10 Chief Procurement Officers in Electric Utilities
Chief procurement officers at Southern California Edison, Duke Energy, Southern Company and Pacific Gas and Electric sit here beside their counterparts at RWE, Ørsted, Axpo Group and Aboitiz Power, plus ENGIE's group CPO and its CPO for LATAM. Three took the CPO title straight from power delivery, risk or customer division roles, which helps utilities rethinking how they buy grid equipment, contractor services or wind and solar components.
Professionals to explore
Adrianne Collins
LinkedInExperience: SVP & Chief Procurement Officer · Southern Company
As SVP & Chief Procurement Officer at Southern Company since January 2024, Adrianne Collins describes leading a 600+ member team providing supply chain solutions across the Southern Company system through category management, contracting and procurement. SVP Power Delivery - SCS (2019-2024) and Gulf Power Company power delivery, transmission and district operations roles (2013-2019) give Adrianne a power delivery view of equipment buying.
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Aurélia Tremblaye
LinkedInExperience: SVP & Group Chief Procurement Officer · ENGIE
Aurélia Tremblaye has been SVP & Group Chief Procurement Officer at ENGIE since July 2021, right after SVP Group CPO & Head of supply chain management at Atos (2018-2021). Atos category roles in subcontracting, bids, indirects and IT services (2012-2018) add a category management background, which suits questions on group procurement governance.
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Elodie Auberty
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer LATAM · ENGIE
Elodie Auberty is Chief Procurement Officer LATAM at ENGIE, a title held since January 2026. Other ENGIE roles are Head of Procurement GBU Supply & Energy Management (2025-2026) and Global Digital, IT and CRM purchasing Director (2023-2026), alongside IT purchasing Director at Carrefour (2021-2023), which suits questions on running a regional procurement mandate and buying IT and digital services.
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Giuliana Orsini
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Axpo Group
Giuliana Orsini, in the Zürich area, has been Chief Procurement Officer at Axpo Group since September 2024, after Chief Procurement Officer at TE Connectivity (2022-2024). Head of Supply Chain Management, Business Unit High Voltage Products at Hitachi Energy (2019-2022) and ABB roles as Group VP, Head of Procurement Buy Sell (2018-2019) and Global Category Leader - Copper and Aluminium (2014-2018) fit high voltage equipment and metals questions.
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Katie A.
LinkedInExperience: Former SVP Supply Chain and Real Estate, Chief Procurement Officer · Duke Energy Corporation
Katie A. became SVP Supply Chain and Real Estate, Chief Procurement Officer at Duke Energy Corporation in January 2026, after SVP Enterprise Strategy & Chief Risk Officer (2024-2026). Duke titles also include VP Enterprise Strategy, Chief Risk Officer (2024), VP Global Risk Mgmt and Insurance & Chief Risk Officer (2020-2024) and Mgng Director - Supply Chain - Risk, Perf Improvement & Governance (2019-2020), a fit for supply chain risk questions.
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Mike Marelli
LinkedInExperience: Vice, President, Operational Services and Chief Procurement Officer · Southern California Edison (SCE)
Leading the company's supply chain, procurement, supplier diversity and contractor management office is how Mike Marelli describes the Vice, President, Operational Services and Chief Procurement Officer role at Southern California Edison (SCE), held since January 2023. Earlier SCE titles include Vice President, Business Customer Division (2016-2023), Regulatory Affairs Director -- General Rate Case (2012-2015) and Director of Renewable Origination (2007-2011), useful for rate case and contractor questions.
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Rhoda Cruz
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Aboitiz Power Corporation / Therma Luzon, Inc.
Rhoda Cruz, based in the Philippines, has been Chief Procurement Officer at Aboitiz Power Corporation / Therma Luzon, Inc. since January 2023 and describes defining and leading governance of the AP supply chain strategy. SCM Head at Therma Marine Inc / Therma Luzon Inc (2007-2022) and Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Operations Head at Energy Development Corporation (2010-2016) fit questions on supply chain governance at a power company.
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Sangram Bhosale
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Sangram Bhosale has held Chief Procurement Officer at Pacific Gas and Electric Company since January 2024 and describes a mission to move procurement from a tactical operation to a top quartile organization. Sangram was also Chief Supply Chain Officer at Xcel Energy (2020-2024), Chief Procurement Officer, Supply Chain Management at TransAlta (2017-2020) and Chief Procurement Officer at Husky Energy (2017), and has held a board seat at the Utility Supply Management Alliance since 2025.
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Steven Pryor
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · RWE
Steven Pryor, based in Chicago, has been Chief Procurement Officer at RWE since September 2020, responsible for procurement across onshore and offshore wind, solar, storage, gas and other power generation with a 500+ person team in the US, Europe, UK and Asia. Executive Board Member at RWE Offshore Holdings, LLC since 2022 and Siemens Gamesa onshore roles as Regional CEO (2018-2020) and Head of Procurement (2017-2018) round out Steven's career.
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Virginie Van de Cotte
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Chief Procurement Officer · Ørsted
Virginie Van de Cotte has been SVP, Chief Procurement Officer at Ørsted since August 2022. Vice President, Operations, D&IS at Alstom (2021-2022) and Bombardier Transportation vice president roles in equipment and total supply chain (2016-2021) add an equipment supply chain background, relevant to questions on supply chains for renewable energy projects.
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Choose the right perspective
For grid and contractor buying, start with Mike Marelli, Katie A., Adrianne Collins or Sangram Bhosale, the CPOs at Southern California Edison, Duke Energy, Southern Company and Pacific Gas and Electric. Steven Pryor and Virginie Van de Cotte fit renewable generation procurement, Aurélia Tremblaye and Giuliana Orsini fit group-level procurement at ENGIE and Axpo Group, Elodie Auberty fits a regional LATAM mandate, and Rhoda Cruz fits supply chain governance at Aboitiz Power.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How should a utility lock in transformer and switchgear supply when lead times run well past a year?
- 02What should a utility procurement team track to show regulators that contractor spend was prudent?
- 03How do you split procurement between a group function and regional teams at a multinational power company?
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