Susan Uthayakumar joins Prologis as chief sustainability and energy officer

Prologis has appointed Susan Uthayakumar to the new role of chief sustainability and energy officer. Uthayakumar and her team will evaluate and scale both existing and emerging energy solutions across the Prologis platform. She also will partner with the company’s environmental stewardship, social responsibility and governance (ESG) team on strategy, progress, stakeholder engagement and related initiatives.

Before joining Prologis, Uthayakumar was president of Schneider Electric’s Sustainability Business Division. During her 16-year tenure, she was instrumental in transforming Schneider Electric to a digital power and automation technology company by driving sustainability, efficiency and resiliency. Before that, she was CEO of Schneider Canada.