Pedro Pizarro

President & Chief Executive Officer at Edison International (EIX)

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Pedro Pizarro Biography

Pedro J. Pizarro is President and Chief Executive Officer of Edison International, the parent company of electric utility Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the nation’s largest electric utilities. Edison International is also the parent company of Trio, a portfolio of competitive businesses providing integrated sustainability and energy advisory services to large commercial, industrial and institutional organizations in North America and Europe. Pizarro is also a member of Edison International’s board of directors.

Pizarro served as president of SCE from October 2014 through May 2016, when he was elected president of Edison International. He was elected chief executive officer in October 2016.

Previously, Pizarro was president of Edison Mission Energy (EME) and chaired its board of directors from 2011 until the sale of its assets to NRG Energy in April 2014. EME, a subsidiary of Edison International at the time, was an independent power producer that owned, leased, operated and sold energy and capacity from electric power generation facilities and engaged in hedging and energy trading activities in competitive power markets. Pizarro joined Edison International in 1999, moved to SCE in 2001 and progressed through several leadership roles before joining EME.

Before his work at Edison International and SCE, Pizarro was a senior engagement manager with McKinsey & Company, providing management consulting services to energy, technology, engineering services and banking clients. There, he developed corporate strategy, handled mergers and acquisitions and oversaw operational and organizational engagements.

Pizarro is co-chair of the Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council, the principal liaison between the federal government and the electric power industry to prepare for and respond to national-level disasters or threats to critical infrastructure. He is the immediate past chair of the Edison Electric Institute and continues to serve on its board, as well as the boards of Caltech and 3M.

Pizarro earned a PhD in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology and held National Science Foundation and Department of Defense graduate fellowships. He earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Harvard University.

Pedro Pizarro Videos

  • Pedro Pizarro - Climate Group
    Pedro Pizarro at Climate Week NYC 2023
  • Lessons from the C-Suite: Conversation w/ Pedro J. Pizarro
  • Move the Needle CEO Challenge: Pedro Pizarro, Edison International
    Pedro Pizarro, Business Roundtable member and President and CEO of Edison International, shares how the company is helping to #MovetheNeedle by...

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