Chris Weston joined Direct Energy as President and CEO on July 1, 2009. Prior to this appointment, Chris held numerous leadership roles within Centrica plc, which owns Direct Energy and its operations in North America. Most recently, Chris was the Managing Director of British Gas Services, a position to which he was appointed in June 2005. Under his leadership, the business recorded impressive profit growth and improvements in customer satisfaction and employee engagement. Chris also served as Managing Director of British Gas Business between 2002 and 2005, and was Managing Director of Europe for Onetel from 2001 to 2002, which was acquired by Centrica.

Before joining Centrica, Chris was part of a team with responsibility for merging three cable operators into Cable and Wireless in Australia. He also served in the Royal Horse Artillery of the British Army for seven years, leaving to attain his PhD in Quantitative Finance from Imperial College, London.

Chris is married to Lucy and they have four children. He enjoys the outdoors and is a keen fisherman and skier.