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Board of Directors

David Tuer, Chairman of the Board

Mr. Tuer is the Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of a private oil and gas company. He is an independent businessman and was Chairman of the Calgary Health Region from 2001 to 2008. He has held senior executive positions in various energy companies throughout his career. He is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of PanCanadian Petroleum Limited, prior to its merger in 2002 with the Alberta Energy Company to form EnCana Corporation. He also serves on the Board of Directors of a number of public companies, including Canadian Natural Resources Limited.

Michael Bernstein, Director

Mr. Bernstein is the interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Power and Infrastructure Income Fund, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Macquarie Essential Assets Partnership and President of Macquarie Capital Funds Canada Ltd. Previously, he was Head of Macquarie's Infrastructure and Utilities advisory team in Canada. Mr. Bernstein is a director of a number of companies, including Macquarie North America Ltd, 407 International Inc., Sea to Sky Highway and Leisureworld Senior Care. Prior to joining Macquarie in 2005, Mr. Bernstein was a senior member of the Power and Utilties Group at CIBC World Markets Inc. He holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College.

Jack Bittan, Director

Mr. Bittan is Senior Vice President of Macquarie Capital Funds Canada Ltd. where he is responsible for the evaluation and strategic management of infrastructure investments in North America. Prior to joining Macquarie in 2004, Mr. Bittan worked in the financial services practice group at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He is a director of Macquarie Canada Highway Holdings Ltd. and Access Roads Edmonton Ltd. Mr. Bittan holds Honours Bachelor of Science and Master of Management degrees from the University of Toronto and is designated as a Chartered Accountant (Ontario).

Jim Burke, Director

Mr. Burke is Executive Vice President of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and a member of SNC Lavalin's Office of the President. He is responsible for SNC-Lavalin's worldwide transportation and environment operations. Mr. Burke has extensive experience in the design, construction and management of transit systems, and led SNC-Lavalin's $1.9 billion Canada Line LRT project. Mr. Burke also has significant experience in the transmission and distribution industry where he spent over 15 years of his career working both for the City of Calgary Electric System and on a major hydroelectric project in British Columbia. Mr. Burke holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Calgary, and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in British Columbia.

Gilles Laramée, Director

Mr. Laramée is a chartered accountant with 25 years experience in business acquisitions, corporate and project financing, financial reporting and controls, external auditing, investment, and asset management and taxation. He has a Bachelor of Business Administration, with a major in Public Accounting from the University of Montreal’s School of Business Administration, HEC, and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University. He is also a Fellow of the Order of Chartered Accountants of Quebec. Since 1999, Mr. Laramée has held the position of Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of SNC-Lavalin. He has played a key role in many aspects of SNC-Lavalin’s financial operations.

Paul McCoy, Director

Mr. McCoy is President of Trans-Elect Development Company, LLC, an independent electric transmission company located in the United States. He also provides consulting services through McCoy Energy, LLC. Prior to co-founding the original Trans-Elect in 1999, he spent 27 years at Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), lastly as Executive Senior Vice President of Unicom (ComEd's holding company), and President of ComEd's Transmission Group. Mr. McCoy has held numerous leadership positions in major transmission industry organizations and has significant experience working with state and federal utility regulators in the United States regarding policy issues on electricity transmission systems. In that regard, he is currently the president of WIRES (Working group for Investment in Reliable and Economic Electric Systems), an industry coalition that promotes the development of an economic and robust high-voltage transmission grid. Mr. McCoy earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Illinois.

Douglas Mitchell, Director

Mr. Mitchell helped to lead the national merger resulting in the law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) and is BLG’s National Co-Chairman. He is the past President of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce and was appointed by former Premier Ralph Klein to Chair the Alberta Economic Development Authority in January 1999 after previously serving as Co-Chair since 1995. Mr. Mitchell also served as Commissioner of the Canadian Football League from June 1984 to March 1989 and as a member of the National Hockey League Board of Governors from 1980 to 1984.

Patricia Nelson, Director

Ms. Nelson is the Chief Executive Officer of the Calgary Health Trust and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly for Calgary-Foothills. In her four terms with the Alberta legislature, Ms. Nelson served as Minister of Finance and Chair of the Treasury Board, preceded by her roles as Minister of Energy, Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, Minister of Government Services, and Deputy Government House Leader. Ms. Nelson graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and gained 15 years of finance related experience in the oil and gas industry prior to joining Alberta politics. She previously was controller of Sabre Energy Ltd. and Petroterra Natural Resources Ltd., and the manager of financial control with Suncor Inc.

Robert Turgeon, Director

Mr. Turgeon is Past President of Trans-Québec & Maritimes Pipeline Inc., a natural gas transportation business in Quebec. During his sixteen year tenure as President, Mr. Turgeon directed the planning and development of major pipeline work in addition to guiding significant corporate restructuring. Mr. Turgeon holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Sir George Williams (Concordia) University and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Université de Montréal.