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Jessica Geoffroy has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer at XPLR Infrastructure (formerly NextEra Energy Partners) (from NextEra Energy).

Named CFO alongside Alan Liu's CEO appointment as part of the partnership's rebranding and strategic repositioning away from NextEra Energy's direct management.

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Ron Gusek has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer at Liberty Energy.

Gusek succeeded Chris Wright as CEO of Liberty Energy after Wright was confirmed as US Secretary of Energy. Had served as President since 2016.

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Mads Nipper departed Ørsted as Group President and CEO.

Nipper led Ørsted since January 2021, growing renewable capacity from 11.3 GW to a projected 18.2 GW. His departure came amid challenging offshore wind market conditions including supply chain bottlenecks, rising interest rates, and a shifting US regulatory landscape.

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Rasmus Errboe has been promoted to Group President and CEO at Ørsted.

Errboe replaced Mads Nipper (already in the database as move-2026-059) amid Orsted's $1.7B US impairment and 83% share price decline. He also served as interim Americas leader after David Hardy's departure.

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Michele Di Murro has been promoted to CEO and Head of US and Canada at Enel North America.

Di Murro moves from CFO to CEO of Enel's North American operations. He joined the Enel Group in 2010 and held international roles including CFO of Enel's Colombian subsidiaries.

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John Sneed is the new Director, Loan Programs Office (Acting) at U.S. Department of Energy (from Independent Consultant (previously Executive Director, Texas State Preservation Board; first-term Trump LPO Executive Director), John Sneed Consulting).

Sneed — who ran LPO during the first Trump administration — returned for a transitional 30-day appointment to oversee the handoff after Jigar Shah departed in January 2025.

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Dan Giemajner is the new Partner, Energy and Project Finance at King & Spalding (from Partner, Akin (formerly Akin Gump)).

K&S raided Akin for Giemajner and Hardwick in London to deepen its energy project finance bench. Giemajner advises on renewable energy, hydrogen, and nuclear project structuring and financing.

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Matt Hardwick is the new Partner, Energy and Infrastructure Projects at King & Spalding (from Partner, Akin (formerly Akin Gump)).

Hardwick joined K&S alongside Giemajner from Akin, advising on design, construction and operation of high-value energy and infrastructure projects.

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Laura Beane was appointed Board Chair at American Clean Power Association.

Beane, President of Vestas North America (overseeing 49+ GW installed and 43 GW under service), stepped into the ACP Board Chair role, reflecting the wind OEM's continued influence in US clean energy policy.

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