Wendy Franks
Executive Vice President, Strategy and Investment Management – Northland Power Inc.
As Executive Vice President, Strategy and Investment Management, Wendy is responsible for leading the company’s strategy and investment management functions, including key strategic programs to generate new areas of growth as well as enhancing the economic value of Northland’s asset portfolio. She joined the company in June 2020.
Wendy comes to Northland with more than 15 years of leadership in business strategy and investment management across multiple technologies and jurisdictions within the renewable energy and infrastructure asset sectors. Most recently, she was Senior Principal, Relationship Investments in Active Equities at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Prior to that, she was an Associate Principal at McKinsey & Co., serving as a senior member of the risk practice and the corporate and investment banking practice.
Wendy holds a PhD in Bioelectronics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, as well as a Master’s Degree in Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario.
Northland Power
Northland Power is a power producer dedicated to developing, building, owning and operating clean and green global power infrastructure assets in Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and other selected global jurisdictions. Our facilities produce electricity from clean-burning natural gas and renewable resources such as wind, solar and efficient natural gas. We have a long track record of 33 years in business.
Established in 1987, we are one of Canada's first independent power producers that has achieved a remarkable growth trajectory. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with global offices in eight countries, Northland owns or has an economic interest in 3.2 GW (net 2.8 GW) of operating generating capacity and a significant inventory of early to mid-stage development opportunities encompassing approximately 4 to 5 GW of potential capacity.