The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa), a publicly listed company on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, has appointed Steven L Phillips as general counsel.

Phillips will be assuming the general counsel role for Taqa’s worldwide corporate activities and will oversee the legal departments of the company’s operational subsidiaries. He will be based in Taqa’s corporate headquarters in Abu Dhabi.

Abdulla Saif Al Nuaimi, chief executive officer and managing director of Taqa, said: “Steven has played an important role for us since joining in 2007 and I look forward to welcoming him to our corporate headquarters in Abu Dhabi where his global energy experience will be extremely valuable in his new role of group General Counsel.”

Prior to this new role, Phillips was general counsel for Taqa New World in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Phillips previously worked for CMS Enterprises Company in Asia and North America from May 1996 through to the acquisition by Taqa of a significant portion of CMS Enterprises’ international power generation assets in 2007.

Phillips is a Member of the California State Bar Association. – TradeArabia News Service