Brian HamelBrian Hamel joined the Versant Power Board of Directors in 2020, having previously served on the Board of its predecessor, Emera Maine, between 2010–2020. Brian also served on the Board of Maine & Martimes Corp, owner of Maine Public Service Company, from 2007-2010 until it became Emera Maine. He has over 44 years of broad-based business experience, including work as a Certified Public Accountant with an international accounting firm in Boston, MA; in corporate finance at the corporate headquarters of a large manufacturing conglomerate in Portsmouth, NH; as executive management in military base closure redevelopment in NH and Maine; and currently provides estate planning, investments, and insurance services to his clients throughout Maine and the country. Brian is currently a Financial Advisor at Thompson Financial Group (formerly Thompson-Hamel, LLC), a full-service financial services firm with offices in Presque Isle and Bangor, Maine, where he was a past owner, Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer. Brian is currently Chair of the Northern Light Health Foundation Board of Directors. He has previously served as the Chair of the Maine Community College System Board of Directors; Chair of the Maine Winter Sports Center Board of Directors; Chair of the Northern Maine Community College Foundation Board of Directors; member of the Maine Community Foundation Board of Directors; and as a volunteer head coach of the Special Olympics Aroostook County Snowdogs basketball team. Brian holds a Bachelors of Business Administration and Accounting, and in Business, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Back to Board Members