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07/07/2025
Avangrid CEO Jose Antonio Miranda Announces Leadership Appointments
Avangrid CEO Jose Antonio Miranda Announces Leadership Appointments
Pictured left to right: Joe Purington and Sy Oytan
Orange, CT — July 7, 2025 —Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced two critical leadership appointments, as CEO Jose Antonio Miranda has named Joe Purington as CEO of Avangrid Networks and Sy Oytan as CEO of Avangrid Power. Purington and Oytan, both bringing years of operational and leadership experience within Avangrid, assume their roles effective immediately.
“As Avangrid looks to the future and works to deliver on our plan to invest $20 billion in the U.S. grid by the end of the decade, I believe Joe and Sy have the right combination of skill and experience to continue building on Avangrid’s forward momentum,” said Avangrid CEO Jose Antonio Miranda. “These new leadership appointments represent the strength of the leadership team we have built at Avangrid and reaffirm our ongoing commitment to deliver an innovative, reliable, and resilient energy future.”
In June 2025, Avangrid announced that its former CEO, Pedro Azagra, was appointed by Iberdrola Executive Chairman Ignacio Galán and the Iberdrola Board of Directors, as CEO of the Iberdrola, S.A. With Azagra’s appointment, Miranda was named CEO of Avangrid while Kimberly Harriman was appointed Deputy CEO.
Purington assumes the role of Networks CEO bringing 28 years of experience at Central Maine Power in roles of increasing responsibility. Purington previously served as President and CEO of CMP, assuming that position in 2021. Last year, Purington expanded his role to take on the additional responsibility of overseeing and coordinating Networks’ shared services including Planning & Regulatory, Customer Service, Operations, Gas, and Business Development. He will now oversee all of Avangrid’s operating companies, and Trish Nilsen, CEO, NYSEG and RG&E, and Frank Reynolds, President and CEO, CNG, SCG & UI and CEO - BGC, will report directly to Joe.
Oytan assumes his role as CEO of Power after joining Avangrid in 2020. Prior to Avangrid, Oytan held senior roles at independent power producers in Europe and at global firms including Arup, Siemens Gamesa, and Schlumberger. Oytan brings more than 24 years of experience, including leading the development, construction, and operation of more than 10 GW of energy projects worldwide, including wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and gas-fired combined cycle technologies.
Oytan holds executive education credentials in business administration from Yale University and INSEAD. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Middle East Technical University in Turkey and a master’s degree in industrial management from Clemson University in South Carolina. He most recently served as Avangrid’s Chief Operating Officer of Offshore.
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About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. is a leading energy company in the United States working to meet the growing demand for energy for homes and businesses across the nation through service, innovation, and continued investments by expanding grid infrastructure and energy generation projects. Avangrid has offices in Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Oregon, including operations in 23 states with approximately $47 billion in assets, and has two primary lines of business: networks and power. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England. Through its power generation business, Avangrid owns and operates more than 75 energy generation facilities across the United States producing 10.5 GW of power for over 3.1 million customers. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens – in 2025 for the fifth consecutive year. The company was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2025 for the seventh consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.
About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.
With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
