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  Direction and Leadership: Executive
Introduction to Our Team

ENMAX's executive brings the company experience in private business, municipal government and electric utilities. The team is charged with leading ENMAX into the evolving energy market.



Gianna Manes

President and Chief Executive Officer

Gianna Manes comes to ENMAX with over 24 years of experience in the energy industry. She has held positions with executive responsibility for customer service; fuel procurement; power, gas and emissions trading operations; power plant development, construction and operations; US and international gas and power business development and acquisitions; market analysis; and gas pipeline operations.

Before joining ENMAX as President  & CEO, Ms. Manes served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Customer Officer for Duke Energy, a large North American power holding company supplying and delivering electricity to approximately 4 million customers. In her role with Duke Energy, she was responsible for customer service, call center operations, billing and receivables, marketing, energy efficiency; grid modernization; and transmission and distribution operations.

Ms. Manes started her career with Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, later known as PanEnergy, and held a variety of leadership roles with increasing responsibility. In 1996, following the merger between PanEnergy and Duke Power, she joined Duke Energy where she led the development and construction of the first merchant power plant in the northeastern US, and then moved to international positions and projects for Duke Energy International. She has also served as senior vice president of regulated portfolio optimization and fuels from 2006 through 2008, responsible for purchases and sales of electricity and emission products from the wholesale market and the purchase and delivery of coal and natural gas for Duke Energy’s generation fleet.

Born and raised in Louisiana, Ms. Manes earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from Louisiana State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Houston. She has also completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program and serves on the boards of Classroom Central and Advanced Energy. Gianna and her husband, Ted, have two sons.



Helen Bremner

Executive Vice President, Residential Markets

Ms. Helen Bremner joined ENMAX as Executive Vice President in November 2009. Her current responsibilities include competitive residential retail markets and developing and commercializing ENMAX’s distributed generation plans. She is also responsible for the development of energy management, electrical vehicle and conservation initiatives, as well as other related smart grid technologies. In addition, she assumed responsibility for ENMAX’s brand, market research and sponsorship initiatives in February 2011.

Ms. Bremner has utility and consulting experience in North America, Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining ENMAX, Ms. Bremner was Chief Executive Officer at ARC Innovations Ltd. in New Zealand. She also held executive positions at Meridian Energy Ltd. and TransAlta New Zealand and consulted for Anderson Consulting and Booz Allen and Hamilton. Ms. Bremner has an MBA from the University of Chicago, an MA from St. Andrews University, Scotland and attended the Stanford Executive Program.



David Halford

Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, ENMAX Corporation

Mr. Halford is responsible for all financial policy, planning and reporting, risk management, supply chain, corporate finance, tax and treasury functions of ENMAX and its subsidiaries.

Prior to joining ENMAX in April 2009, Mr. Halford held Chief Financial Officer roles at OPTI Canada, BA Energy and Irving Oil. He also held a variety of senior-level corporate finance and accounting roles, including partner in the corporate finance group at Deloitte and Touche, LLP. 

Mr. Halford is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario.



Robert Hemstock, LL.B., B.Comm.

Executive Vice President, Regulatory and Legal Services

Mr. Hemstock is responsible for regulatory, legal, environmental and government relations matters for ENMAX Corporation and its subsidiaries.  From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Hemstock was Vice President Government & Regulatory Affairs for Direct Energy Marketing in Western Canada and in 2005 he assumed responsibility for Direct Energy’s Government & Regulatory Affairs activities across Canada.

From 1996 to 2002 he was responsible for government and regulatory affairs matters at UBS Warburg Energy Canada and Enron Canada.  Mr. Hemstock has a Bachelor of Commerce in marketing and industrial relations from the University of Alberta.  He received a LL.B. in corporate law from the University of Calgary in 1989 and has been a member of the Law Society of Alberta since 1990.



Dale McMaster

Executive Vice President, Transmission & Distribution Services,
ENMAX Corporation

Mr. McMaster is responsible for the regulated transmission and distribution (wires) businesses, along with regulated market services including metering, meter data management, load settlement, tariffs and billing.  He is also responsible for the non-regulated power services engineering, construction, procurement and maintenance business.

