SAN DIEGO, June 9, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Sempra Energy today announced that Denise K. Fletcher has joined the company's board of directors.
Fletcher, 55, has served on the boards of Unisys Corp. since 2001 and Orbitz, Inc., since April 2004. From 2000 to 2003, Fletcher was executive vice president and chief financial officer of MasterCard, a global payment solutions company, where she was responsible for finance, planning, internal audit, new markets, investments and procurement. From 1996 to 2000, Fletcher was senior vice president and chief financial officer of Bowne and Co., the world's largest financial printer and a document management and software localization company. Earlier, Fletcher was corporate treasurer of The New York Times Co.
"Denise Fletcher brings strong financial expertise and broad management experience to our board of directors," said Stephen L. Baum, chairman and chief executive officer of Sempra Energy. "We are pleased to add such an outstanding professional to our board."
Earlier this morning, Sempra Energy announced that company executives Donald E. Felsinger and Neal E. Schmale were elected to the corporate board of directors. Sempra Energy now has 14 board members.
Fletcher was named in "Women at the Top" by Industry Week magazine, "Women Ready to Run Corporate America" by Working Woman magazine and "Women Leaders in the Financial Industry" by Wow! Facts 2003. She has served on the boards of Girl Scouts USA, YWCA of New York City and the Alumni Executive Council of the Kennedy School at Harvard. She is a member of Financial Executives International. Fletcher was elected to the Academy of Women Achievers, the Business Leadership Council and the Women's Forum.
Fletcher graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College and received her master's degree from Harvard University.
Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE), based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company with 2003 revenues of $7.9 billion. The Sempra Energy companies' nearly 13,000 employees serve more than 10 million customers in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, South America and Asia.