John Schultz

President, Direct Energy Business

John is currently President of Direct Energy Business. In this role, he is responsible for Direct Energy’s North American commercial, industrial, and wholesale customer business.

John joined Direct Energy Business as Head of the East region in November 2013, and prior to that, he was Vice President of Sales and Operations for Hess Corporation’s Energy Marketing business. He has 20 years of industry experience in a variety of roles, including sales, marketing, natural gas and electric supply and trading, mergers and acquisitions, and power plant development.

He previously served as an Executive Committee Member of the Bayonne Energy Center, LLC, and Newark Energy Center, LLC – two New Jersey-based power plants. John began his career in Alexandria, Virginia at the Eastern Group and subsequently worked for Statoil Energy, Inc., where he was responsible for their natural gas and electric supply operations.

John has a B.S in Agricultural Economics from Penn State University and has attended executive development programs at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and Harvard Business School.