---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000728391-25-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000728391"
company_name: "IPALCO ENTERPRISES, INC."
filed_at: "2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T08:12:31.333706+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IPALCO appoints Evaristo Leonardi as COO of AES Indiana; Renaud Faucher joins board

## Summary
- Evaristo Leonardi appointed VP and COO of AES Indiana effective Feb 28, 2025; previously COO of Energy Infrastructure and International Markets at AES since Jan 2022.
- Renaud Faucher elected to IPALCO board on March 6, 2025, replacing Frédéric Lesage; nominated by CDP under Shareholders' Agreement.
- Leonardi also serves as VP and COO of AES Ohio; compensation from AES management plans exceeds $120k annually.
- IPALCO and AES Indiana do not separately compensate officers or board members for service.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000728391-25-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000728391
- company_name: IPALCO ENTERPRISES, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-03-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728391/000072839125000020/0000728391-25-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728391/000072839125000020/cik0000728391-20250228.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000728391-25-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000728391-25-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000728391-25-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Evaristo Leonardi was appointed as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at IPALCO ENTERPRISES, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On February 28, 2025, the Board of Directors of Indianapolis Power & Light Company, doing business as AES Indiana (“AES Indiana”), a subsidiary of IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. (“IPALCO”) and The AES Corporation (“AES”), acting through unanimous written consent, appointed Evaristo Leonardi as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of AES Indiana.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728391/000072839125000020/0000728391-25-000020-index.htm
- Executive change
  Renaud Faucher was elected as Director at IPALCO ENTERPRISES, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: Also, on March 6, 2025, Renaud Faucher was elected to the Board of Directors of IPALCO by the unanimous written consent of IPALCO’s shareholders (the “Shareholders”), AES U.S. Investments, Inc. (“AES U.S. Investments”) and CDP Infrastructures Fund L.P. (“CDP”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of La Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728391/000072839125000020/0000728391-25-000020-index.htm
- Executive change
  Frédéric Lesage departed as Director at IPALCO ENTERPRISES, INC..
  - Action: replaced
  - Role: Director
  source text: Mr. Faucher was nominated by CDP to replace a prior CDP nominee, Frédéric Lesage.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/728391/000072839125000020/0000728391-25-000020-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.