People: Atco Ltd (ACOx.TO)

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24 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Nancy Southern

56 2012 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Brian Bale

58 2009 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Susan Werth

56 2000 Senior Vice President, Chief Administration Officer

C. Gareau

2012 Vice President - Finance, Treasurer

A. Skiffington

Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Robert Neumann

2010 Vice President, Controller

C. Warkentin

2012 Vice President, Treasurer

Carson Ackroyd

Vice President - Marketing and Communications

Erhard Kiefer

Group Vice President - Human Resources & Corporate Services

Kevin Hunt

2010 Vice President - Internal Audit & Risk Management

Patricia Spruin

2012 Vice President - Administrative Services

T. Wallace

Vice President - Talent Management

Siegfried Kiefer

54 2011 Chief Operating Officer - Energy & Utilities

Carol Gear

2012 Corporate Secretary

Charles Wilson

73 2005 Lead Independent Director

Robert Booth

60 2008 Director

Linda Heathcott

50 2012 Director

Ronald Southern

82 2012 Director

Bertrand Collomb

70 1999 Independent Director

David Dodge

69 2012 Independent Director

Helmut Neldner

74 1997 Independent Director

Michael Rayfield

70 2009 Independent Director

Robert Routs

66 2012 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Nancy Southern

Ms. Nancy C. Southern is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Atco Ltd. Ms. Southern was appointed Chair of ATCO and Canadian Utilities effective December 1, 2012 and continues as President & Chief Executive Officer. She was Deputy Chair of ATCO and Canadian Utilities from 2008 until 2012, and has been President & Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Utilities and ATCO since January 1, 2003. Previously, she was Co-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2000 until 2003, Deputy Chief Executive Officer from 1998 until 2000, and Deputy Chairman from 1996 until 2000. Ms. Southern has full responsibility for strategic direction and the operations of ATCO, reporting to the Board of Directors. She is a director of Sentgraf Enterprises Ltd. and an Honorary Director of the Bank of Montreal. Ms. Southern is a member of The U.S. Business Council and a Canadian member of the Trilateral Commission. She is a member of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and the Canadian Economic Advisory Council.

Brian Bale

Mr. Brian R. Bale is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Atco Ltd. Mr. Bale was appointed Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited, effective December 1, 2009, responsible for Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Taxation, Risk Management and the administration of Internal Audit. Previously, Mr. Bale was Senior Vice President, Finance & Regulatory, ATCO Gas. Since joining ATCO in 1981, Mr. Bale has fi nance and regulatory management positions within the Corporation and was appointed an officer of ATCO Gas in 2005.

Susan Werth

Ms. Susan R. Werth is Senior Vice President, Chief Administration Officer of Atco Ltd. Ms. Werth is Senior Vice President & Chief Administration Officer, ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited, responsible for Human Resources, Corporate Secretarial, Marketing and Communications, Security, Real Estate, Aviation and Administration, an appointment she has held since 2000. Previously, Ms. Werth was Vice President, Administration, ATCO Group, a role she was appointed to in 1995. Ms. Werth directed the implementation of many new programs in her areas of responsibility, particularly in Human Resources, where ATCO Ltd. is continuing to invest for the future. Ms. Werth is Chair of ATCO Group’s Disclosure, Management Pension, Crisis Management, and Donation and Sponsorship Committees.

C. Gareau

C.L. Gareau is Vice President - Finance, Treasurer of Atco Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

A. Skiffington

Mr. A. M. Skiffington is Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Atco Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

Robert Neumann

Mr. Robert C. Neumann is Vice President, Controller of Atco Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

C. Warkentin

Mr. C.G. Warkentin is Vice President, Treasurer of ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

Carson Ackroyd

Mr. Carson J. Ackroyd is Vice President - Marketing and Communications of Atco Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

Erhard Kiefer

Mr. Erhard M. Kiefer is Group Vice President - Human Resources & Corporate Services of Atco Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

Kevin Hunt

Mr. Kevin P. Hunt is Vice President - Internal Audit & Risk Management of Atco Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

Patricia Spruin

Ms. Patricia Spruin is Vice President - Administrative Services of Atco Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

T. Wallace

Ms. T. L. Wallace is Vice President - Talent Management of Atco Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

Siegfried Kiefer

Mr. Siegfried W. Kiefer is Chief Operating Officer - Energy & Utilities of Atco Ltd. Mr. Kiefer was appointed in 2004 to the position of Managing Director - Utilities Business Group, ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited. As Managing Director, Utilities Business Group, Mr. Kiefer oversees the operations of ATCO Gas, ATCO Electric and ATCO Pipelines in addition to Northland Utilities and Yukon Electrical. In 2010, Mr. Kiefer was responsible for overseeing the continued growth in utility investment while the Utilities Group achieved new records in service levels and safety performance. Since joining ATCO in 1983, Mr. Kiefer has held progressively senior roles in ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

Carol Gear

Ms. Carol Gear is Corporate Secretary of Atco Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited.

