FPL Group
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James L. Broadhead
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
FPL Group, Inc.
James L. Broadhead is chairman and chief executive officer of FPL Group, Inc.,
a $6 billion electricity services company. He also is chairman and chief
executive officer of FPL Group's principal subsidiary, Florida Power & Light
Company, which serves more than seven million people along the eastern
seaboard and the southern portion of Florida and is one of the largest
electric utilities in the nation. Other businesses of FPL Group include: FPL
Energy, which owns and operates power plants in the U.S. and abroad; and FPL
FiberNet, which owns and leases fiber optic networks in Florida and the
Southeast.
Since joining FPL Group in 1989, Mr. Broadhead has successfully focused the
company's efforts on strengthening its core business, Florida Power & Light,
and expanding its energy-related operations outside of Florida. At Florida
Power & Light, Mr. Broadhead has emphasized lower costs, improved quality and
customer focus, and increased speed and flexibility. As a result of the
company's success in those areas, the price FPL customers pay for electricity
is 15 percent lower than the national average. At the same time, service
reliability remains well above the national average. Outside Florida, Mr.
Broadhead has employed a strategy utilizing the company's proven strengths in
the generation of electricity, with particular emphasis on environmentally
favored fuels such as natural gas, wind, solar, and hydro.
Prior to joining FPL Group, Mr. Broadhead was president of GTE Telephone
Operations and a member of GTE's board of directors. Before his association
with GTE, Mr. Broadhead was president of St. Joe Minerals Corporation. He had
previously served in a variety of positions there beginning in 1968, including
general counsel, vice president of corporate development, vice president of
finance for St. Joe Petroleum Corporation, and president of St. Joe Zinc
Company.
Mr. Broadhead received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from
Cornell University in 1958 and a juris doctor degree in 1963 from Columbia
University Law School. He is a director of Delta Air Lines, Inc., the Pittston
Company, and New York Life Insurance Company, and a Trustee of Cornell
University. He also is a member of the Business Roundtable and the Business
Council. Mr. Broadhead is past chairman of the Florida Olympic Committee and
of Partners in Productivity, a state and private partnership to improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of Florida's government. He also is past
president of the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
