Overview

Gender

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Thomas May, also known as Tom, has been Chief Executive Officer and President of Northeast Utilities since April 10, 2012. May serves as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation and NSTAR Communications, Inc. He serves as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of BEC Funding II, L.L.C., and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of NSTAR Electric Company until April 10, 2012.

He also served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Electric Light Company. May served as Chief Executive Officer of BEC Energy, an energy utility holding company and its principal operating subsidiaries from 1998 to 1999. He also served as Chief Executive Officer of Boston Edison Company, a regulated public utility company, from 1994 to 1999 and President from 1995 to 1999. He served as President of Boston Edison Company from 1995 to 1999. He has been the Chairman of NSTAR Electric Company and Western Massachusetts Electric Company since April 10, 2012. He has been Chairman of Northeast Utilities since October 10, 2013. He has been the Chairman of The Connecticut Light and Power Company since April 10, 2012. He has been the Chairman of Public Service Company of New Hampshire since April 10, 2012.

May served as the Chairman of BEC Energy from 1998 to 1999 and Boston Edison Company from 1994 to 1999. He has been an Independent Director of Bank of America Corporation since April 1, 2004. He has been a Trustee of Northeast Utilities since April 10, 2012. He has been a Director of Western Massachusetts Electric Company since April 10, 2012. He has been a Director of Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Inc. (Alternatively Liberty Mutual Insurance Company) since 2002 and of NSTAR Electric Company since September 27, 1999. He serves as a Director of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., and Boston Edison Co. May has been a Trustee of NSTAR since 1999. He serves as a Trustee of Stonehill College.

May served as a Director of Bankboston Corp. and BankBoston NA since 1994. May has been a Director of Liberty Financial Companies Inc., since 1998, New England Business Service Inc., and DELUXEPINPOINT since 1999. May served as a Director of RCN Corporation from 1997 to December 23, 2003. He served as a Director of FleetBoston Financial Corp., since 1999.

May received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Stonehill College and a M.S. in Finance from Bentley College. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.