Clearway Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CWEN) announced a series of senior leadership changes effective October 1, 2026, as detailed in a Form 8-K filed on September 8, 2026.
Current Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Sarah Rubenstein is transitioning to a new role at Clearway Energy Group LLC (CEG) as the Head of the Transformation Office. In this position, she will focus on digital and data transformation and integration activities. She will succeed Steven Ryder as the Company’s CFO, effective October 1, 2026.
Ryder, age 58, has served as Executive Vice President and CFO of CEG since September 2018. Prior to joining CEG, he was the CFO for Invenergy LLC, a Chicago-based clean energy developer, from 2006 to 2018. Ryder previously held finance and technical roles at GE Energy Financial Services, the International Finance Corporation, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and AT&T. He holds a Master’s Degree in Public Affairs from Princeton University and a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and currently serves on the Board of Directors for ACORE.
In a separate appointment effective September 8, 2026, Samantha Prout was named Senior Vice President, Accounting and Controller. She succeeds Rubenstein as the principal accounting officer. Prout, age 48, most recently served as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller at Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD) from 2018 to 2026. Prior to Amicus, she held accounting leadership roles at NRG Energy, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. She began her career at KPMG LLP, where she spent over 15 years building audit and advisory expertise.
As part of her appointment, Prout will receive a one-time cash sign-on bonus of $50,000, payable within 30 days of the commencement of her employment.
