Antonio Fernandez

VP and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Firstenergy

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“When I look back to when I arrived at the company in 2021, it was very clear that we needed to establish trust and transparency in our program and to really rebuild the program. And as we went about doing that, it became very clear that it was important that we not only had the right program structures and people, but...”

— From At FirstEnergy, Ethics Powers Excellence, Ethisphere (April 30, 2025)
“The one thing I'll say and it is something that over my 20 years of sort of doing this that has become more important to me is the performing of a compliance risk assessment. It sounds very in the weeds. It sounds granular. It sounds maybe not as strategic, but it is one of the best ways for you to get a sense for what...”

— From At FirstEnergy, Ethics Powers Excellence, Ethisphere (April 30, 2025)

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At FirstEnergy, Ethics Powers Excellence

April 30, 2025 · 📺 Ethisphere

FirstEnergy is one of the largest investor-owned electric systems in the United States. In this episode, Brian X. Tierney, FirstEnergy Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Antonio Fernández, Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, discuss their efforts to build a best-in-class ethics and compliance program that has earned the company Ethisphere's coveted Compliance Leader Verification designation for 2025-2026. 1:47: FirstEnergy's long-term view of their ethics maturity journey 4:06: How support from senior leadership moves the needle 6:54: Engaging middle ma…

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At FirstEnergy, Ethics Powers Excellence