Chris Handwerk

Chief Commercial Officer

Chris Handwerk is the Chief Commercial Officer at Amp Americas. Chris is responsible for leading Amp’s business development efforts to sell long-term fixed price offtake to customers in emerging markets. Additionally, he oversees the management and optimization of Amp’s portfolio.

Chris has nearly two decades of energy experience spanning multiple technology types, geographies, and roles, including origination, strategy, and commodity transactional structuring.  He has experience in power and natural gas commodity transactions across all major North American markets and across all major power generation types, as well as experience with M&A.  Prior to Amp, Chris spent the majority of his energy career at Exelon/Constellation and also held roles at DC Energy and BrightNight.

Prior to joining the private sector, Chris served eight years as a submarine officer in the US Navy.  He holds a PhD and Masters’ Degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as a Bachelor’s degree from the United States Naval Academy.