Detroit, Mich., USA - June 25, 2012, Detroit, Mich., USA - DTE Energy announced promotions and leadership development moves that include Peter B. Oleksiak being named senior vice president of finance and James Tompkins being named vice president, effective September 1, 2012.
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Mr. Oleksiak is vice president, controller and investor relations at DTE Energy. Mr. Oleksiak joined DTE Energy in 1998 and has worked in a number of increasingly responsible financial positions until becoming assistant controller early in 2005, and controller in November 2005.
Prior to DTE Energy, Mr. Oleksiak held a variety of financial analyst and supervisory positions at Chrysler Corp. Mr. Oleksiak currently serves on the Board of Directors of Forgotten Harvest, a Michigan based food recovery non-profit organization, and the Wayne State University School of Business Administration's Board of Visitors.
Mr. Oleksiak earned a bachelor of science degree in finance and business economics from Wayne State University, and a master of business administration degree from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Tompkins is general auditor of DTE Energy. He has been in this position since early 2004. Mr. Tompkins joined DTE Energy in 2002 as managing director of corporate finance, responsible for rating agencies, long term capital raising activities and financial policies.
Prior to joining DTE, Mr. Tompkins was treasurer of Metaldyne Corporation, a diversified industrial manufacturer, and held other accounting and finance roles during his approximately 17 year career at Metaldyne and its publicly traded predecessors. Responsibilities included developing joint ventures, divestitures, financial disclosure and capital raising activities.
Prior to that, Mr. Tompkins was a certified public accountant with the auditing firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is also a Certified Internal Auditor and member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.
Mr. Tompkins earned an undergraduate business degree and a master of business administration degree from the University of Michigan.
He will assume responsibility for enterprise risk management along with his role as general auditor.
In other organizational moves, Dan Brudzynski, vice president of regulatory affairs, will assume the position of vice president and treasurer; and Nick Khouri, vice president and treasurer, will assume Mr. Brudzynski's position of vice president of regulatory affairs.
In his new position, Mr. Brudzynski will oversee Investor Relations.
Donna England, director of technical accounting, also has been appointed chief accounting officer. ■