Terry Bassham, Executive Vice President, Finance & Strategic Development and CFO, Great Plains Energy

Mr. Bassham joined Great Plains Energy in March 2005 as Executive Vice President of Finance and Strategic Development and Chief Financial Officer.

Before coming to GPE, he was Executive Vice President, CFO and Chief Administrative Officer for El Paso Electric Company (EPE) in El Paso, Texas. In those roles, he oversaw EPE financial, treasury, regulatory and administrative functions. Mr. Bassham joined EPE in 1996 as General Counsel and assumed responsibility for legislative affairs, regulatory filings and corporate governance.

He began his career in 1985 when he joined El Paso’s Kemp, Smith, Duncan & Hammond as an Associate Attorney. Mr. Bassham worked on EPE’s first Texas rate case involving the addition of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, representing EPE in each of its subsequent related rate cases in Texas and New Mexico.

In 1992, Mr. Bassham left Kemp, Smith to join Moreno, Fry & Bassham, practicing commercial litigation and labor law. In 1993, he joined Clark, Thomas & Winters and represented EPE in its proposed merger with Central & South West Corporation.

Mr. Bassham is active in the Kansas City area community serving as a member of the UMKC Bloch School Advisory Council, a member of the Kansas City Symphony Finance Committee and a board member of Guadalupe Center.

Mr. Bassham holds a BBA - Accounting from the University of Texas-Arlington, and a Juris Doctorate degree from St. Mary's University Law School, San Antonio, Texas.