Energy technology solutions provider Schneider Electric announced the launch of SE Advisory Services, its new global consulting practice focused on helping clients solve complex energy efficiency, sustainability, and technology challenges through electrification, automation, and digitalization.
According to Schneider Electric, the launch of its dedicated consulting practice comes as companies face a range of interconnected challenges including rising global electricity demand, decarbonization and increasingly intricate supply chains, with the establishment of SE Advisory Services enabling a more holistic, integrated approach to strategy and execution to help advise businesses on navigating the new layers of complexity.
Frédéric Godemel, Executive Vice President, Energy Management at Schneider Electric, said:
“Times of uncertainty require one thing above all, clarity and knowledge of what you can control. As such, we have taken our world-class consulting capabilities from across Schneider Electric and combined them to enable our clients to move with greater speed and confidence, and unlock capabilities to solve pressing energy, sustainability, and technology challenges.”
The new practice brings together several of Schneider Electric’s areas of expertise to offer enterprise-wide initiatives and site-level operations across four core domains, including “Sustainable Business & Industrial Transformation,” to guide transition planning through areas including digital transformation, process electrification, decarbonization, renewable energy, low-carbon infrastructure, circularity, and nature-based solutions and carbon offsetting; “Risk Management & Resilience,” helping protect organizations from energy volatility, cybersecurity threats, climate risk, and system disruptions; “Resource & Asset Performance,” evaluating resources and systems strategically to improve reliability, reduce waste, and unlock resources to invest in growth, and; “Intelligent Software,” providing specialized software products embedded with native AI capabilities and built on deep advisory expertise to connect fragmented workflows and turn insights into action.
Schneider Electric noted that the new practice will expand beyond its traditional advisory to apply an end-to-end approach, including software and project implementation.
Gwenaelle Avice Huet, EVP, Industrial Automation at Schneider Electric, said:
“Energy, technology, and software are now inseparable drivers of industrial progress. Our consulting approach helps customers identify the critical levers for transformation, unlocking the full potential of electrification, accelerating automation, embedding digitalization, and strengthening cybersecurity. With software at the core, we enable resilient, future-ready operations that adapt to market shifts and deliver long-term value.”
The new practice will be led by Steve Wilhite, Executive Vice President of SE Advisory Services. Wilhite joined Schneider Electric through the acquisition of outsourced energy procurement and sustainability services provider Summit Energy in 2011, where he served as President and CEO, and has been most recently serving as Executive Vice President at Schneider Electric, leading its Sustainability Business.
In a post announcing the launch of SE Advisory Services, Wilhite said:
“We are bringing together the best in the business—thousands of global consultants and technical specialists—to carry out this end-to-end advisory approach. Backed by our new AI native software solution, our unique advisory model strengthens business performance, mitigates risk, and builds resilience.”
