IRVING, Texas, May 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --  Vistra Energy Corp. (NYSE: VST) today announced the appointment of respected energy industry veteran David A. Campbell as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective June 5, 2019. Mr. Campbell replaces outgoing CFO, J. William "Bill" Holden, who has announced his resignation to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Campbell, who has previously worked for Vistra's predecessor companies, will report to Vistra's chief executive officer, Curt Morgan, and will assume broad responsibility for the company's accounting, risk, internal audit, treasury, tax, planning, and investor activities.

"David is a strategic, results-oriented leader with deep industry and capital markets experience. He will be a valuable addition to Vistra's executive team," Mr. Morgan commented. "His familiarity with the industry and much of Vistra's business will enable him to hit the ground running. We are eager to welcome David to the Vistra team as we continue to focus on execution in 2019, and we look forward to his contributions to our continued growth and success in the years ahead."

"Under Curt's leadership, Vistra has transformed its business and the industry," said Mr. Campbell. "The company is well-positioned and now is the right time for me to join the team to help take the enterprise to the next level. I am excited about the future for Vistra."

Mr. Campbell most recently served as the president and chief executive officer of InfraREIT, Inc., a transmission and distribution utility structured as a real estate investment trust, from August 2014 through May 2019. Prior to his role at InfraREIT, he was president and chief operating officer of Bluescape Resources, an energy-focused investment company. Mr. Campbell also previously served as chief executive officer of Luminant when it was a subsidiary of Vistra's predecessor parent company, Energy Future Holdings. He originally joined TXU Corp., the predecessor to EFH, in 2004 as executive vice president of corporate planning, strategy, and risk, and became chief financial officer of TXU in 2006. Prior to joining TXU, Mr. Campbell was a principal in the Dallas office of McKinsey & Company, where he led the Texas and Southern Region hubs of McKinsey's corporate finance and strategy practice.

Mr. Campbell holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University, a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School, and a master's degree from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

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About  Vistra  Energy 
Vistra Energy (NYSE: VST) is a premier, integrated power company based in Irving, Texas, combining an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail with a focus on safe, reliable, and efficient power generation. Through its retail and generation businesses which include TXU Energy, Homefield Energy, Dynegy, and Luminant, Vistra operates in 12 states and six of the seven competitive markets in the U.S., with about 5,400 employees. Vistra's retail brands serve approximately 2.9 million residential, commercial, and industrial customers across five top retail states, and its generation fleet totals approximately 41,000 megawatts of highly efficient generation capacity, with a diverse portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery storage facilities. The company is currently developing the largest battery energy storage system of its kind in the world – a 300-MW/1,200-MWh system in Moss Landing, California. 

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