Houston-based CenterPoint Energy Inc. (NYSE: CNP) has selected a new general counsel and senior vice president.

Jason Ryan, formerly CenterPoint’s senior vice president of regulatory services and government affairs, has been named to the roles, effective April 2. He’s also joining the company’s senior leadership team, according to an April 1 press release.

Before joining CenterPoint in 2009, Ryan represented the company as outside regulatory counsel for nearly a decade, per the release. He was a managing partner at energy law firm RyanGlover LLP and a global projects attorney at Baker Botts LLP. He also served as an information dominance warfare officer in the U.S. Navy from 2005 to 2015, per the release.

In his new role, Ryan will now oversee regulatory services; government affairs; corporate governance; securities and commercial law; litigation and claims; internal audit; environmental; and ethics, compliance and privacy, per the release. Read more here.