Kevin Bryant

Director

Kevin E. Bryant is a finance, operations and strategy executive with extensive experience leading complex organizations through transformation and growth. His expertise in capital allocation, enterprise risk management and operational leadership strengthens the board’s oversight of financial discipline, capital deployment and business performance. Mr. Bryant qualifies as an SEC audit committee financial expert.

As executive vice president of stakeholder affairs and chief strategy officer of Southwest Power Pool from 2025 to 2026, Mr. Bryant guided corporate strategy, stakeholder engagement and service territory expansion.

Previously, Mr. Bryant served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Evergy Inc. and its predecessor, Great Plains Energy, overseeing generation, transmission, distribution and customer operations.

As chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance and strategy at Great Plains Energy, he oversaw financial planning, capital raising, M&A, reporting and compliance and helped lead the strategy for its approximately $15 billion merger with Westar Energy.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Bryant held leadership roles in strategy, risk management, investor relations and treasury at Great Plains Energy, building on corporate finance experience at THQ, UBS Investment Bank and Hallmark Cards.

Director since: March 17, 2021