
	As head of&nbsp;NRG&#39;s finance organization, Kirk plays an instrumental role in formulating and executing&nbsp;NRG&#39;s capital allocation strategies and in financing the company&#39;s renewables and repowering initiatives. He leads all of&nbsp;NRG&#39;s corporate financial functions, including treasury, financial planning, accounting, internal audit, tax, risk, credit management and insurance.

	Kirk joined&nbsp;NRG&nbsp;in 2011 as Chief Financial Officer after a successful 15-year career in investment banking. In 2004, he was introduced to what would become the cornerstone of&nbsp;NRG&#39;s generation business when he advised Centerpoint Energy on its sale of Texas Genco to a consortium of financial sponsors, which sold the business to&nbsp;NRG&nbsp;the following year. Kirk served as Managing Director and Head of Power Mergers and Acquisitions and subsequently headed the North American Power Investment Banking group at Citigroup Global Markets. Later, he served as Managing Director and co-head of Power and Utilities&ndash;Americas at Deutsche Bank. In his banking career, Kirk has led numerous large and innovative strategic, debt, equity and commodities transactions, including multiple advisory roles for&nbsp;NRG.

	Kirk holds a Bachelor&#39;s degree in philosophy from Wake Forest University and an&nbsp;MBA&nbsp;from the University of Virginia&#39;s Darden School of Business.
