Kevin Bryant leads KCP&L in collaborating with customers on innovative energy solutions. He is responsible for developing customer programs, which include demand side and energy efficiency initiatives. Mr. Bryant’s strategic insight and finance/marketing experience plays a key role in these initiatives. He joined Great Plains Energy in 2003 as Senior Financial Analyst and was promoted to Manager - Corporate Finance, in 2005.

Mr. Bryant graduated from the University of Missouri - Columbia with a dual major in finance and real estate, and received a master’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in finance and marketing from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Mr. Bryant has experience in strategic planning and financial areas, including analysis, cash management, financial models and mergers and acquisitions. While at THQ Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software based in California, Mr. Bryant served as Manager - Strategic Planning. He was responsible for identifying corporate goals and developing the company’s three-year plan. As a Corporate Finance Analyst for what is now UBS Paine Webber, Mr. Bryant worked on mergers and acquisitions for medium and large-sized companies. He also worked at Hallmark Cards as a Financial Analyst.

Mr. Bryant is on the board of directors of Cristo Ray Kansas City, a college prep school for economically disadvantaged students who show academic promise. While attending Stanford University, he served on the board of directors for the Positive Coaching Alliance, which promotes sportsmanship for coaches, parents and leaders. He currently serves as a youth coach for basketball, softball and football.