The Program
In 1990, The Caldwell Partners founded Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year™ award program. Its purpose is to identify and provide recognition for outstanding leadership and achievement by a Canadian Chief Executive Officer.
Harold (Hal) Kvisle, Canada's Outstanding CEO of the YearTM 2008
Harold (Hal) Kvisle
Hal Kvisle has been President and Chief Executive Officer of TransCanada PipeLines Limited (TCPL) since May 2001, and TransCanada Corporation since May 2003. Mr. Kvisle joined TCPL in 1999 as Executive Vice-President, Trading and Business Development with responsibility for power and pipeline ventures in North America. He was also responsible for TransCanada’s marketing and trading activities in power and natural gas.
Mr. Kvisle came to TransCanada from Fletcher Challenge Energy (FCE), where he held the positions of Chief Operating Officer, FCE Americas, and President, FCE Canada. In these roles, he was responsible for the initiation and growth of FCE’s successful Canadian upstream business and its early-stage ventures in Venezuela, Argentina and Mexico.
Prior to founding FCE Canada, Mr. Kvisle worked at Dome Petroleum as a petroleum engineer, engineering manager and finance manager. From 1986 to 1988 he played a lead role in the sale of Dome Petroleum to Amoco Corporation.
Mr. Kvisle is on the Board of Directors for TransCanada Corporation, Bank of Montreal and the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Mr. Kvisle previously served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of Mount Royal College and as Chairman of the Board of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA).
Mr. Kvisle is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA), the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the MBA Associates, University of Calgary and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.
Previous Recipients
| 2007 |
Gordon M. Nixon President and Chief Executive Officer
RBC Financial Group
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| 2006 |
Mike Lazaridis
President and Co-Chief Executive Officer
RIM
Jim Balsillie Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer
RIM
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| 2005 |
Gwyn Morgan President and Chief Executive Officer
EnCana Corporation
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| 2004 |
Jacques Lamarre President and Chief Executive Officer
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
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| 2003 |
Philip S. Orsino President and Chief Executive Officer
Masonite International Corporation
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| 2002 |
Dominic D'Alessandro President and Chief Executive Officer
Manulife Financial Corporation
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| 2001 |
Richard J. Currie President
George Weston Limited
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| 2000 |
John A. Roth President and Chief Executive Officer
Nortel Networks Corporation
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| 1999 |
Richard L. George President and Chief Executive Officer Suncor Energy Inc. |
| 1998 |
Paul Tellier President and Chief Executive Officer Canadian National Railway |
| 1997 |
Jean C. Monty President and Chief Executive Officer BCE Inc. |
| 1996 |
Ronald D. Southern Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ATCO Ltd. |
| 1995 |
Matthew W. Barrett Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bank of Montreal |
| 1994 |
Guy Saint-Pierre President and Chief Executive Officer SNC*Lavalin Group Inc. |
| 1993 |
J. Edward (Ted) Newall Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman NOVA Corporation |
| 1992 |
Isadore Sharp Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Four Seasons-Regent Hotels and Resorts |
| 1991 |
Laurent Beaudoin Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bombardier Inc. |
| 1990 |
H. Harrison McCain Chairman McCain Foods Limited |
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