HELEN WESLEY

PRESIDENT & CEO, PEOPLES GAS System, TAMPA

Wesley joined Peoples Gas in 2020 as its COO and became president in 2021 and CEO in 2022, leading a 900-employee team that serves more than 500,000 customers. She is an active member of CEOs Against Cancer.

EDUCATION: University of Calgary (BA), Bentley University (MBA)

DREAM ALTERNATE CAREER: I’ve always wanted to own a bookstore/coffee shop/flower shop.

SOMETHING SURPRISING: I learned to play classical piano and did all the training necessary to earn my Royal Conservatory of Music certificate by the time I was in grade 12 — but I stopped playing to have a more normal social life.