March 25, 2010 (FinancialWire) — CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS) said that David W. Joos has elected to retire from his position as the company's president and chief executive officer to assume the non-executive chairmanship of the CMS Energy and Consumers Energy boards of directors at the May 21 annual shareholders meeting. John G. Russell will succeed Joos as CMS Energy and Consumers Energy president and CEO.

Russell has also been nominated to join the CMS Energy and Consumers Energy boards of directors. 

Joos succeeds Ken Whipple, who has served as chairman since 2002. Joos served since 2004 as CMS Energy president and chief executive officer, and chief executive officer of Consumers Energy.

Russell served since 2004 as president and chief operating officer for Consumers Energy. He was executive vice president of Consumers Energy, and president and CEO of the utility's electric business from 2001 through 2004. Russell first joined the utility in 1981 and was elected a company officer in 1999.  

Michigan-based CMS Energy has an electric and natural gas utility, Consumers Energy, as its primary business and also owns and operates independent power generation businesses.

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