Petter Skantze

Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Officer

Petter Skantze is executive vice president, chief risk officer for NextEra Energy, Inc., the largest electric power and energy infrastructure company in North America and a leading provider of electricity to American homes and businesses. He's responsible for overseeing enterprise risk, information technology and NextEra Analytics, including NextEra Energy’s REWIRE AI transformation initiative.

Previously, Mr. Skantze served as senior vice president of infrastructure development at
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the largest energy infrastructure developer in the U.S., where he oversaw development and origination of all forms of grid-scale power generation as well as the company’s competitive transmission business. Before that, he served as vice president of corporate development and strategy for NextEra Energy, engaged in mergers and acquisitions and corporate strategy across regulated and unregulated businesses.

Prior to joining the company in 2011, Mr. Skantze was an investment banker in the power and utilities groups of Deutsche Bank and Bear Stearns and a consultant in the energy practice of the Boston Consulting Group.

Mr. Skantze holds a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and a doctorate in electrical
engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.