Xcel Energy CEO and leadership

Benjamin G. S. Fowke III is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Xcel Energy Inc., a title he has had since August 2011. He is a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.

Brett C. Carter is executive vice president and Chief Customer and Innovation Officer at Xcel Energy. Carter oversees a broad division driving customer engagement and organizational innovation, including marketing, customer service, information technology, cyber and physical security, brand strategy and the innovation transformation office. He is also leading the residential and commercial products and services that represent non-traditional growth engines for Xcel Energy. With a vision to match transformative technology with frictionless experiences, Mr. Carter is reimagining how the Company evolves customer relationships using Agile methodologies, cloud services and culture shaping change management. His vision is positioning Xcel Energy as a leader in energy innovation across the utility industry and has already catapulted Xcel Energy to a first quartile ranking according to JD Power from third quartile in two short years. Carter held senior leadership roles with Bank of America, where he oversaw key global business areas of operations, technology and shared services. He stood up a transformation team to reimagine the end to end future state of his operating space and recorded more than $100 million in actual savings for 2017 and 2018. He was responsible for day to day operations of the 72 million enterprise credit and debit cards; assurance of all US cash movement, delivery and availability across a fleet of 16,000 ATM’s, 5000 Financial Centers and all commercial and treasury customers. He served in several roles at Duke Energy including the company’s chief distribution officer with responsibility for leading all the company’s utility distribution assets, grid modernization, fleet vehicles and servicing. In this capacity he managed a group of over 12,000 employees and contractors to provide service and improve the relationship with the 7.2 million households and businesses. Carter set in motion the Lean standardization model for all utility distribution operations and launched a company-wide safety culture. As president of Duke Energy Carolinas, serving North and South Carolina, he had P&L accountability and was responsible for advancing the company’s rates and regulatory initiatives along with managing state and local regulatory and governmental relations, economic development and community affairs. His professional experience includes banking, gas and electric utilities, consumer retail and pharmaceutical products. Carter has worked directly for CEO’s of three Fortune 250 companies and has never had a gap in employment.

Van Abel was promoted to EVP and CFO on March 31 2020. Until then he served as senior vice president, Finance and Corporate Development. In his prior role as treasurer, Van Abel oversaw financing billions of dollars in new investments and several successful acquisitions that created tremendous value for both customers and investors.

Benjamin G. S. Fowke III is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Xcel Energy Inc., a title he has had since August 2011. He is a member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council.