Helen Wesley is President and CEO of Peoples Gas, where she leads a diverse team responsible for the safe and reliable delivery of natural gas to nearly 470,000 homes and businesses across Florida. Helen also oversees Enterprise Risk and Insurance for Emera Inc. 

With a keen focus on the state’s clean energy future, Helen is positioning Peoples Gas as a leader in sustainable energy solutions through investments in emerging fuels such as renewable natural gas. 

Helen joined Peoples Gas in 2020 as CEO. Prior to Peoples Gas, she was with ENMAX Corporation, where she served as CFO and executive vice president of finance and information technology. As a result of a diverse career, she has more than 30 years of experience in various forms of energy—regulated and unregulated generation and transmission and distribution, upstream and downstream oil and gas, and commodity chemicals and pipelines. She has worked throughout North America as well as internationally in a variety of senior strategic and operational leadership positions. Helen was a director with a public, global midstream gas processing company for nine years. 

Throughout her career she also has been involved in community not-for-profit organizations. Now, she participates in the Tampa Bay Partnership, is a member of CEOs Against Cancer and Leadership Florida Executive Class 12, and sits on the board of directors for the Southern Gas Association and the board of trustees for the University of Tampa. 

Helen earned her Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing from the University of Calgary, and her Master of Business Administration in International Business from Bentley University in Boston. She also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and a Directors Designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.