Christian T. Beam

Chris Beam is executive vice president, of Energy Services, with oversight of American Electric Power’s generation, transmission, nuclear, supply chain, procurement, fleet, and safety and health organizations. Previously, Beam served as president and chief operating officer of Appalachian Power, serving approximately 1 million customers in West Virginia, Virginia and Tennessee. Prior to that, Beam was vice president, Projects, Controls and Construction, responsible for all aspects of project management, project controls, commissioning and construction activities within AEP’s Generation organization. He was also managing director, Projects and Construction, from November 2010 to January 2013. In this role he was responsible for project management of the Western fleet, all new generating projects, and the commissioning and construction activities within the Generation organization.

Beam received a bachelor’s degree in Technical Management from DeVry University. He has completed the Executive Program at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, the AEP Management Development Program at The Ohio State University, the AEP Leadership Program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is a member of the Leadership Columbus class of 2014. He is a Certified Project Management Professional.