|
|
Directors
Donald J. Lowry, 2, Chairman of the Board
 President and Chief Executive Officer
EPCOR Utilities Inc.
Edmonton, Alberta
Mr. Lowry became a director in April 2007, and assumed the role of Chairman of the Board, previously held by C.E.(Chuck) Shultz, on October 1, 2009. He currently is the President and Chief Executive Officer of EPCOR Utilities Inc. and has more than 25 years of industry experience, specifically in the utilities, telecommunications and power generation sectors through senior positions at EPCOR and AGT/Telus. Mr. Lowry became Chairman of Capital Power Corporation, a publicly traded company formed when EPCOR spun off its generation business in July of 2009. He is also a member of the Alberta Economic Development Authority, past Chairman of the Canadian Electricity Association and sits on the Telus Community Board. In 2005 he was named by Alberta Venture as one of Alberta's most respected leaders. Mr. Lowry holds a B.Comm. (Hons) and MBA from the University of Manitoba, and is a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program and the Banff School of Management.
|
Ian A. Bourne, 1,2, Corporate Director
Calgary, Alberta
Mr. Bourne became a director in November 2007. He is the Chair of Ballard Power Systems Inc. and a member of the board of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as well as Wajax Income Fund, Wajax Limited and SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. From January 1998 to December 2005, Mr. Bourne served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TransAlta Corporation and he was President of TransAlta Power LP from its inception in March 1998 to December 2006. Prior to 1998, he served as Chief Financial Officer of Canada Post Corporation and spent 22 years with the General Electric Company in Canada and Europe. Mr. Bourne has completed the Institute of Corporate Directors, Corporate Governance program and is accredited as a certified director under that program with the ICD.D. designation.
|
Marcel R. Coutu, President and Chief Executive Officer
 Canadian Oil Sands Limited
Calgary, Alberta
Marcel Coutu joined Canadian Oil Sands Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Oil Sands Trust, as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2001. Mr. Coutu also is Chairman of the Board of Syncrude Canada Ltd. and chairs the Syncrude Joint Venture CEO and Management Committees.
Mr. Coutu has more than 25 years of experience in the energy sector, primarily focused in corporate finance. Prior to joining Canadian Oil Sands, Mr. Coutu was Chief Financial Officer of Gulf Canada and preceding that was Senior Vice President International and Vice President Finance at TransCanada PipeLines. Mr. Coutu has experience in the upstream oil sector, working for Hudson’s Bay Oil & Gas and Dome Petroleum, and experience in the investment banking business, mostly with Burns Fry Limited. He holds an H.B.Sc. in geology from the University of Waterloo (1976), an MBA from the University of Western Ontario (1980), and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists (APEGGA).
Mr. Coutu is a member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. He serves on the Board of Directors of Brookfield Asset Management, Great-West Lifeco., and the Pension and Compensation Committee of the Calgary Stampede Board. As well, he is a Governor of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). Mr. Coutu has completed the Institute of Corporate Directors, Corporate Governance program and is accredited with the ICD.D. designation.
|
Wayne M. Newhouse, 2,3, Corporate Director
Calgary, Alberta
Mr. Newhouse became a director in 1996. He is a Professional Engineer and oil and gas executive with over 40 years of broad industry experience. From 1995 to present, Mr. Newhouse has served as President of two private oil and gas companies. Prior to 1995, he was a Senior Vice President with Norcen Energy Resources Ltd. Mr. Newhouse has completed the Financial Literacy for Directors course.
|
John K. Read, 1, Corporate Director
President
John K. Read Investments Ltd.
(private company)
Calgary, Alberta
John Read became a director in 2010. He is a Professional Engineer with 40 years of engineering project management and construction experience in the energy industry. Mr. Read was a founding partner of Colt Engineering Corporation in 1974 where he held various engineering and management positions and served as President and/or CEO for 23 years, retiring in early 2006. Mr. Read currently serves on the board of Axis NetMedia Corporation, Oilsands Quest Inc. and PFB Corporation. In the not-for-profit sector he is currently President of the Ernst C. Manning Awards Foundation. Mr. Read graduated from the University of Saskatchewan in Mechanical Engineering in 1970.
|
Brant Sangster, 1,3, Corporate Director
Calgary, Alberta
Mr. Sangster became a director in September 2006, bringing with him nearly 38 years of experience in the energy industry. In 2006, Mr. Sangster retired as Senior Vice President, Oil Sands with Petro-Canada following a 25-year career as a senior executive with that company. He was responsible for managing Petro-Canada’s oil sands businesses, including their 12 per cent interest in the Syncrude Joint Venture and participation in the Fort Hills mining and upgrading project. Prior to joining Petro-Canada, Mr. Sangster held various strategic planning and operating positions with Imperial Oil Ltd. for 13 years. Mr. Sangster currently serves on the Board of Directors of Titanium Corporation Inc. and Inter Pipeline Fund. He holds a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Dalhousie University.
|
C.E. (Chuck) Shultz, 1,2,3, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
 Dauntless Energy Inc.
Calgary, Alberta
Mr. Shultz has been a director of Canadian Oil Sands or one of its predecessors since 1995. Mr. Shultz is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dauntless Energy, Inc. ("Dauntless"), which he formed in 1995. Prior to forming Dauntless, Mr. Shultz served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Canada Resources Limited from 1990 to 1995. Mr. Shultz serves on the board of directors of Newfield Exploration and Enbridge Inc. He also is a director of several private companies, including Glencoe Resources, Matrix Solutions and Sonoma Resources. In the not-for-profit sector, he currently serves on the Board of Management for the Alberta Economic Development Authority, the Calgary Airport Business Advisory Board, Science Alberta, and the Colorado School of Mines Foundation Board of Governors. Mr. Shultz graduated from the Colorado School of Mines in Geological Engineering in 1961 and attended the University of Virginia's Executive Program in 1980, the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 1984 and, has completed the Institute of Corporate Directors, Corporate Governance program and is accredited as a certified director under that program with the ICD.D. designation.
|
Wesley R. Twiss, 2,3, Corporate Director
Calgary, Alberta
Mr. Twiss became a director in 2001. He is a corporate director with over 40 years of energy industry experience. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PanCanadian Energy Corporation from October 2000 until April 2002 and was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Petro-Canada from 1998 through 2000. In those roles, Mr. Twiss was responsible for directing all aspects of corporate financial affairs, as well as strategic management and corporate development. He is a director of EPCOR Utilities Inc. He has completed the Institute of Corporate Directors, Directors Education program and holds the ICD.D designation. Mr. Twiss holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.
|
John B. Zaozirny, Q.C., 1,3, Vice Chairman
Canaccord Capital Corporation
Calgary, Alberta
Mr. Zaozirny became a director in 1996. He is Vice Chairman of Canaccord Genuity Corporation. He also is a director of a number of public entities including: Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., PetroAmerica Oil Corp., Pengrowth Corporation, TerraVest Income Fund, Provident Energy Ltd., Computer Modelling Group, Bankers Petroleum Inc., Coastal Energy Co., and Canaccord Genuity Corporation. In addition to his private sector experience, Mr. Zaozirny was in public service as a former Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta.
|
1 Member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee
2 Member of the Audit Committee
3 Member of the Reserves, Marketing Operations and Environmental, Health and Safety Committee
|
|