Wendy Franks

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Wendy Alexandra Franks is the founder of Canadian Power to X Partners, Inc. Dr. Franks is currently Director at Cornerstone Standards Council.
Former positions include Executive VP-Strategy & Investment Management at Northland Power, Inc. from 2020 to 2023, Independent Director at Essential Utilities, Inc. from 2020 to 2021, Senior Principal at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board from 2017 to 2020, Associate Principal at McKinsey & Co., Inc. (Canada) in 2011, and Non-Executive Director at ReNew Power Pvt Ltd. Education includes undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University of Waterloo conferred in 1998 and 2000, respectively, and a doctorate from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology conferred in 2005.

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Companies	Position	Start
Cornerstone Standards Council Cornerstone Standards Council Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as ground-breaking collaboration of community, environmental and industry stakeholder, which improves, develops and uses aggregate materials	Director/Board Member	-

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Companies	Position	End
NORTHLAND POWER INC.	Corporate Officer/Principal	2023-07-31
ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, INC.	Director/Board Member	2021-05-04
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Investment ManagersFinance CPP Investments actively buy and sell public and private investments to build a diversified global portfolio that maximizes long-term returns. The firm invests across all major asset classes: public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments.	Portfolio Manager-Equities	2020-06-30
McKinsey & Co., Inc. (Canada) McKinsey & Co., Inc. (Canada) Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides management consulting services	Corporate Officer/Principal	2011-12-30
ReNew Power Pvt Ltd. ReNew Power Pvt Ltd. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Builds, owns and operates utility scale wind & solar energy projects	Director/Board Member	-

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Essential Utilities, Inc. Essential Utilities, Inc. Water UtilitiesUtilities Operates as a holding company with interest in providing water, wastewater and natural gas services	Utilities
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Investment ManagersFinance CPP Investments actively buy and sell public and private investments to build a diversified global portfolio that maximizes long-term returns. The firm invests across all major asset classes: public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments.	Finance
The University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
McKinsey & Co., Inc. (Canada) McKinsey & Co., Inc. (Canada) Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides management consulting services	Commercial Services
Northland Power, Inc. Northland Power, Inc. Electric UtilitiesUtilities Owns and operates power generation facilities	Utilities
ReNew Power Pvt Ltd. ReNew Power Pvt Ltd. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Builds, owns and operates utility scale wind & solar energy projects	Industrial Services
Cornerstone Standards Council Cornerstone Standards Council Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as ground-breaking collaboration of community, environmental and industry stakeholder, which improves, develops and uses aggregate materials	Commercial Services