Christopher P. Johns
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer,
PG&E Corporation
Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Christopher P. Johns is Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer for PG&E Corporation
and Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Pacific Gas
and Electric Company.
Johns, 46, oversees the financial activities of the $34
billion company including accounting, treasury, tax, business
and financial planning, and investor relations.
Johns joined Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 1996
as Vice President and Controller, and became Controller
of PG&E Corporation when it was formed in January 1997.
Later that year, he was promoted to Vice President and
Controller. Johns was named Senior Vice President and Controller
in September 2001 and elected Chief Financial Officer in
January 2005. He assumed his current position in October
2005.
Before joining PG&E Corporation, Johns was a partner
in KPMG Peat Marwick LLP. He also was the associate national
director of the firm’s Public Utilities practice.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from
the University of Notre Dame. He has also completed the
Nuclear Reactor Technology Program at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Johns is a Certified Public Account in the states of
California and Florida, and is a member of the Financial
Executives Institute. He also serves on the Board of Trustees
for the San Francisco Ballet.