, U.K. (Oxford, U.K.).

C. Kent Jespersen

 Mr. C. Kent Jespersen serves as an Independent Director of TransAlta Corporation. Mr. Jespersen has been Chair and CEO of La Jolla Resources International Ltd. since 1998 (advisory and investments). He has also held senior executive positions with NOVA Corporation of Alberta, Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd. and Husky Oil Limited before assuming the presidency of Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd. and later, NOVA Gas International Ltd. (“NOVA”). At NOVA, he led the non-regulated energy services business (including energy trading and marketing) and all international activities. Mr. Jespersen is a director of Axia NetMedia Corporation, CanElson Drilling Inc., Rodinia Oil Corp., Orvana Minerals Corp., MatRRix Energy Technologies Inc. and Petro-Frontier Ltd. Mr. Jespersen holds a bachelor of science in education and a master of science in education from the University of Oregon (Eugene, OR).

Michael Kanovsky

 Mr. Michael M. Kanovsky serves as an Independent Director of TransAlta Corporation. Mr. Kanovsky co-founded Northstar Energy Corporation (“Northstar”) with initial capital of $400,000 and helped build this entity into an oil and gas producer that was sold to Devon Energy Corporation for approximately $600 million in 1998. During this period, Mr. Kanovsky was responsible for strategy and finance as well as merger and acquisition activity. He initiated Northstar’s entry into electrical cogeneration through its wholly-owned power subsidiary, Powerlink Corporation (“Powerlink”). Powerlink developed one of the first independent power producer (IPP) gas-fired co-generation plants in Ontario and also internationally. In 1997, he founded Bonavista Energy Trust, which has grown to a present day market capitalization of approximately $4.5 billion. Mr. Kanovsky is a director of ARC Resources Ltd., Bonavista Energy Corporation, Devon Energy Corporation and Pure Technologies Ltd. Mr. Kanovsky, a Professional Engineer, holds a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from Queen’s University (Kingston, ON) as well as a master of business administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario (London, ON).

Gordon Lackenbauer

 Mr. Gordon S. Lackenbauer serves as an Independent Director of TransAlta Corporation. Mr. Lackenbauer was Deputy Chairman of BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. (investment banking) from 1990 to 2004. Prior to that, he was responsible for the principal activities of the firm, which included fixed income sales and trading, new issue underwriting, syndication and merger and acquisition advisory mandates. Mr. Lackenbauer has worked with many of Canada’s utilities and has frequently acted as an financial witness testifying on the cost of capital, appropriate capital structure, and the fair rate of return, principally before the Alberta Utilities Commission, the National Energy Board and the Ontario Energy Board. Mr. Lackenbauer is a director of NAL Energy Corporation and was a director of CTV Globemedia Inc., a non-public entity, from 2006 to 2011. Mr. Lackenbauer holds a bachelor of arts in economics from Loyola College (Montréal, QC) as well as a master of business administration from the University of Western Ontario (London, ON). He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Karen Maidment

 Ms. Karen E. Maidment serves as an Independent Director of TransAlta Corporation. Ms. Maidment was Chief Financial and Administrative Officer (“CFAO”) of BMO Financial Group (“BMO”) from 2007 to 2009. Prior to that, she was Senior Executive Vice-President and CFO from 2003 to 2007 and Executive Vice-President and CFO of BMO from 2000 to 2003. As CFAO of BMO, she was responsible for all global finance operations, risk management, legal and compliance, communications and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to that, Ms. Maidment held several executive positions with Clarica Life Insurance Company (‘‘Clarica’’) from 1988 to 2000, including CFO. She also led the insurance industry group, working with government, to develop regulations and framework to convert many Canadian insurers from mutual to public companies. Ms. Maidment is a past director of Harris Bank, BMO Nesbitt Burns, where she was also Chair of the Audit Committee, Bank of Montreal Pension Fund, Mutual Trustco, MCAP Financial and The Mutual Group (U.S.). She is a member of the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation Board and serves on the University of Waterloo Board of Governors. Ms. Maidment holds a bachelor of commerce from McMaster University (Hamilton, ON), is a Chartered Accountant and, in 2000, she was named Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario.

Yakout Mansour

 Mr. Yakout Mansour serves as an Independent Director of TransAlta Corporation. Mr. Mansour has over 40 years of experience in a wide variety of professional, managerial and executive leadership capacities in the electric utility business. He retired from his last executive position as the President and CEO of the California Independent System Operator Corporation, a position he held from 2005 to 2011. He previously served in senior executive roles at BC Hydro and British Columbia Transmission Corporation. A professional engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Mr. Mansour has authored and co-authored numerous publications. He is recognized internationally in the field of power engineering. In 2009, Mr. Mansour was named to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity Advisory Committee. He has also served on the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), the Canadian National Committee of the international organization CIGRE and the Transmission Council of the Canadian Electric Association. Mr. Mansour is a graduate of the University of Calgary (Calgary, AB) with a master of science and a graduate of the University of Alexandria (Alexandria, Egypt) with a bachelor of science in electrical engineering.

Martha Piper

 Dr. Martha C. Piper, Ph.D., serves as an Independent Director of TransAlta Corporation. Dr. Piper was President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia (“UBC”) from 1997 to 2006 (education). Prior to her appointment at UBC, she served as Vice-President, Research at the University of Alberta. She served on the boards of the Alberta Research Council, the Conference Board of Canada and the Centre of Frontier Engineering Research. Dr. Piper was also appointed by the Prime Minister of Canada to the Advisory Council on Science and Technology and served as Chair of the Board of the National Institute for Nanotechnology. Dr. Piper is a member of the board of directors of Shoppers Drug Mart and Bank of Montreal. She is also a member of the Canadian delegation to the Trilateral Commission, an organization fostering closer cooperation among the core democratic industrialized areas of the world. She also sits on the boards of Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Dalai Lama Centre for Peace & Education, CARE Canada and the Canadian Stem Cell Foundation, non-public entities. Dr. Piper holds a bachelor of science in physical therapy from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), a master of arts in child development from the University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT), and a doctorate of philosophy in epidemiology and biostatistics from McGill University (Montréal, QC). She has also received honorary degrees from 18 international universities. Dr. Piper is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a recipient of the Order of British Columbia.

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