(KNOX) – Xcel Energy has named Rob Berntsen as the company’s executive vice president and chief legal and compliance officer.
Berntsen takes over the role from Amanda Rome, who held the position on an interim basis while also serving in her role as executive vice president, group president – utilities and chief customer officer.
Berntsen will oversee Xcel Energy’s legal, compliance and corporate secretary and securities teams.
A veteran, Berntsen served as a captain in the Army’s Judge Advocate General Corps… and deployed to Iraq in 2005 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Berntsen earned his juris doctor degree from the University of Iowa and a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University.
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