» William L. Britton, Q.C.

Mr. Britton was first elected to the Board of Directors of ATCO Ltd. in September, 1975 and was a Director of Canadian Utilities Limited from June, 1980 until May, 2008.

He is a director of a number of Canadian and multinational corporations, including Barking Power Limited, Forest Oil Corporation and AKITA Drilling Ltd. He is Chairman of Hanzell Vineyards Ltd., and of Geary-Market Investment Company. He is active in community and sporting organizations and a director of the Denver Broncos Football Club and a Past President of the Calgary Stampeders Football Club. Mr. Britton is a former director of the Calgary District Foundation, Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta and a former governor of the Calgary Petroleum Club.

Mr. Britton is also Chairman Emeritus and the past chairman and national managing partner of Bennett Jones, one of Canada’s largest law firms.

Mr. Britton has considerable experience in international matters focusing on developing and negotiating a wide range of commercial and international contracts. He has significant experience in corporate mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and reorganizations; banking and financing, including project financing; securities offerings; utilities and real estate matters.

Mr. Britton is also a member of the Law Society of Alberta and the Canadian Bar Association.

» Bertrand P. Collomb 

Mr. Collomb is the Honorary Chairman of Lafarge S.A., headquartered in Paris, France. Lafarge is a world leader in building materials, with 71,000 employees in 70 countries around the world. Mr. Collomb is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Mines in Paris and holds a French law degree and a PhD in Management. He has held several executive positions in Lafarge since 1975, including his appointment as Chairman and CEO in 1989. He became Chairman of the Board in 2003. Mr. Collomb is also on the Board of TOTAL S.A. and DuPont.  He is a trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation and Chairman of the French Institute for Studies in Science and Technology and the French Institute of International Relations. He is also a member of the Institut de France.

» Brian P. Drummond

Mr. Drummond is a founding director of the Corporation. Most recently he was Vice Chairman, Richardson Greenshields of Canada Limited. He was also previously President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Greenshields Incorporated. Mr. Drummond is a director and member of the Executive Committee of the McGill University Health Centre Foundation and is a director of the Montreal General Hospital Foundation. He is a past Chairman of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and the Montreal Exchange. Mr. Drummond is a member of the Investment Committee of the Canadian Medical Protective Association. He served as a Director of Canadian Utilities Limited from 1997 to 2008.

» Basil K. French

Mr. French is the President of Karusel Management Ltd., a Calgary based company specializing in management consulting and property management. Prior to the establishment of Karusel Management, Mr. French was with the firms of Buchanan, Barry, Miller and French Chartered Accountants and Price Waterhouse & Co. He served as a Director of Canadian Utilities Limited from 1981 to 2008.

» Right Honourable Donald F. Mazankowski, P.C., O.C., A.O.E., D.Eng., LL.D.

Rt. Hon. Don Mazankowski became a business consultant following his retirement from federal politics in 1993. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1968 and served as a Member of Parliament for Vegreville. In 1986, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Government House Leader and President of the Queen’s Privy Council. In July 2000, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada, and in October 2003, he was appointed to The Alberta Order of Excellence. Mr. Mazankowski is also a senior advisor with Gowling, Lafleur, Henderson LLP, Barristers and Solicitors. He is a past member of the board of governors of the University of Alberta and is past chairman of the Institute of Health Economics.

Mr. Mazankowski also serves on the Boards of Canadian Oil Sands Trust, Power Corporation of Canada, Power Financial Corporation, Great West Lifeco Inc., IGM Financial Inc., Shaw Communications Inc., Weyerhaeuser Company., and Yellow Pages Income Fund.

» Helmut M. Neldner

Mr. Neldner has extensive experience in the telecommunications industry and is the former President & Chief Executive Officer of AGT and Telus Corporation. He started his career with AGT in 1964 and later served as Vice President, Finance and Vice President, Corporate Planning and Engineering before retiring as President & Chief Executive Officer of TELUS Corporation in 1994. Mr. Neldner served as a Director of Canadian Utilities Limited from 1991 to 2008.

» Nancy C. Southern

In addition to her role as President & CEO, Nancy serves as Deputy Chair for ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited. Nancy Southern was appointed President & Chief Executive Officer, ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited, on January 1, 2003. Previously she had been Co-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer since January 2000, Deputy Chief Executive Officer since May 1998 and Deputy Chairman since January 1996. She has been a Director of the Corporation since 1989. Ms. Southern has full responsibility for executing strategic direction and the on-going operations of the corporation, reporting to the Board of Directors. She is currently a Director of ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited and serves on the Boards of all the ATCO Group subsidiary companies. She is also a Director of the Bank of Montreal, AKITA Drilling Ltd., and Sentgraf Enterprises Ltd.  Ms. Southern is a member of The Business Council, a US based association of Chief Executive Officers representing a broad range of global businesses.

» Ronald D. Southern, C.B.E., C.C., LL.D.

Ron Southern is Chairman of the Board of ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited. Together with his late father, S.D. Southern, Mr. Southern co-founded ATCO Group in 1947. Mr. Southern also serves as a Director of AKITA Drilling Ltd., Chairman of Sentgraf Enterprises Ltd and is a Canadian member of the Trilateral Commission.  Some of Mr. Southern's many distinctions include: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 1995; Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau, 2006; and Companion of the Order of Canada, 2007. 

Mr. Southern is a recipient of many awards including the International Distinguished Entrepreneur Award, 1990; induction into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame, 1995; recognized as Canadian CEO of the Year, 1996; Holland Trade Award from the Government of the Netherlands and in 2007, induction into the Canadian Manufacturing hall of Fame. 

» Lodewijk C. van Wachem, K.B.E.

Mr. van Wachem is currently Chairman of the Board of Global Crossing and Maersk Holding B.V. He graduated from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands and joined the Royal Dutch Shell Group in 1953, working in Latin America, Africa, the Far East and Europe. He became a director of Royal Dutch Shell Group in 1977, President in 1982 and Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors in 1985. He served in that capacity until 1992, when he was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and he held this position until July 2002. Mr. van Wachem was the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal Philips Electronics N.V. and Chairman of the Board of Zurich Financial Services until April 2005. Mr. van Wachem holds the following distinctions: Knight, Order of the Netherlands Lion, 1981; Commander, Order of Orange-Nassau, 1990; Hon. KBE 1988 (Hon. CBE 1977); Hon. Citizen of Singapore, 2004.

» Charles W. Wilson

Mr. Wilson is Lead Director for the Board of ATCO Ltd. Mr. Wilson is a former President, Chief Executive Officer and director of Shell Canada Limited and a former President and director of Shell Investments Limited (Canada). He is a Director of AKITA Drilling Ltd., Big Rock Brewery Income Trust and Talisman Energy Inc. Mr. Wilson graduated from the University of New Mexico with his Master of Science in Engineering and held several senior executive positions in refining and marketing, chemical, oil & gas production and corporate planning during his career at Shell.