CenterPoint Energy, Inc. announced the promotion of Jason P. Wells, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to the role of President and Chief Operating Officer, effective January 1, 2023. Dave Lesar will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer. The company also announced that it is initiating a public search for a CFO and that Wells will continue to serve in his current capacity until his successor has been appointed.

Wells earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree in accounting, both from the University of Florida. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Wells is active in the community and serves on the Bauer College Board of the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston; the Advisory Board of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University; and the Boards of Central Houston, Inc. and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.