NW Natural Appoints Gregory Hazelton As CFO

(RTTNews) - Northwest Natural Gas Co., dba NW Natural (NWN), said Wednesday that it has hired Gregory Hazelton to serve as the company's new Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective June 30.

Hazelton replaces Stephen Feltz, who is retiring after 33 years with NW Natural.

Hazelton comes to NW Natural from Hawaiian Electric Industries, where he has been the vice president of finance, and treasurer and controller. Prior, he held various positions in investment banking at Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers and, most recently, UBS Investment Bank, where he was a managing director in the Global Power and Utilities Group. Hazelton also held various accounting, finance and business development positions with Portland General Electric.