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Christopher P. Johns is Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for PG&E Corporation and Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Johns, 46, oversees the financial activities of the $34 billion company including accounting, treasury, tax, business and financial planning, and investor relations.
Johns joined Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 1996 as Vice President and Controller, and became Controller of PG&E Corporation when it was formed in January 1997. Later that year, he was promoted to Vice President and Controller. Johns was named Senior Vice President and Controller in September 2001 and elected Chief Financial Officer in January 2005. He assumed his current position in October 2005.
Before joining PG&E Corporation, Johns was a partner in KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. He also was the associate national director of the firm’s Public Utilities practice.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Notre Dame. He has also completed the Nuclear Reactor Technology Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Johns is a Certified Public Account in the states of California and Florida, and is a member of the Financial Executives Institute. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the San Francisco Ballet. | 