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Board of Directors

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John F. Bechtold

Mr. Bechtold has over 35 years experience in the North American Petroleum Industry including management roles at Gulf Oil Corporation, Gulf Canada and Petro-Canada. During his career he held senior leadership positions in the upstream, mid-stream and downstream segments of the business including 15 years in crude oil and refined product supply and four years in the propane business as President of ICG. From 2003 through 2007 Mr. Bechtold served as a member of the Board of the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission. He is a director of Parex Resources Inc. (member of Corporate Governance and Human Resources Committee). Past board positions include being a member of each of Canada's Energy Supplies Allocation Board, the Industry Advisory Board to the IEA, the Canadian Energy Research Institute board, the Canadian Propane Gas Association board and Petro Andina Resources Inc. He holds BSC (Honours) Chemical Engineering and MSC Petroleum Reservoir Engineering degrees and completed the Senior Executive Management Program at Stanford University. Mr. Bechtold has served on Parkland's Board since August 10, 2006 and is a member of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee and is also a member of the Petroleum Products Supply Advisory Committee.

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Robert G. Brawn

Mr. Brawn brings over 50 years of business experience to Parkland's Board of Directors, having held various management roles with companies operating in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Brawn holds several directorships that span a variety of industries, including banking, energy, construction and retail. He is currently a director of each of Penn West Energy Trust (member of the Health, Safety & Environment and the Reserve Committees), Grande Cache Coal Corporation (member of the Audit Committee) and Black Diamond Group Limited (member of the Compensation Committee). Mr. Brawn also serves on the following non-public companies: director of ATB Financial (Chairman of the Investment Committee), President, Chairman and sole shareholder of 738831 Alberta Ltd. and President and Chairman of 620306 Alberta Ltd. Effective January 1, 2009, he was appointed Chairman of the Alberta Economic Development Authority and a member of the Premier's Council by the Premier of Alberta. Mr. Brawn is a Professional Engineer. Mr. Brawn has served on Parkland's Board since November 13, 1996 and is a member of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee.


Michael W. Chorlton

Mr. Chorlton's career progressed from a major petroleum company through agribusiness and high technology. Over a 16 year career at Imperial Oil and Exxon Chemical he occupied leadership positions related to marketing, logistics, customer service, planning, finance, business development and plant operations. In 1992 Mr. Chorlton became President and CEO of Saskferco Products Inc. of Regina, Saskatchewan where he took the company from its $440 million green-field investment in an ammonia/urea complex to high levels of reliability and profitability. Prior to joining Parkland, Mr. Chorlton served for six years as a senior Vice President of Renessen LLC, a biotechnology joint venture in the Chicago area. He has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from McGill University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Chorlton became President and CEO of Parkland on September 6, 2005 and has served on the Board of Directors since May 5, 2006.



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Jim Dinning

Mr. Dinning is Chair of Western Financial Group Inc., an Alberta-based western Canadian financial services company. Prior to 2005, Mr. Dinning served as Executive Vice President of TransAlta Corporation. Before joining TransAlta, he held several key positions during his 11 years as a member of the legislative assembly of Alberta, including Provincial Treasurer (1992 to 1997). He is Chairman of the boards of Bronco Energy Ltd. and Export Development Canada. He serves as a director for Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (member of Audit Committee), Russel Metals Inc. (member of Audit, Governance and Environmental/Safety Committees) and Liquor Stores Income Fund (member of Audit, Governance and Compensation Committees). He is a director of the following private companies: Elluminate Inc. and the Armstrong Group. He is a member of the TD Energy Advisory Board. He is the Chairman of the Canada West Foundation and a director of the Norlien Foundation. Mr. Dinning has a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Masters degree in Public Administration, both from Queen's University. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary. He is a graduate of the Institute of Corporate Directors Education Program. Mr. Dinning was appointed as a Trustee on August 19, 2004 and was elected as a director of Parkland Industries Ltd. on May 5, 2005 when Parkland reorganized to a corporate trustee model. Mr. Dinning serves on Parkland's Audit Committee.



