Electra USA has named Christopher Mills president and CEO, effective immediately. Working from the firm’s New York City office, Mills will be responsible for general management of the Electra USA organization throughout the United States as well as overseeing the business and activities of the company’s three New York-based subsidiaries, including Gilston Electrical Contracting LLC, Hellman Electric LLC and F.W. Sims LLC).
“We are thrilled to have such an innovator and industry leader like Chris join our team, said Itamar Deutscher, president and CEO of Electra Ltd. “His over 30-year track record in the construction industry managing complex and large projects will prove to be an invaluable asset as we grow the Electra USA organization in the United States and continue to support our subsidiary firms who are building some of the region’s largest construction projects.”
Prior to joining Electra USA, Mills served as chief operating officer and president at Plaza Construction. For over three decades, he managed the construction of notable projects and was responsible for the implementation of processes and management systems used by Plaza throughout the organization. Projects 99 Hudson St. in Jersey City, New Jersey and the award-winning Fulton Center in New York City. He has been involved in managing more than 20 million square-feet of construction throughout the country with projects spanning interiors, core and shell and infrastructure.
An engineering graduate from Villanova University, he is a board member of Non-Traditional Employment for Women, ACE Mentoring and also is a founding member of the Real Estate Institute Executive Advisory Council at Fordham University.
