LOS ANGELES, Calif. – January 28, 2009 – Morgan Samuels Company, a leading national management consulting firm specializing in executive recruitment, today announced the placement of Lakshman Charanjiva as Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Florida Power & Light Company. FPL Group, Incorporated is one of the nation’s largest providers of electricity-related services and is nationally known as a high-quality, efficient and customer-driven organization.

Charanjiva had most recently been the Vice President, Global Chief Information Officer at AES Corporation.  Previous to that, Charanjiva was the Vice President, Global Business Solutions at AES.  Charanjiva received his MBA from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana and his Chartered Accountant in India and his Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from the University, Bombay in Mumbai, India.