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Alain Ferland

Mr. Ferland has over 30 years of experience in the petroleum industry and has acted as a member of the senior management team in oil, oil services, plastic, airport and biotechnology companies. Mr. Ferland has extensive experience in strategic planning, operations, logistics, sales, marketing, project management and mergers. During his career, Mr. Ferland served on more than ten boards in various capacities. He is a director of Petrolia Inc (President of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee). He is also President of EFFA Management Inc. Mr. Ferland has been President of TORR Canada Inc., Aéroports de Montréal, IPL Inc., Geneka Biotechnologies and prior to that was President of Ultramar Ltd. and Vice President of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock. He is a Professional Engineer. Mr. Ferland has served on Parkland's Board since June 22, 1999 and is Chair of Parkland's Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee and also serves as a member of Petroleum Products Supply Advisory Committee.



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Kris Matthews

Ms. Matthews is Managing Partner of Matthews Group LLP, a public accounting firm specializing in entrepreneurial companies. She has over 25 years of experience in public practice. She is a past-Chair of CMA Alberta and the CMA Alberta Governance Committee; she also represented Alberta as a National Board Member. Her service to the community has included board membership of a Business Revitalization Zone and various social or charitable organizations; she is a past-Chair of the Famous Five Foundation. She has served or serves on the boards of various public and private companies. She is also currently on the board of Defence Construction Canada. She has her designation of ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors. Ms. Matthews was awarded her Fellowship (FCMA) by the Society of Management Accountants of Canada for service to her profession and community in 2002. She joined Parkland's Board on May 8, 2003 and is a member of the Audit Committee.


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Jim Pantelidis

Mr. Pantelidis is currently Chairman of the Board of Parkland and has served as a director of Parkland since 1999. Mr. Pantelidis is Chairman and Director of The Consumers Waterheater Income Fund since 2002 (member of the Audit, Governance and Compensation, and Investment Committees). He also serves on the Board of each of RONA Inc. (Chairman of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and member of the Development Committee); Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. (Chairman of the Investment Committee and member of Human Resources and Compensation Committee) and Equinox Minerals Limited (Chairman of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and member of the Audit Committee). From 2002 to 2006 Mr. Pantelidis was on the board of FisherCast Global Corporation and served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2006. Prior to this, Mr. Pantelidis served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for the Bata International Organization. He also spent 30 years in the petroleum industry and was at one time, President of both the upstream and downstream divisions of Petro-Canada. Mr. Pantelidis has a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Business Administration degree, both from McGill University. Mr. Pantelidis has served on Parkland's Board since September 7, 1999 and he is Chairman of Parkland's Board and a member of the Audit Committee. He also serves as Chair of the Petroleum Products Supply Advisory Committee.


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Ron Rogers

Mr. Rogers has over 35 years experience in various financial and operating positions with Ernst & Young, Warrington Inc., the Crown Management Board of Saskatchewan, Moore Corporation and Shaw Communications Inc. On retirement in 2004 he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Shaw Communications. He received his Bachelor of Commerce Degree from St. Mary's University with concentrations on philosophy, economics and accounting and subsequently earned his Chartered Accountancy with Ernst & Young. He has also attended post graduate seminars at North Western and Harvard Universities. Mr. Rogers is currently a member of the board of each of Corus Entertainment (Chairman of Audit Committee and member of Executive Committee) and Transforce Inc. (Chairman of Audit Committee and member of the corporate governance committee). Mr. Rogers previously served on the boards of The Brick Furniture Company and Pizza Pizza Royalty Fund. His community involvement has included such organizations as the Mississauga General Hospital Board, the Calgary Division of the United Way Executive Board, the Festival of Trees Executive Committee for the Alberta Children's Hospital, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the Calgary Stampede Compensation and Pension Committee. Mr. Rogers has served on Parkland's Board since September 15, 2006 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee.


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David Spencer

Mr. Spencer is a Partner with Bennett Jones LLP in Calgary. He specializes in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance. Mr. Spencer was appointed as a trustee as part of the June 2002 re-organization into a trust, and was elected as a director of Parkland Industries Ltd. in 2005 when Parkland reorganized to a corporate trustee model. He received a law degree from the University of Western Ontario. Mr. Spencer is a member of Parkland's Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee.