Alex Pourbaix Board Chair
Alex Pourbaix - Board Chair

Alex J. Pourbaix

Board Chair

Mr. Pourbaix has been a member of the Cenovus Board since November 2017, when he was also appointed President & Chief Executive Officer of Cenovus. He was appointed Executive Chair of the Board of Directors in April 2023 upon stepping down as President & Chief Executive Officer. He transitioned to Board Chair in May 2025.

Mr. Pourbaix has been a director of NRG Energy Inc., a publicly traded energy and home services company, since November 2023; and Canadian Utilities Limited, a publicly traded diversified global energy infrastructure corporation, since 2019.

Mr. Pourbaix served as the President & Chief Executive Officer of Cenovus from November 2017 to April 2023 where he was instrumental in strengthening Cenovus’s balance sheet, implementing a disciplined capital allocation framework and reducing costs. He led the company’s strategic acquisition of Husky Energy, which closed in January 2021, and also helped co-found Pathways Alliance. Mr. Pourbaix was also a director of Trican Well Service Ltd., a publicly traded oilfield services provider, from May 2019 to December 2019. Prior to joining Cenovus, Mr. Pourbaix spent 27 years with TC Energy and its affiliates in a broad range of leadership roles, including Chief Operating Officer, where he was responsible for the company’s commercial activity and overseeing major energy infrastructure projects.

Mr. Pourbaix is a director of the Business Council of Alberta and the Alberta Regional Board of Nature Conservancy Canada. He was previously Chair of the Mount Royal University Board of Governors, the Board of Governors at the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, and also served as a board member of the Business Council of Canada. In 2022, Mr. Pourbaix was awarded the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in recognition of the contributions he has made to Alberta.

Mr. Pourbaix earned Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Alberta.

Mr. Pourbaix is a non-independent director and is not currently a member of any Board committees. As Board Chair, Mr. Pourbaix provides overall leadership to enhance the effectiveness of the Board, the committees of the Board and the individual directors of the Board.