Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 17, 2003

David Benoit – Connecticut Water Service Inc (ctws)

DAVID C. BENOIT is Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. He is responsible for the development and administration of the corporation's financial policies, plans, and programs with direct responsibility for implementation of financial plans and relationships with lending institutions, shareholders, the financial community and independent auditors. Before joining the company in 1996, he was Director of Strategic and Financial Planning at Yankee Energy, the parent company of Yankee Gas. Yankee Gas, the largest gas utility in Connecticut, was formed in 1989 as a spinoff from Northeast Utilities. He joined Yankee Energy prior to its independent formation and was involved in all financial and regulatory aspects of creating the new publicly traded diversified gas utility and energy services company. His experience prior to entering the utility industry was in public accounting. Mr. Benoit has an MBA from the University of Hartford and he is a CPA. He is a member of the Connecticut Society of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs and the National Association of Water Companies, and serves on the Board of the Connecticut Economic Resources Center. Profile
TWST: Could you begin with a brief overview of Connecticut Water

Service?

Mr. Benoit: Connecticut Water Service is the holding company of nine

wholly-owned subsidiaries, five of which are