Brian Savoy is Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer. Savoy is responsible for enterprise strategy as well as strategies to transform Duke Energy’s generation and transmission assets. Brian Savoy is also responsible for commercial renewables, the natural gas business unit, business ventures and development, and relationship management and sales for large customer accounts.
Background
Before assuming his current position in May 2021, Savoy served as senior vice president and chief transformation and administrative officer for Duke Energy. He led the company’s business transformation through digital innovation, new ways of working and process redesign. He had responsibility for the enterprise business services and technology team, including the information and technology, administrative services, supply chain and human resources organizations. He was also responsible for Customer Connect, a new customer information and engagement system. Prior to that, Savoy served as Duke Energy’s chief accounting officer and controller, where his responsibilities included the accounting, financial reporting and internal controls for the corporation. He joined the company in 2001 as a manager in Duke Energy’s energy trading unit, Duke Energy North America, and he was named director of trading and risk services later in that year. Savoy led derivative accounting and trading control functions for energy trading and marketing activities and was instrumental in the successful wind-down and disposition of Duke Energy North America in 2005. Following Duke Energy’s merger with Cinergy in 2006, he was appointed vice president and controller of the commercial power segment and was responsible for accounting, financial reporting and internal controls functions. In 2009, Savoy was named director of forecasting and analysis, where he played a significant role in addressing challenging business and strategic issues, including leading financial due diligence for the Duke Energy/Progress Energy merger completed in 2012. Before joining Duke Energy, Savoy was a manager with the international accounting firm Deloitte & Touche, where he oversaw audit engagements for large energy clients. Savoy earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in accounting from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, and completed the Advanced Management Program at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in Durham, N.C. He is a certified public accountant in both Texas and Ohio. Savoy serves as a current member of the board of trustees for Queens University of Charlotte and was a past advisory board member for the Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte. He and his wife, Sabrina, along with their son and daughter, live in Charlotte, N.C.