BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Under Dan’s leadership, Greengate has developed over 1 GW or $2 billion of operating and in construction renewable energy projects. Prior to Greengate, Dan was the Co-Founder, President and CEO of Roughneck.ca Inc., a leading provider of software solutions for the oil and gas industry. Earlier in his career, Dan worked as a management consultant with top tier firms including EY and PwC. Dan was a Senior Manager with PwC and a key member of the firm’s e-business consulting practice. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto. Dan is also the Chairman of the Calgary JCC, a member of the board of the Pembina Institute and formerly a member of the board of the Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta. Dan was selected as one of Avenue magazine’s Top 40 Under 40 in 2009, named one of Alberta’s 50 Most Influential People 2010 and 2013 by Alberta Venture magazine, a winner of Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2012 Prairies, and named one of Canada’s Clean50 for 2015.

Jordan is President of Greengate and has been with the company for nearly 10 years. Jordan has helped guide Greengate Power through acquisitions and divestitures of assets totaling nearly $1 billion. Jordan’s vast experience and breadth of knowledge of the renewable energy space in Alberta are a tremendous asset to the Greengate Power team as they continue to develop their high quality portfolio of projects. Jordan is also on the Board of a number of charities and graduated from Queen’s University with a Bachelor of Commerce, where he played varsity basketball for four years and was an Academic All-Canadian.

Steve is a well-respected cross-border serial investor, most recently as a Managing Director at NGEN Partners, a leading cleantech venture firm based in Santa Barbara, California. Prior to this 10 year investment career, Steve was a practicing geologist with experience building and managing global mineral exploration teams and companies. At BHP Billiton, Steve was the General Manager, Innovation for the company’s exploration subsidiary, with responsibility for the junior resources investment program. Steve has now relocated back to Canada and is based in Toronto for his role as CEO at Grenville. Steve is also Chair at DIRTT Environmental Solutions. His non-profit activities include his role as Director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Steve is a recipient of the Canada 125 Medal for his work on behalf on Canadian Resource communities.

Rob has been a leader in the growth and development of Canada's clean energy and sustainability sector, working to advance both environmental protection and sustainable business interests for nearly 40 years. Currently a Senior Partner at Greenplanet Energy Analytics he serves First Nations, community and SME clients by providing business assessment and project management for the implementation of energy efficiency and green energy solutions, and green business investments. His private business experience includes founding, directing, financing and project development of companies active in industrial and residential real estate, oilfield environmental services, recycling, and corporate sustainability consulting. In 1985 Rob founded the Pembina Institute where he played a leadership role for 16 years and focused on corporate climate change strategy, carbon pricing, clean technology assessment, renewable energy policy and community stakeholder engagement. He also played a founding role in the Alberta Ecotrust Foundation, the Provincial Clean Air Strategic Alliance, GreenLearning Canada Foundation, and numerous other innovation initiatives. He holds (ancient) degrees from Queens University in Sciences and Education.

Lorne is a Professional Engineer (non-practicing) and a partner at the Osler Law firm based in Calgary. His focus is primarily on project development and finance in the renewables, oil and gas, pipeline, petro-chemical, electrical power, renewables, and infrastructure sectors. Lorne has experience with loans in both the bank and capital markets and has been involved in a number of the larger project development and project finance transactions in Canada. Lorne has also had significant experience with international project development and project finance transactions and also practises in the lending and structured finance areas. Many of the projects Lorne has worked on include multi-parties and Lorne is familiar with multi-party ownership, joint ventures, combined financings and governance and intercreditor issues.

Sam was most recently the Vice President Operations, Oil Sands and President, Albian Sands Energy at Shell Canada. There, he oversaw all oilsands operations, including the Scotford Complex and Albian Sands.