Leadership

Michael D. Bakewell, Senior Vice President, Fossil Operations and Supply Chain

Michael D. Bakewell was named senior vice president of fossil generation in December 2003. In that capacity, he oversees all aspects of operations for Entergy’s fleet of more than 30 natural gas, coal, oil, hydro and petroleum coke plants in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, with total generating capacity exceeding 18,000 megawatts. He is also responsible for the engineering and construction group, which provides management support for power generation projects, and fossil environmental services.

In 2007, Bakewell’s responsibilities expanded to include Entergy’s supply chain function. The supply chain organization manages all materials and services for Entergy corporate, fossil, transmission, gas and distribution business units, with $1.1 billion in annual spending.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Entergy Chief Executive Office J. Wayne Leonard appointed Bakewell to lead the newly formed Business Continuity Team. This cross-functional team worked to resolve issues such as ensuring business process continuity, acquiring temporary housing, and addressing family care issues for employees impacted by Hurricane Katrina.

Bakewell brings more than 30 years of operations experience to his role. Since joining Entergy in 1982, he has held positions of increasing responsibility within the company’s fossil organization. Prior to assuming the role of fossil operations vice president, Bakewell served as vice president of plant operations for five years. He also served as an assistant plant manager, director of fossil plant support, director of total quality, general manager of Ninemile Point plant in New Orleans, coordinator of plant operations’ best-in-class effort, and director of Entergy’s western region fossil plants - which included plants in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.

From February to October 1998, Bakewell served as vice president of utility transition, where he worked with numerous Entergy departments to integrate the company’s transition strategy. He has also led process re-engineering projects, total quality implementation and deregulation-related efforts for the company and has extensive labor relations and change management experience. Prior to joining Entergy, Bakewell was employed by the former Gulf States Utilities.

Bakewell earned a master of business administration degree from Tulane University, a bachelor of mechanical engineering degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, La., and a master’s degree in sociology from Sam Houston State University in Texas.

Bakewell serves on the board of directors for the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, an international association of electric utilities and generating, transmitting and distributing companies. He is also a member of the St. Vincent dePaul Society, an international charitable society with more than 4,500 active conferences in the United States and approximately 70,000 active members.

Bakewell is married and has two daughters living in Houston, one who works and attends graduate school and one who is a medical resident in psychiatry.

Updated 7/08