Mr. McMaster has more than 35 years of experience in the utility industry. Prior to joining ENMAX in September 2010, Mr. McMaster held several key positions including Chief Executive Officer at the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO), President of the Transmission Administrator of Alberta, and Chief Operations Officer for the Power Pool of Alberta. He also has consulted with SNC and Acres International on transmission and utility infrastructure.
 
As well, Mr. McMaster has been Chair of the Independent System Operator and Regional Transmission Organization Council, a board member of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, and a member of the executive steering committee for the North American Electric Reliability Corporation Investigation of the North East Black Out in 2003.



Dave Rehn, M.Sc., B.Sc

Executive Vice President, Generation, ENMAX Corporation

Mr. Dave Rehn is responsible for the negotiation, construction and operation of ENMAX's fleet of generation facilities.

Prior to joining ENMAX in December 2007, Mr. Rehn held several key positions including Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer of Constellation Energy and President and Chief Executive Officer of Rovsing Dynamics. His experience also includes 25 years with Duke Energy Corporation, where he held a variety of positions including President and Chief Executive Officer of Duke Energy Power Services North America.

Mr. Rehn holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Engineering Mechanics from North Carolina State University and is a Registered Professional Engineer.

He also served as a board director for the United American Energy Corporation, Duke/UAE LLC, American Ref-Fuel Company and the United Way of Rock Hill, South Carolina and Richland, Washington. 



Terry G. Tyler , B.Sc., MBA

Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer, ENMAX Corporation

As CTO, Mr. Terry G. Tyler is responsible for ENMAX’s long-range vision for the industry including screening and evaluating technologies for their potential applicability to ENMAX. As CIO, Mr. Tyler is responsible for strategic process transformation and the efficient and effective use of information within ENMAX. Mr. Tyler also oversees the regulated and retail billing and customer care functions for ENMAX.

Prior to joining ENMAX in July 2008, Mr. Tyler held executive roles at Tennessee Valley Authority, IBM Business Consulting Services, Florida Power Corporation, Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant.  Mr. Tyler also formed and co-owned a successful consulting company, Energex, which was the Program Manager for the post Three Mile Island Industry Degraded Core Rulemaking (IDCOR) program for Department of Energy (DOE) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Mr. Tyler holds an MBA in Finance and Management and a BS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Tennessee and was a licensed professional engineer in Tennessee for 18 years. He speaks regularly on the future of the energy and utilities industry. He currently serves on the advisory board to the College of Computer and Electrical Engineering at the University of Tennessee. Mr. Tyler is DOE Management Oversight and Risk Tree and Accident Investigation Certified.

 



Erin Kurchina

Vice President, Human Resources

As Vice President of Human Resources, Erin Kurchina is responsible for overseeing ENMAX’s Human Resources strategy including the Company’s employee relations, recruitment, compensation and training, and development strategies.  Ms. Kurchina also oversees ENMAX facilities and safety management activities.

Ms. Kurchina was promoted to Corporate Secretary five years after joining ENMAX as Manager, Corporate Secretariat in June 2000.

Before coming to ENMAX, Ms. Kurchina worked in the Human Resources department at Ontario Hydro and, before that, spent five years with Environment Canada.

She holds a Masters in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto where she also pursued PhD studies in leadership.



James McKee

Vice President, Commercial and Industrial Markets

Mr. McKee joined ENMAX in 2002 and was appointed Vice President, Commercial and Industrial Markets, ENMAX Energy in 2009.
Mr. McKee is responsible for growing our Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Energy business through the development of new products and services, as well as ensuring customer focused service delivery.

Previously, Mr. McKee held the position of Vice President in ENMAX Energy in the areas of Commercial and Industrial Energy Marketing, Retail Development and Commercial Development.  He also spent over 10 years with Honeywell International in several senior sales positions. Mr. McKee holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Manitoba and is a Registered Professional Engineer.



Ian Todd

Vice President, Government and Media Relations

Born and raised in Calgary, Mr. Ian Todd is a proud fourth-generation Albertan. So it is with great pride he returns home to manage ENMAX’s Government and Media Relations.

He comes to us after serving as Chief of Staff for two federal cabinet ministers in three different portfolios during two minority governments. Mr. Todd has 20 years of experience in provincial and federal politics as a senior political advisor.

Mr. Todd will be focusing on developing relationships with stakeholders, all levels of government and the print, radio, television and web media on behalf of ENMAX Corporation.




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