BURKE JAMES A

About BURKE JAMES A

James A. Burke, also known as Jim Burke, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Vistra Corp. and a member of the company’s board of directors. He assumed the CEO role effective August 1, 2022, following a formal succession process at the company. Vistra states that Burke has been with the company and its predecessor entities since 2004, giving him long-tenured experience across the organization’s retail and power-generation businesses. ([sec.gov](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1692819/000119312522080042/d338148dex991.htm?utm_source=openai)) Before becoming CEO, Burke served as Vistra’s President and Chief Financial Officer from December 2020 to July 2022. In that role, he had broad responsibility for accounting, risk, internal audit, treasury, tax, planning, mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, and oversight of critical technology services. Prior to that, he was the company’s Chief Operating Officer from 2016 through 2020, with responsibility for day-to-day operations, including fossil generation and mining, the Vistra Zero portfolio, retail operations, safety, supply chain, asset closures, and the development of renewable-energy and battery-storage projects. ([vistracorp.com](https://vistracorp.com/about/leadership/?utm_source=openai)) Burke also previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TXU Energy, the leading competitive electricity retailer in Texas, from 2005 to 2016, after joining the business in late 2004 as Senior Vice President of Residential Markets. That progression reflects a career built across commercial leadership, operational execution, and financial oversight in the energy sector. Vistra further notes that he serves externally as a board member of the Nuclear Energy Institute and as an advisory board member for the Tulane University Energy Institute, and that he completed the MIT Nuclear Reactor Technology course. ([vistracorp.com](https://vistracorp.com/about/leadership/?utm_source=openai))