James E.C. Carter

Mr. Carter is a Corporate Director. Mr. Carter retired from Syncrude Canada Ltd. in 2007 after 28 years, including ten years as President and 18 years as Operations Chief. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Irving Oil Limited, Brand Industrial Services, Alberta Treasury Branch Financial and EllisDon Construction Services Inc. Mr. Carter serves as board chair for ATB Wealth and for Careers: The Next Generation, a non-for-profit organization. He is a former Chair of the Mining Association of Canada and Board member of The Alberta Chamber of Resources.

In June 2014 Mr. Carter was awarded the Order of Canada. In June 2019 Mr. Carter was inducted as a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors. Mr. Carter has also been awarded honorary doctorates by three Canadian universities. Mr. Carter is a registered professional engineer in the Province of Alberta and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Technical University of Nova Scotia (now Dalhousie Engineering) and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr. Carter is Chair of the Human Resources Committee and is a member of the Governance and Risk Committee.