NextEra Names New CEO For Competitive Power Business

NextEra Energy, Inc. today announced that Armando Pimentel, president and chief executive officer (CEO), NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the company's competitive power generation subsidiary, will be retiring on March 1, 2019, as part of a planned leadership succession process.

John Ketchum, currently executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of NextEra Energy, will replace Pimentel as president and CEO at NextEra Energy Resources.

NextEra's competitive retail supply businesses are organized under NextEra Energy Resources

Rebecca Kujawa, currently vice president, business management, NextEra Energy Resources, will succeed Ketchum as executive vice president and CFO of NextEra Energy.

Ketchum has served as CFO for NextEra Energy since March 2016 and has worked for NextEra Energy for more than 16 years. He has held a variety of leadership roles at NextEra Energy Resources with a finance, legal, business and commercial transactions background

Kujawa joined NextEra Energy in February 2007 and has held a number of key roles throughout the enterprise, serving as vice president of business management for the Midwest and international region for NextEra Energy Resources and, prior to that, serving as director of investor relations for NextEra Energy.

All appointments will be effective March 1, 2019.