Elise Rees joined the ENMAX Board in 2016. She is also a director and Audit Committee Chair of Great Panther Mining Limited. Elise has over 35 years of experience in public accounting. She spent 18 years as a partner with Ernst & Young, LLP and 14 of those years focused on acquisitions, mergers and corporate restructuring. Elise has also been the global client-coordinating partner for services to the BC Credit Union Industry.

Elise has been recognized many times during her career. She was awarded the Influential Woman in Business Award in 2007 and the Ernst & Young Rosemarie Meschi Award for Advancing Gender Diversity in 2007. In addition, she has been recognized for her leadership with the designation of Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant and Fellow Chartered Accountant in 2010, and received the Community Builder Award from Association of Women in Finance in 2012. She was also recognized as a Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada by the Women's Executive Network in 2015.