Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is responsible to the Board of Directors for the strategic leadership, operational integrity, and long‑term sustainability of the organization. The CEO provides unified direction across the Generation, Transmission and Distribution businesses to ensure the consistent delivery of safe, reliable, and uninterrupted power to approximately four million customers.

In this capacity, the CEO upholds the highest standards of regulatory compliance, financial stewardship, and risk management while fostering constructive relationships with government bodies, regulators, industry partners, and the served communities. The role is entrusted with safeguarding organizational assets, developing enterprise capabilities to meet future energy demand, and advancing responsible environmental and energy‑transition initiatives.

The role ensures the organization maintains operational excellence, enhances shareholder value, and preserves the trust and confidence of all stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Leadership & Governance

Translate Board strategy into executable operational and financial plans. Uphold the highest standards of governance, transparency, and ethical conduct. Foster a culture of accountability, performance, and safety.

Financial Stewardship & Shareholder Value

Drive sustainable EBITDA growth, cash flow optimization, and capital efficiency. Oversee multi-year capital investment programs across generation, transmission, and distribution.

Optimize capital structure and funding strategies. Balance tariff realities with operational sustainability.

Regulatory & Stakeholder Leadership

Serve as principal interface with regulators, government authorities, investors, and key stakeholders. Ensure full compliance with national grid codes, energy regulations, and environmental laws. Advocate constructively for sector reforms aligned with long-term sustainability.

Operational Reliability & System Resilience

Ensure uninterrupted, safe, and reliable power supply across the value chain.

Oversee crisis management, network stability, and contingency preparedness.

Maintain operational KPIs (availability, losses, reliability indices, safety metrics).

Energy Transition & Future Readiness

Develop and execute long-term strategy for renewable integration and network modernization. Lead digital transformation initiatives including smart grids, predictive analytics, and automation. Position the organization to meet future demand growth and energy efficiency trends.

Organizational Capability & Culture

Build a high-performance executive leadership team. Develop succession pipelines across technical and managerial roles. Strengthen safety culture and zero-harm mindset. Drive workforce productivity in a people-intensive organization.

Risk Management & Sustainability

Ensure enterprise-wide risk identification and mitigation (operational, financial, regulatory, cyber, environmental). Integrate ESG principles into corporate strategy. Enhance climate resilience and infrastructure durability.

Education & Experience

Business, Technical or Finance graduate with 20+ years in power/energy or large asset-intensive infrastructure sectors. Proven P&L leadership at enterprise or business-unit level

Experience in regulated environments. Demonstrated success in leading large, complex, multi-vertical organizations

The ideal CEO will demonstrate:

Enterprise-wide systems thinking

Strong financial and capital markets acumen

Regulatory and political navigation capability

Crisis leadership and resilience under pressure

Strategic foresight in energy transition

High emotional intelligence and stakeholder influence

Ability to inspire large, technical workforces