Charles Wilson

Mr. Charles W. Wilson is Lead Independent Director for the Board of Atco Ltd. Mr. Wilson is Lead Director for the Boards of ATCO and ATCO Structures & Logistics Ltd. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Shell Canada from 1993 to 1999, and Executive Vice President, U.S. Downstream Oil and Chemical of Shell Oil Company from 1988 to 1993. Prior to 1988 he was Vice President U.S. Refining and Marketing of Shell Oil Company and held various positions in the domestic and international natural resource operations of Shell. Mr. Wilson holds a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering and a M.Sc. in Engineering.

Robert Booth

Mr. Robert T. Booth is Director of Atco Ltd. Mr. Booth is a partner in the law firm Bennett Jones LLP, based in Calgary, Alberta. He is a member of the Law Society of Alberta and the Canadian Bar Association. Mr. Booth is a director of the Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute and honorary counsel to the Conference of Defence Associations and CDA Institute. He has served as a director of the Canadian Energy Law Foundation. Mr. Booth obtained a B.Eng. degree from the Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ontario, in 1974, and his LL.B. from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1977, and in 2009 obtained his ICD.D certification from the Director Education Program at the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Linda Heathcott

Mrs. Linda A. Heathcott is Director of Atco Ltd. Ms. Heathcott is President & Chief Executive Officer of Spruce Meadows, an internationally recognized equestrian facility. A former professional equestrian rider, Ms. Heathcott was a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team for nine years and competed in the 1996 Olympic Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the Board Chair of AKITA Drilling Ltd., and serves on the Board of Sentgraf Enterprises Ltd. In 2010 Ms. Heathcott received her ICD.D certification from the Director Education Program at the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Ronald Southern

Mr. Ronald D. Southern is Director of Atco Ltd. Mr. Southern is the Founder, ATCO Group. He was Chairman of the Board until December 1, 2012, and continues to be a director of both ATCO and Canadian Utilities. Together with his late father, S.D. Southern, Mr. Southern founded ATCO Group in 1947 and served as ATCO’s President for 48 years. He is credited with transforming ATCO to what it is today – a corporation with assets of approximately $14 billion and employing more than 9,400 people. Mr. Southern serves as Chairman of Sentgraf Enterprises Ltd. Some of Mr. Southern’s 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.

Bertrand Collomb

Dr. Bertrand P. Collomb is an Independent Director of Atco Ltd. Dr. Collomb is the Honorary Chairman of Lafarge S.A. He has held several executive positions in Lafarge since 1975, including his appointment as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1989. Dr. Collomb was Chairman of the Board from 2003 until 2007. He is Chairman of the French Institute for Studies in Science and Technology and a director of the European Institute for Technology and Innovation. He is a member of the Institut de France. Dr. Collomb is a Commander of the French Legion of Honour. Dr. Collomb is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines in Paris and holds a French law degree and a Ph.D. in Management.

David Dodge

Dr. David A. Dodge is an Independent Director of Atco Ltd. Dr. Dodge is a Senior Advisor to Bennett Jones LLP. He has had a distinguished career in the federal public service. He was Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2001 to 2008, and as Governor, was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank. He has held senior positions in the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Anti-Inflation Board, the Department of Employment and Immigration and the Department of Finance. He is currently Chancellor of Queen’s University. Dr. Dodge also serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and is Co-Chair of the Global Market Monitoring Group of the International Institute of Finance. Dr. Dodge received a B.A. (Econ., Hons.) from Queen’s University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton.

Helmut Neldner

Mr. Helmut M. Neldner is an Independent Director of Atco Ltd. Mr. Neldner has 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 graduated from the University of Alberta in 1964 with a B.Com. specializing in Finance and in 1984 graduated from the Harvard Advanced Management Program.

Michael Rayfield

Mr. Michael R.P. Rayfield is an Independent Director of Atco Ltd. Mr. Rayfield was Vice Chair, Investment and Corporate Banking, BMO Capital Markets until January 2013. He was responsible for senior corporate relationships in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., and management of BMO’s Investment Banking business in China and India. Mr. Rayfield was on the Canadian Management Committee. He has international banking experience in Latin America, Australia, Japan and Korea. Mr. Rayfield is a director of ATCO Structures & Logistics Ltd. Mr. Rayfield is a graduate of the Institute of Banking, U.K., the Senior Manager’s Program at Harvard University, and the Advanced Executive Program at J.L. Kellogg Graduate School, Northwestern University. He has studied at Cambridge University and is a graduate of the Director Education Program at the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Robert Routs

Dr. Robert J. Routs is an Independent Director of Atco Ltd. From 2004 until his retirement in 2008 Dr. Routs was an Executive Board Member at Royal Dutch Shell plc. He was responsible for the global refining, chemical, marketing, trading and renewable businesses. Before that he held senior management positions at Royal Dutch Shell in the USA, Canada and the Netherlands. He was Chairman of the Board of Shell Canada in the years preceding the buyout of the public shareholding by Royal Dutch Shell plc. Dr. Routs is an emeritus member of the International Advisory Council to the Economic Development Board of Singapore and has received the Distinguished Citizen of Singapore medal. Dr. Routs graduated in Chemical Engineering from the Technical University of Eindhoven in The Netherlands, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Technical Sciences. He completed the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School in 1991.
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