Harold N. Kvisle

Mr. Kvisle is a director and Chairman of ARC Resources Ltd., a publicly traded oil and gas company and a director and Board Chair of Finning International Inc., a publicly traded heavy equipment company. Mr. Kvisle served as a director of Cona Resources Ltd. (“Cona”), a publicly traded heavy oil company, from November 2011 to May 2018 when Cona was acquired by Waterous Energy Fund (May 22, 2018); and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Talisman Energy Inc. (“Talisman”), a publicly traded oil and gas company, from September 2012 to May 2015 and as a director of Talisman from May 2010 to May 2015. From 2001 to 2010, Mr. Kvisle was President and Chief Executive Officer of TransCanada Corporation, now TC Energy Corporation (“TC Energy”), a publicly traded pipeline and power company. Prior to joining TC Energy in 1999, he was the President of Fletcher Challenge Energy Canada Inc. Previously, he held engineering, finance and management positions with Dome Petroleum Limited. Mr. Kvisle has worked in the oil and gas industry since 1975 and in the utilities and power industries since 1999.

Mr. Kvisle is a director of and, prior to January 1, 2022, was the founding Chair of the Business Council of Alberta, the former Chair of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, the former Chair of the Mount Royal College Board of Governors and the former Chair of the Nature Conservancy of Canada.

Mr. Kvisle holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from the University of Alberta, a Master’s in Business Administration degree from the University of Calgary, an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Mount Royal University and an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Calgary. In 2021, Mr. Kvisle was awarded the Institute of Corporate Directors’ Fellowship Designation.

Mr. Kvisle has been a member of the Cenovus Board since April 2018.

Committee memberships

  • Human Resources and Compensation Committee
  • Governance Committee