Our Executive Leadership advances our carbon-neutral mission

Bill Collins is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of ENGIE North America responsible for growing ENGIE North America’s business and advancing our goal to achieve a carbon neutral future. Since joining ENGIE in 2018, he has served as ENGIE North America’s CFO and as Group Deputy CFO in charge of the Enterprise Performance Management department in Paris.  Bill joined Engie from AKZO NOBEL in Amsterdam, where he was Group Controller and previously CFO of a global business area. Previously, Bill held international finance leadership positions at Schneider Electric and Eaton Corporation, living and working in the US, France, Japan, and Switzerland. 

David Carroll is the North America lead for Renewables and is responsible for the Renewables activities that encompass utility scale wind and solar, distributed generation and storage, focused on development, engineering, construction, operations and maintenance, including partnership management.

David joined ENGIE North America in August 2020 as Vice President for Grid Scale Renewables. He has more than 15 years of experience leading construction, engineering and program management teams across the renewable energy industry, including wind, solar, bioenergy, and storage technologies, contributing to more than 7 GW of renewable energy globally.

André Cangucu is responsible for overseeing the operations and business development activities of ENGIE in the Infrastructure space in the Americas. It encompasses transmission lines, gas pipelines, distribution companies, gas storage, regasification and biogas biomethane. Since joining ENGIE in 2002, he has served in various roles, most recently holding the position of Chief Commercial and Industries and Mergers and Acquisitions Officer, responsible for leading the C&I business and the mergers & acquisitions team. He also previously held the position of Chief Development Officer in charge of ENGIE’s business development in the United States and Canada. He began his career at ENGIE in 2002 and has served in various roles including Chief Financial Officer for Latin America and Chief Financial Officer for Peru. Before joining ENGIE, he held positions at Enron as well as Igaras one of the largest kraft paper and corrugated container producer in Brazil.

Paula Sacks is Chief Human Resources, Communications, and Corporate Social Responsibility Officer. She is responsible for leading human resources and culture, internal and external communications, corporate social responsibility, real estate and integration. She has 25 years of experience in energy and financial industries. Before joining ENGIE in 2018, she was Vice President, Human Resources of Fiserv Output Solutions. She has held leadership roles at Alstom Power, GE (which acquired Alstom Power) and Southern Company/Georgia Power. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources and Global Professional in Human Resources.

Coy Wright is responsible for IT & Digital for ENGIE North America. Coy joined ENGIE in 2019, starting out as head of IT Infrastructure, later expanding to also include Corporate Applications. Coy has over 25 years of experience managing IT in energy, financial and manufacturing industries. Prior to ENGIE, he was the CIO for Pacific Drilling a global Houston based energy company for the previous 10 years. Coy has held IT leadership positions at Halliburton, Weatherford, GulfMark Offshore, Amegy Bank, and C&W Communications. Coy is also an active community volunteer, currently serving on the executive board of Ronald McDonald House Houston and chair of the technology committee.