ENMAX Corporation (ENMAX) has appointed Mr. David Halford as its new chief financial officer, effective April 20, 2009.

Mr. Halford brings to ENMAX over 25 years of financial management and strategic planning experience focused on the energy industry, including corporate and project finance. He received his chartered accountant designation in 1987, and holds a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario. 

Most recently, Mr. Halford has held the position of Chief Financial Officer of OPTI Canada Inc. from 2007 to 2009 and prior to that he was chief financial officer at BA Energy in Calgary and chief financial officer of Irving Oil, a New Brunswick-based refiner and marketer of petroleum products. Before joining Irving Oil in 1999, Mr. Halford held a variety of senior-level corporate finance and accounting roles including partner in the corporate finance group at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Toronto.

ENMAX Corporation:
ENMAX Corporation, through subsidiaries and predecessors, has provided Albertans with safe and reliable electricity for more than 100 years. ENMAX provides electricity, natural gas and value-added services to more than 600,000 residential, commercial and industrial metered customer locations in Alberta. ENMAX Energy Corporation, a subsidiary of ENMAX Corporation, is Alberta’s leading competitive electricity retailer. Through subsidiaries, ENMAX Energy is one of Alberta’s largest investors in renewable energy and was the first Canadian electricity retailer to offer customers the option to support wind generated energy. As well, ENMAX Corporation, through its subsidiary ENMAX Envision Inc., provides fibre optic networks for high speed data and internet communications. Visit our website at enmax.com.