Ohio Valley Electric Corp.

Paul W. Thompson was named to his current position in 1999. He has more than 15 years of experience in the electric and natural gas utility industry. Prior to this he worked in the oil and gas industry. Thompson started his career as Manager, Financial Planning at Northwest Industries in Chicago. Prior to joining LG&E Energy as Director, Business Development in 1991, he also had worked for Lone Star Technologies, a Northwest Industries Subsidiary, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Dallas; and for Koch Industries Inc. in Tulsa and Boston. Thompson subsequently held several upper-management positions both at Louisville Gas and Electric Company and LG&E Energy. He became LG&E Energy Marketing's Group Vice President before being promoted to his current position. Thompson has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a master's degree in business administration in Finance and Accounting from the University of Chicago. He has also completed the Executive Program on Leading Corporate Transformation at the E.ON Academy Harvard University. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and an Advisory Board Member for the Center for Applied Energy Research. Thompson is a board member of the Jefferson County Public Education Foundation and Greater Louisville Inc. He is Vice-Chairman of the Louisville Free Public Library Foundation Board and served as the 2002 Chair of the Annual Children's Reading Appeal. Thompson is a member of the Louisville Downtown Development Corporation and a 1998 graduate of Leadership Louisville. Thompson has previously served on the board of the Friends of the Waterfront, represented LG&E as Co-Sponsor of Habitat for Humanity, and he has twice served as Honorary Chairman of the March of Dimes Annual Walkathon.