Our Executive Leadership advances our carbon-neutral mission
David Carroll is responsible for the Renewables activities that encompass utility scale wind and solar, distributed generation and storage, he is focused on development, engineering, construction, operations, and maintenance – including partnership management. In addition, Dave has oversight of all business support functions for North America.
He joined ENGIE North America in August 2020 as Vice President for Grid Scale Renewables.
David 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.
Jean-François “Jeff” Chartrain is the Managing Director of the Energy Solutions GBU in North America. Comprised of 800+ team members, the Energy Solutions team is responsible for delivering comprehensive decarbonization solutions including heating, cooling, distributed power, steam, and emobility for customers across sectors, working with the highest standards of safety and operational excellence. Jean-François has been a part of ENGIE for over 20 years, starting in 2003 as the Technical Department Director of Climespace (District Cooling of Paris), with additional roles as Chief Operating Officer of Marafeq Qatar in 2008, and as Director of Technical Department and Engineering and Board Member of the City of Aosta district heating plan for ENGIE Italy in 2013. After four years in the United Arab Emirates as the Chief Operating Officer for Tabreed, he returned to Italy to cover the role of District Heating & Communities Solutions Director, also taking on the role of ENGIE Reti Calore CEO. In 2023, Jean-Francois took on the leadership role overseeing all Energy Solutions activities in North America.
Over the span of his career in the energy services industry, Jean-Francois has managed solutions for cities, communities, and industries across the world. Under his leadership, Jean-Francois’ teams have engaged thousands of customers to design and deliver customized energy solutions focused on sustainability, efficiency, and resiliency.
Jean-François holds an engineering Master’s degree from Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Electricité et de Mecanique (ENSEM) and an Executive MBA from ESCP-EAP Paris.
Felisa Ros is the Managing Director of Networks Americas, Country Manager of Mexico, and the Regional Hub Vice-President, South America. She brings 27 years of experience in the energy industry to her roles, spanning 22 years on international assignments in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, Peru and Singapore.
She started her career with ENGIE in 1998, in Argentina as a Project Engineer in the natural gas distribution field. She began her international career in 2002 in Peru, as Operation & Maintenance Manager, and later as Technical Director. She relocated to Mexico in 2007 when she was appointed as Regional Director and after that, as Director of Support Services — including Procurement, IT, Process & Quality Assurance and Technical Department. d
In 2013, she assumed the role of Vice-President of Operations, Generation Business for Mexico & Canada and later the ERCOT region in GDF SUEZ North America, where she oversaw the operation of power plants of various technologies, which between both positions added up to a total of 5.8 GW. In June 2016, Felisa Ros was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of ENGIE Energía Perú, where she managed the operation of 2.4 GW of hydro, solar and thermal generation and drove health & safety, environment, security, and social commitment with the communities around the projects and operational sites.
Beginning of 2021, she was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of the APACC BU, then in July, she was appointed Operational Performance Vice-President Networks Americas, based in Houston. In April 2022, she was appointed Country Manager of Mexico and Managing Director of Networks Mexico, and in March 2023 she was also appointed Regional Hub Vice-President, South America within Transformation & Geographies.
Eric is responsible for our Flexible Generation assets, which we are building to further enable our continued growth in intermittent Renewables. This comprises the development, construction, and operation of our Energy Storage, Green Hydrogen and gas-fired Generation assets. Eric joined ENGIE 15 years ago in Belgium, and has served in a variety of leadership roles in the domains of engineering, energy trading and investment finance. Most recently he has, in the US, been involved in the investment of several GW of wind and solar, multiple large-scale M&A transactions, and has overseen the related Tax Equity and Equity financings.
Oumar Ndoye is our GBS North Am Country Lead & Head of GBS HR Americas. His career within ENGIE spans 19 years, and previously, Oumar oversaw Integration and Transformation for ENGIE North America.
Oumar brings his business and IT expertise in the gas, thermal and renewable sectors to ENGIE. Additionally, he has worked in many other sectors such as high technology, steel industry and transport. He has significant experience in private and public sectors, as well as leadership roles in civic and non-profit organizations. Oumar is a graduate Engineer and PhD in Industrial Systems Engineering from French Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers.
Shobhita leads IT, cyber security, data and digital solutions and services in the North Am region. She will work with the global Digital and IT function, local business, and functional teams to ensure that data and technology deliver and protect value for Renewables, Energy Solutions, Thermal & Supply, and to the corporate business functions in the North Am hub.
Shobhita, who has more than 25 years of IT experience, spent the past 15 years of her career at Adient, where she was Vice President, Innovation and Analytics, with global responsibility for Digital Transformation, Big Data Analytics, Enterprise Architecture and IT representation in the Adient Sustainability mission.
Marissa is the Executive Assistant to the ENGIE North America CEO, as well as the region’s Real Estate Manager. She is responsible for overseeing logistics of all ENGIE North America offices and work sites, which included the transition in reopening the offices. She also leads the Protect the Workforce team and the Houston Safety Committee.
She joined ENGIE North America in 2007 as treasurer for the power plants in Monterrey and Tampico, Mexico. Most recently she was involved in the relocation of the Houston Headquarters office, including working with Green Standards to make a sustainable difference in local communities across the country.
Andrea is responsible for leading Corporate Communications for ENGIE North America. She joined ENGIE in 2020, starting out as Director of Internal Communications, later expanding her role to include external communications.
Andrea has more than 25 years of experience leading communications and culture change efforts. Prior to ENGIE, she was the Chief Communications Officer for the International Facility Management Association, as well as founded SparkStory, LLC, developing customized communications strategies to enhance employee engagement and customer trust. Her portfolio includes work for ExxonMobil, Sodexo, Nokia, MKB Excellent Executive Coaching and the Houston Writers Guild.