Catherine M. Best, FCA, ICD.D (3)
Director
Catherine Best was appointed a Director of AltaGas Ltd. on November 30, 2011. Ms. Best is currently a director of Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Enbridge Income Fund Holdings Inc. and Superior Plus Corporation. Ms. Best currently serves as a member of the Audit Committee of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede and as a director of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation and The Calgary Foundation. She also serves on the Audit Committee of the University of Calgary. Ms. Best was the Executive Vice-President, Risk Management and Chief Financial Officer of the Calgary Health Region from 2000 to March 2009. Before joining the Calgary Health Region she was with Ernst & Young in Calgary for nineteen years, the last ten as Corporate Audit Partner.
David W. Cornhill (B.Sc.(Hons.), MBA) (1)(2)
Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
David Cornhill is a founding member of AltaGas Services Inc. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since AltaGas Services Inc.'s inception on April 1, 1994, and was appointed as a Director of AltaGas General Partner Inc. on April 29, 2004. Prior to forming AltaGas Services Inc., Mr. Cornhill served in the capacities of Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Treasurer at Alberta and Southern Gas Co. Ltd. from 1991 to 1993 and as President and Chief Operating Officer until March 31, 1994. Mr. Cornhill brings to the Board extensive oil and gas expertise in the natural gas processing and transportation industries.
Allan L. Edgeworth (2)(3)
Director
Mr. Edgeworth was the President and CEO of Alliance Pipeline from 2001 until December 2004. Mr. Edgeworth joined Alliance Pipeline in 1998 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that, Mr. Edgeworth spent almost 20 years with Westcoast Energy where he held various positions including Vice President of Pipeline Operations and Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and President, Pipeline Division.
Hugh A. Fergusson, B.A., J.D., ICD.D (2)(3)
Director
Hugh Fergusson was appointed a Director of AltaGas Services Inc.on May 7, 2008. Mr. Fergusson has over 30 years of executive management experience. His commitment to organizational excellence is reflected in the senior executive positions Mr. Fergusson held in the industry, most recently as Vice-President, Hydrocarbons & Energy with the Dow Chemical Company. As a professional consultant, Mr. Fergusson provides his expertise to a number of industry players, and for the last 15 years has also held several industry association leadership roles.
Daryl H. Gilbert (3)(4)
Director
Daryl Gilbert was appointed a Director of AltaGas Services Inc. on May 4, 2000, and was appointed as a Director of AltaGas General Partner Inc. on April 29, 2004. Mr. Gilbert has been an independent businessman since January 2005. Prior to 2005, Mr. Gilbert had a 26-year career with Gilbert Laustsen Jung Associates Ltd., a reservoir engineering company, most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer for 11 years.
Robert B. Hodgins (3)(5)
Director
Mr. Hodgins has been an independent businessman since November 2004. Mr. Hodgins served as the Chief Financial Officer of Pengrowth Energy Trust from 2002 to 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Hodgins held the position of Vice President and Treasurer of Canadian Pacific Limited from 1998 to 2002 and was Chief Financial Officer of TransCanada Pipelines Limited from 1993 to 1998.
Myron F. Kanik (4)(5)(6)
Lead Director
Myron Kanik was appointed a Director of AltaGas Services Inc. on June 1, 2001, and was appointed as a Director of AltaGas General Partner Inc. on April 29, 2004. Mr. Kanik has extensive natural gas industry experience, which includes serving as Deputy Minister for the Alberta Department of Energy and President of the Canadian Energy Pipelines Association. He currently consults to the energy industry.
David F. Mackie (4)(5)
Director
David Mackie was appointed a Director of AltaGas Services Inc. on January 12, 1995, and was appointed as a Director of AltaGas General Partner Inc. on April 29, 2004. Mr. Mackie is a U.S. based energy industry consultant and investor. Mr. Mackie brings a broad range of experience to the AltaGas Board of Directors having spent more than 32 years in various executive capacities with El Paso Natural Gas Co. and Transco Energy Co. He also has extensive consulting experience with many senior energy companies and the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline Project.
Neil McCrank Q.C., P.Eng (2)(5)
Director
Neil McCrank was appointed a Director of AltaGas General Partner Inc. on December 10, 2007. Mr. McCrank served as Chairman of the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) from 1998 to 2007. Prior to joining the EUB, Mr. McCrank served as a Special Prosecutor, Assistant Deputy Minister for the Criminal Justice Division, Deputy Attorney General, and Deputy Minister for the Alberta Department of Justice. Mr. McCrank holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University. He graduated with an LL.B. from Queen’s and was admitted to the Bar in 1971. He is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian and Calgary Bar associations, and the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta.
(1) Chairman of the Board
(2) Member of the Environment Occupational Health and Safety Committee, chaired by Allan Edgeworth.
(3) Member of the Audit Committee, chaired by Robert Hodgins
(4) Member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, chaired by Myron Kanik.
(5) Member of the Governance Committee, chaired by Myron Kanik. As Lead Director.
(6) Mr. Kanik acts as chair of the Board whenever the Board meets in-camera and independently of management.