Before coming to Black Hills, Mr Ketchum was Aquila’s manager of investor relations, and during his six years at Aquila, he held various positions within the energy marketing and corporate divisions including senior manager of e-business, weather risk management business development manager and senior issues strategist analyst in the office of the CEO.
In his investor relations role at Black Hills, Mr Ketchum will be responsible for interactions with market analysts, investors and other financial stakeholders. He will begin his new role at the close of Black Hills’s acquisition of Aquila’s natural gas and electric utility properties in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.
He will report to Lynn Wilson, senior vice president of communications and investor relations, who will also assume her new role at the close of the Aquila transaction.
David Emery, chairman, president and CEO of Black Hills, said: We welcome Jason to the Black Hills team and look forward to his contributions as we continue to execute our strategic plan and grow our company. He will partner with Jeff Berzina, our assistant controller, who has managed the investor relations responsibilities since the former director resigned.
