Jeffrey N. Edwards was appointed as an independent member of American Water’s board of directors on March 1, 2018.
Mr. Edwards currently serves as a partner and vice chairman at investment advisor New Vernon Capital. Prior to New Vernon Capital, Mr. Edwards spent over 22 years in various senior executive positions at Merrill Lynch & Co., including as vice chairman, and, prior to that, chief financial officer. His previous positions at Merrill Lynch include Head of Origination, Americas, Head of Global Capital Markets and Co-Head of Global Equities. He began his career at Chase Manhattan Bank as a credit auditor.
In addition to American Water, Mr. Edwards also serves on the board of directors of Raymond James Financial, Inc., a diversified financial services company, and AAR CORP., a diversified worldwide provider of aviation and defense products and services. He served on the Board of Directors of Medusind Solutions India Private Limited and Medusind Solutions, Inc. from 2012 to 2019. Mr. Edwards also was Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Pingry School.
Mr. Edwards holds a bachelor’s degree, with honors, in Physics from Haverford College and received his MBA from The Harvard Graduate School of Business.