- Election of brand-new directors additional advances CenterPoint’s energy and customer-focused technique
- Brand-new Directors bring deep experience in energy market, functional rigor, facilities resiliency, cyclone and emergency situation action, and funding technique
HOUSTON, April 16, 2025/ PRNewswire/– As part of its on-going drink procedure of its Board of Directors, CenterPoint Energy CNP today revealed that its investors chosen 2 brand-new members to its Board. Manuel (” Manny”) Miranda, a 40-year veteran of NextEra and Florida Power & & Light and Laurie Fitch, senior consultant at PJT Partners, an international, advisory-focused financial investment bank, sign up with CenterPoint’s Board effective April 16, 2025
Constant with its utility-focused technique, CenterPoint has actually been providing on its goal of divesting non-regulated and non-core companies to purchase durability, dependability and security of its system and to sustain the business’s long-lasting development capacity, all for the advantage of its consumers and neighborhoods. Today’s statement continues to show development on that technique and especially on the business’s vision to develop the most durable seaside grid in the nation.
” We are seeing the most transformational age in our market in the last 80 years and our Board need to show the experience required to satisfy the chances and difficulties that we will deal with in the next years. Both Manny and Laurie are well-respected idea leaders in the energy market. They both have a wealth of experience, and they are an ideal suitable for CenterPoint’s Board,” stated Phillip R. Smith, CenterPoint Energy’s Independent Board Chair, “Each of them brings years of appropriate experience and understanding in the energy and facilities sectors, particularly when it concerns system dependability, facilities development, environment durability, and long-lasting funding technique. We might not be more happy to have them join us at this time.”
Concerning his visit, Miranda stated, “I am honored to be signing up with CenterPoint’s Board and bringing my point of view to the table on the important resiliency work the business is providing for their consumers along the Gulf Coast As all of us collaborate to support the business’s objective of structure and preserving the most durable seaside grid in the in the country, I eagerly anticipate sharing my experience of assisting harden grids and speeding up post-event remediation efforts in environment susceptible states.”
Concerning her visit, Fitch stated, “CenterPoint has among the greatest development outlooks in the market and I’m grateful to be signing up with the business at such essential time. I eagerly anticipate dealing with the other directors as we continue to support management in attending to the resiliency and development chances of business.”
About Manuel Miranda
A 40-year veteran of the energy market, Manny played an essential function in driving development and resiliency at Florida Power & & Light. He led much of the efforts behind altering the business’s and market’s method to cyclone resiliency. He and his groups established groundbreaking options that considerably enhanced the company’s capability to hold up against the effect of typhoons along the Gulf Coast, consisting of starting a 20-year journey to solidify the general Florida grid. Throughout his profession, he led preparation, preparation and remediation efforts for 47 hurricanes and typhoons from Cyclone Andrew (1992) to Cyclone Ian (2022 ). Manny’s proficiency and contributions in the field have actually been acknowledged industrywide.
Manny holds a Bachelor’s degree degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Miami and a Master of Company Administration from Nova Southeastern University (NSU). He formerly served on the Board of Governors for NSU’s H. Wayne Huizenga School of Company and Entrepreneurship. Furthermore, he has actually formerly worked as president of both the Southeastern Electric Exchange and the Association of Edison Illuminating Business boards.
About Laurie Fitch
Laurie Fitch is a profession investor-turned-advisor with a concentrate on the international power sector. She is a senior consultant at PJT Partners, having actually formerly worked as a partner. Prior to signing up with PJT Partners, Ms. Fitch worked for Morgan Stanley, most just recently as co-head of the Worldwide Industrials Group in Europe Prior to Morgan Stanley, Ms. Fitch invested the majority of her profession as an expert and portfolio supervisor at Craftsmen Partners and TIAA-CREF, where she was among the biggest financiers in the international industrials, energy and facilities sectors. Laurie is a Non-Executive Director of Guy Group plc and EDPR. She formerly worked as Non-Executive Director of EDP.
Laurie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Arabic and Middle Eastern Researches and a Master of Arts from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service She is likewise a trustee of The American University in Cairo
About CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. CNP is a multi-state electrical and gas shipment business serving roughly 7 million metered consumers throughout Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas. The business is headquartered in Houston and is the only Texas– domiciled investor-owned energy. Since December 31, 2024, the business had roughly$ 44 billion in possessions. With roughly 8,300 workers, CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor business have actually been serving consumers for more than 150 years. To learn more, see CenterPointEnergy.com.
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