Pierre Cousin has resigned as CEO of Atlantic Wind & Solar. Gilles Trahan, the company's chairman, has been appointed president and CEO. In addition, Mark Holcombe and Luc C. Duchesne have been appointed to the company's board of directors.
Holcombe is presently managing director and head of asset management for Madison Williams Advisors LLC in New York, as well as the managing partner of Stirling Partners in the Bahamas.
Duchesne brings senior-level experience with an understanding of the interface between regulatory bodies, businesses and science. From 1991 to 2003, he worked as a senior research scientist for Natural Resources Canada, which led to the publication of 85 peer-reviewed scientific articles, book chapters or books.
Chaired by Holcombe, a new corporate governance and audit committee has been formed in anticipation of filing the company's S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.