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 Year^TM – 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
2006	Mike Lazaridis President and Co-Chief Executive Officer RIM Jim Balsillie Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer RIM
2005	Gwyn Morgan President and Chief Executive Officer EnCana Corporation
2004	Jacques Lamarre President and Chief Executive Officer SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.
2003	Philip S. Orsino President and Chief Executive Officer Masonite International Corporation
2002	Dominic D'Alessandro President and Chief Executive Officer Manulife Financial Corporation
2001	Richard J. Currie President George Weston Limited
2000	John A. Roth President and Chief Executive Officer Nortel Networks Corporation
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