Directors

Mr. Auchinleck held the position of President & Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Canada from 1998 to 2001. Prior thereto, Mr. Auchinleck held the positions of Chief Operating Officer of Gulf Canada (from 1995 to 1998), as well as Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Indonesia (from 1997 to 1998). In 1995, he was appointed Senior Vice President, International and Exploration of Gulf Canada, which included responsibilities for both marketing and acquisitions. Mr. Auchinleck is also a director of public issuers: ConocoPhillips, and Telus Corporation. Mr. Auchinleck holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and a P.Eng. He is a member of AEGGA and the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Bird is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Development, Enbridge Inc. and is responsible for Enbridge’s principal financial functions and corporate planning, mergers, acquisitions and business development. Prior to his appointment Mr. Bird was responsible for all of Enbridge’s crude oil and liquids pipeline operations in North America, including Enbridge Pipelines and its related liquids pipelines operations, and Enbridge’s many opportunities for new pipelines to transport growing oil sands production. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Bird was Group Vice President, Liquids Pipelines and prior thereto Senior Vice President, Corporate Planning and Development. Mr. Bird joined Enbridge in 1995 after holding senior financial and corporate development executive positions at a number of other companies. Mr. Bird is also a director of the following public issuers: Bird Construction Inc. (formerly Bird Construction Income Fund), Enbridge Pipelines Inc., Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Gaz Metro inc. Mr. Bird holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Manitoba, a Masters of Business Administration and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvest Business School.

Dr. Cannon is President of the University of Calgary and was appointed to that position effective July 1, 2010. Prior to that Dr. Cannon was Dean of the Schulich School of Engineering since July 2006. Dr. Cannon has been Professor of Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary since 1996. From 2002 to 2003, she was a Special Advisor to the President, University of Calgary where she worked with the President, the Provost and other university leaders to provide advice on the university’s academic plan. Prior thereto, Dr. Cannon held the position of Associate Professor, Geomatics Engineering at the University of Calgary from 1993 to 1996. Dr. Cannon holds a Ph.D., Master of Sciences and Bachelor of Sciences in Geomatics Engineering from the University of Calgary, and a Bachelor of Sciences in Mathematics from Acadia University.

Mr. Fischer was the President & Chief Executive Officer of Nexen Inc. from 2001 to 2008. Since 1994, Mr. Fischer held various executive positions within Nexen Inc., including the positions of Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer in which he was responsible for all Nexen’s conventional oil and gas business in Western Canada, the US Gulf Coast and all international locations, as well as oil sands, marketing and information systems activities worldwide. Prior thereto, Mr. Fischer held positions with Dome Petroleum Ltd., Hudson’s Bay Oil & Gas Ltd., Bow Valley Industries Ltd., Sproule Associates Ltd. and Encor Energy Ltd. Mr. Fischer is also a director of Enbridge Inc. Mr. Fischer holds a Masters of Business Administration, Major in Finance and a Bachelor of Sciences in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary.

Mr. Roberts is a senior finance executive with extensive experience in the oil & gas and financial services industries and a thorough knowledge of financial and capital markets. He held a number of senior finance positions during his 20 year career with Petro-Canada, including Treasurer, Vice-President, Finance & Planning and ten years as Chief Financial Officer, in which he was accountable for the establishment of Petro-Canada’s financial objectives, implementation of effective business processes, financial and risk management, accounting and internal controls, corporate taxes, strategic planning, corporate finance, treasury and pension plan management, information technology and supply chain management. He was also Senior Vice-President, Integration of Suncor Energy Inc. following its merger with Petro-Canada in 2009. Mr. Roberts holds a B.Comm. from the University of Alberta. He is a community member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Governors for the University of Calgary and a member of the Board of Governors and Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame.

Mr. Tallman retired as the Senior Vice President, Prairies Region of Royal Bank of Canada in 2002, after a career spanning 41 years. Some of Mr. Tallman’s key management responsibilities with the Royal Bank included Senior Vice President Lending – Risk Management Group, Senior Assistant Manager, Vancouver Branch, Senior Vice President, Prairies, Vice President, Global Energy Group and Vice President, Commercial Banking & National Accounts. Mr. Tallman is also a director of the following public issuers: Big Rock Brewery Ltd., Oilsands Quest Inc. and PFB Corporation. Mr.Tallman is a graduate of Dalhousie University’s Executive Summer School Program, the University of Virginia’s International Lending Program and the Directors’ Education Program, Corporate Governance College of the Institute of Corporate Directors.