Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
PPL Corporation
Additional information for this item will be set forth in the sections entitled "Nominees for Directors" and "Board Committees - Board Committee Membership" in PPL's 2022 Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement, which will be filed with the SEC not later than 120 days after December 31, 2021, and which information is incorporated herein by reference. There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareowners may recommend nominees to PPL's Board of Directors since the filing with the SEC of PPL's 2021 Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement except that on October 22, 2021, PPL's Board of Directors approved and adopted amendments to the Bylaws of the Company, which now require that, to be properly considered, nominations must be submitted to the Company during a window of 90 to 120 days before the first anniversary of the prior year's annual meeting (Article III, Section 3.16).
PPL has adopted a code of ethics entitled "Standards of Integrity" that applies to all directors, managers, trustees, officers (including the principal executive officers, principal financial officers and principal accounting officers (each, a "principal officer")), employees and agents of PPL and PPL's subsidiaries for which it has operating control (PPL Electric, LG&E and KU). The "Standards of Integrity" are posted on PPL's Internet website: www.pplweb.com/governance. A description of any amendment to the "Standards of Integrity" (other than a technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendment) will be posted on PPL's Internet website within four business days following the date of the amendment. In addition, if a waiver constituting a material departure from a provision of the "Standards of Integrity" is granted to one of the principal officers, a description of the nature of the waiver, the name of the person to whom the waiver was granted and the date of the waiver will be posted on PPL's Internet website within four business days following the date of the waiver.
PPL also has adopted its "Guidelines for Corporate Governance," which address, among other things, director qualification standards and director and board committee responsibilities. These guidelines, and the charters of each of the committees of PPL's Board of Directors, are posted on PPL's Internet website: www.pplweb.com/governance.
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company
Item 10 is omitted as PPL Electric, LG&E and KU meet the conditions set forth in General Instruction (I)(1)(a) and (b) of Form 10-K.
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANTS
Officers of the Registrants are elected annually by their Boards of Directors to serve at the pleasure of the respective Boards. There are no family relationships among any of the executive officers, nor is there any arrangement or understanding between any executive officer and any other person pursuant to which the officer was selected.
There have been no events under any bankruptcy act, no criminal proceedings and no judgments or injunctions material to the evaluation of the ability and integrity of any executive officer during the past five years.
Listed below are the executive officers at December 31, 2021.
PPL Corporation
| Name | Age | Positions Held During the Past Five Years | Dates | |||||||||||||||||
| Vincent Sorgi | 50 | President and Chief Executive Officer | June 2020 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| President and Chief Operating Officer | July 2019 - May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | January 2019 - June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | June 2014 - January 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Joseph P. Bergstein, Jr. | 51 | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | April 2021 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | July 2019 - April 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President-Investor Relations and Corporate Development & Planning | January 2018 - June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President-Investor Relations and Treasurer | January 2016 - December 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Gregory N. Dudkin | 64 | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer | April 2021 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| President-PPL Electric | March 2012 - April 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Angela K. Gosman (a) | 53 | Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer | January 2022 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer-PPL Services | August 2021 - December 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President - Human Resources-PPL EU Services | May 2020 - July 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director - Human Resources-LKE | September 2016 - May 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wendy E. Stark (b) | 49 | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | April 2021 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Stephanie R. Raymond (c) | 51 | President-PPL Electric | April 2021 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Vice President-Distribution Operations | January 2018 - April 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vice President-Transmission and Substations | January 2014 - December 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
| John R. Crockett III (c) | 57 | President-LKE | October 2021 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | January 2018 - September 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Marlene C. Beers | 50 | Vice President and Controller | March 2019 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Vice President-Finance and Regulatory Affairs and Controller-PPL Electric | August 2018 - February 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Controller-PPL Electric | February 2016 - July 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tadd J. Henninger | 46 | Vice President-Finance and Treasurer | July 2019 - present | |||||||||||||||||
| Vice President and Treasurer | January 2018 - July 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant Treasurer | December 2015 - December 2017 |
(a)Angela K. Gosman was designated as an executive officer by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of PPL Corporation in December 2021 to be effective in January 2022.
(b)Effective January 1, 2022, Wendy E. Stark was elected Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of PPL Corporation.
(c)Designated an executive officer of PPL by virtue of their respective positions at a PPL subsidiary.
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