Sterling Spainhour serves as executive vice president and chief legal officer for
Atlanta-based Southern Company, one of America’s largest energy providers.
He previously served as senior vice president, general counsel and chief compliance
officer for Georgia Power. In that role he oversaw Georgia Power’s corporate services,
legal, compliance, sustainability, land and security functions. He is also past senior vice president and general counsel
of Southern Company Services, where he led the legal organization of the shared services company that supports
Southern Company’s operating company subsidiaries.
Prior to joining Southern Company, Spainhour was a partner of the law firm Jones Day where his practice focused
on a wide range of transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. He
previously served as counsel for CNN where he was responsible for advising the cable news network’s internet
divisions on a full range of legal matters.
He currently serves as a board member of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, Gray Television, Emory Healthcare
Network and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Arts & Sciences Foundation.
He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Duke University School of Law and Fuqua
School of Business.
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Who are Southern's active insiders?
Southern's insider roster includes Bryan Anderson (EVP), Art Beattie (Insider), William Bowers (CEO), Stan Connally (CFO), Mark Crosswhite (CEO), Christopher Cummiskey (EVP), Ann Daiss (Insider), Martin Davis (EVP), Sloane Drake (EVP), Thomas Fanning (CEO), David Grain (Director), Kimberly Greene (CEO), James Kerr, II (EVP), Stephen Kuczynski (CEO), Mark Lantrip (Insider), Ernest Moniz (Director), Sterling Spainhour, Jr. (EVP), Daniel Tucker (CFO), Anthony Wilson (CEO), and Christopher Womack (Insider). Learn More on Southern's active insiders.
Are insiders buying or selling shares of Southern?
In the last year, insiders at the utilities provider sold shares 15 times. They sold a total of 92,969 shares worth more than $6,818,483.32. The most recent insider tranaction occured on September, 6th when EVP Bryan D Anderson sold 6,565 shares worth more than $587,830.10. Insiders at Southern own 0.2% of the company.
Learn More about insider trades at Southern. Information on this page was last updated on 9/6/2024.