William M. Farrow III

Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer — Winston and Wolfe LLC
Non-Executive Chairman and Director — CBOE Global Markets Inc.

In serving as WEC Energy Group’s chair of the Corporate Governance Committee, Farrow brings to our board of directors over 40 years of senior leadership experience in managing business operations, technology development, enterprise risk and strategy. His extensive professional experience in the highly regulated banking and financial markets includes co-founding and leading Urban Partnership Bank, and executive positions with the Chicago Board of Trade and Bank One Corp. These, combined with knowledge acquired from his service on the boards of CBOE Global Markets and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, enable him to add significant value to our board’s oversight of governance matters and the company’s financial management strategy. His firsthand experience and perspectives in addressing advances in information technology, coupled with the experience he has gained serving as the non-executive chairman for CBOE Global Markets, are particularly valuable to the board in its oversight role as WEC Energy Group companies address complex risks, including those associated with protecting operating systems and assets against physical and cyber threats. Having spent his career in Chicago, Farrow is also able to provide the board with economic, social and public policy insight into conducting business in Chicago, which is further enhanced by the strong relationships he has developed with key leaders while serving on the boards of several highly visible Chicago-area private, not-for-profit and community organizations.