NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Toshiba America Energy Systems Corporation (TAES) has appointed Robert “Bob” Temple General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, reporting to Ali Azad, TAES President and CEO. Temple will manage the TAES legal team from the company’s Charlotte, NC, headquarters and will serve as a key member of TAES executive leadership. In his position, Temple will provide the company with strategic and tactical advice on a wide range of legal, business, regulatory, governance and compliance matters.
“I’m pleased Bob has joined our team and look forward to partnering with him as we build on TAES’ strong start. As we combine resources and capabilities, his experienced leadership will help us achieve accelerated growth for the new company,” said Azad.
Prior to joining TAES, Temple was Assistant General Counsel for The Babcock & Wilcox Company where he served as the chief legal advisor for Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc. and Babcock & Wilcox mPower, Inc., as well as the Secretary and General Counsel for Generation mPower, LLC. He joined Babcock & Wilcox in 2011 from the Washington, D.C. office of Haynes and Boone, LLP. During his career, he also worked as an associate and partner in the Chicago and Washington, D.C. offices of the law firms of Winston & Strawn, Hopkins & Sutter and McGuireWoods. In addition, Temple was Deputy General Counsel, Vice President and Secretary at CPS Energy and an in-house attorney with Commonwealth Edison (now Exelon). Prior to becoming an attorney, he was a licensed senior reactor operator at LaSalle County Station; he worked for General Electric and served in the U.S. Navy aboard nuclear submarines. He is currently a licensed member of the bar in Illinois, Texas and Washington D.C.
Bob received his Juris Doctorate degree from Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law (1995) and he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Illinois University (1988).
About Toshiba America Energy Systems Corporation
TAES, a new U.S.-based company, integrates the strengths of three previously existing Toshiba businesses: Toshiba International Corporation’s (TIC) thermal and hydro power business, Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corporation’s (TANE) steam turbine and generator (STG) business for nuclear power systems, and Westinghouse Electric Company’s (WEC) STG business for nuclear power systems. TAES offers customers in the Americas with a broad range of one-stop energy product and service solutions. The new company combines the resources and capabilities developed by TIC, TANE and WEC to capture synergies that will reinforce the STG business for new power plants and the service and maintenance business for existing plants, including units supplied by other companies.