Gianfranco Butera

Gianfranco Butera is a Managing Director in the Power, Renewables & Energy Transition (“PRET”) practice within FTI Consulting’s Corporate Finance team. Mr. Butera has spent more than 20 years in the energy sector, holding senior positions with global power companies, including conventional and renewable power generation. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, corporate treasury, M&A, financial restructuring and operational turnaround in complex and fast-growth environments across multiple geographies. Additionally, he frequently engages with key stakeholders in complex situations, including governmental and export credit agencies as well as pension, private equity and infrastructure funds.

Mr. Butera advises companies and equity sponsors on a variety of economic, financial and strategic issues across the energy value chain. He supports investors throughout the entire investment process, including target identification, transaction support, business creation and divestiture strategy.

Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Butera held several senior positions with Enel Group, including CFO for the North American Region and CEO and Board Member for Enel Finance America. He also served as Global Head of Finance and Insurance at Enel Green Power, a company listed on both the Borsa Italiana (“BIT”) and Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (“BME”). As Global Head of Finance and Insurance at Enel Green Power (Rome, 2011–2013), he directed all financing activities across the group, providing strategic guidance to country teams across Italy, the Americas and Europe. He also engineered capital growth from €3 billion to nearly €6 billion to fund solar and wind expansion, securing external and parent company funding while building relationships with multilateral and export credit institutions, including EKF, Ex-Im Bank, Hermes, IFC and the IDB.

As CFO of Enel Green Power U.S. and Canada (Boston, 2014–2018), Mr. Butera restructured the finance department within six months of appointment and drove subsidiary growth through the negotiation of $3 billion in tax equity transactions and $1 billion in M&A. He then expanded his remit as CFO of the full North American Region, covering the United States, Canada and Mexico from 2019 to 2022. In this role, he led a team of more than 100 professionals across three countries, securing more than $1.7 billion in annual CapEx, structuring over $800 million in annual tax equity financing, executing more than $2 billion in M&A transactions and issuing a $1 billion bond through Enel Finance America.

Most recently, as Corporate Treasurer of the North American Region and CEO and Board member of Enel Finance America (New York, 2023–2025), he spearheaded $3.5 billion in corporate financing and onboarded a Tier-1 U.S. financial institution into a $5 billion commercial paper program.