Executives

Asim Ghosh – President & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Ghosh brings to Husky Energy extensive executive management experience with considerable international business focus.

He is the former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Essar Limited. Under his leadership, the cellular phone company grew from a virtual startup in 1998 to become one of the largest mobile companies in the world by subscribers, creating substantial shareholder value. Today Vodafone Essar is among the ten largest stand-alone mobile operators in the world.

Mr. Ghosh started his career with Procter & Gamble in Canada and subsequently became a Senior Vice President of Carling O’Keefe. He later was the founding Chief Executive Officer of Pepsi Foods’ start up operations in India.

He served in senior executive positions and as Chief Executive Officer of the AS Watson consumer packaged goods subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa. From 1991 to 1998 he managed a group of 13 business units, and expanded the group’s operations from Hong Kong to China and Europe.

Mr. Ghosh received his Master of Business Administration from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and obtained his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

He has chaired the National Telecom Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industries and the Cellular Operators Association of India. He was appointed to the Board of Directors of Husky Energy Inc. in 2009 and he is also a member of the Board of Directors of Kotak Bank.

John C. S. Lau

Mr. John C.S. Lau was President & Chief Executive Officer until May 31, 2010, and is a member of the Board of Directors.

Prior to joining Husky, Mr. Lau served in a number of senior executive roles within the Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and Hutchison Whampoa Limited group of companies. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Mr. Lau has been a Board member of the Alberta Economic Development Authority and a member of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. He has been appointed a Guest Professor and an Honourary Director of the Potential Gas Appraisal Centre, at the University of Petroleum, Beijing.

He has served on the Board of Governors of the University of Calgary for six years and served as Chair of the University’s Audit Committee, member of the Planning and Finance Committee, the Vice Chair of the Investment Committee and a Director of the Killiam Scholarship Fund.

Mr. Lau is active in the community and with several charitable campaigns including, Honourary Patron of the Canadian Cancer Society, Honourary Patron of the Banff Centre, and Honourary Patron of the Alberta Children’s Hospital and a member of the University of Ottawa’s National Campaign Cabinet.

He has been recognized for his long-term commitment to the First Nations people and  has been named an Honourary Chief by several Aboriginal Communities across Western Canada.

Mr. Lau is a recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee medal recognizing his contributions to the Canadian community. He has received the Alberta Centennial Medal from the Province of Alberta and Centennial Award Medal from the Province of Saskatchewan. Mr. Lau has been honoured with the Saskatchewan Distinguished Service Award for his significant contribution to the economic, social and cultural development of the Province of Saskatchewan and its people through leadership and personal activity.

In recognition of outstanding service and commitment to post-secondary education, Mr. Lau received the Clearsight Wealth Management Friend of Education Award from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education and a Champion of Public Education in Canada Award by the Learning Partnership.

Robert J. Peabody – Chief Operating Officer, Operations & Refining

Responsible for leading Husky’s upstream activities including Western Canada Oil and Gas, Heavy Oil, Oil Sands, East Coast operations and frontier and international exploration. In addition, he is responsible for refining, upgrading and ethanol production operations and the procurement, engineering and project management functions.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Appointed as Chief Operating Officer in 2006, Mr. Peabody brings to Husky a consistent track record of delivering strong performance results.

He has led four major businesses in Europe and the United States. As a former member of BP’s leadership team, he has a solid understanding of the challenges facing the international energy industry.

Mr. Peabody was President, BP Global Polymers and  served as Vice President, Polyester and Aromatics Americas and Vice President, BP Group Strategy and Planning. Previous appointments with BP included business unit leader in the Upstream in the North Sea and other senior positions in exploration and production; natural gas marketing, oil trading and project management.

Education

Mr. Peabody holds a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

Professional Memberships, Associations and Designations

Mr. Peabody served as a member of the board with the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, in the United States. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta.

Alister Cowan – Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Responsible for the financial management of Husky, including Controllers, Treasury, Tax & Credit, Internal Audit and Information Technology Management.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Appointed as Chief Financial Officer in 2008, Mr. Cowan is an experienced financial executive with extensive energy and utilities sector experience.

Prior to joining Husky, Mr. Cowan was Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer with British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, Vice President, Finance for Direct Energy Marketing Limited, and Vice President & Comptroller with TransAlta Corporation. He has extensive international experience with TransAlta and KPMG.

Education

Mr. Cowan is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Accounting and Finance) from Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Professional Memberships, Associations and Designations

Mr. Cowan is a member of Financial Executives International (FEI). He is a former board member of FEI Canada and Past Chair of the FEI Canada Committee on Corporate Reporting.

James D. Girgulis – Vice President, Legal & Corporate Secretary

Responsible for the legal function of the Company.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Mr. Girgulis joined the Company in 1994 and was appointed to the position of Vice President, Legal & Corporate Secretary at Husky in 2000.

At Husky, Mr. Girgulis has directed legal aspects  for the following projects:

• Husky-BP integrated Sunrise Oil Sands-Toledo Refinery joint development project
• acquisition of the Lima, Ohio, refinery
• regulatory approval for the Sunrise Oil Sands Project
• regulatory approval and project sanction for the White Rose Project
• sanction of the Terra Nova Project
• acquisition of Marathon Canada and the subsequent sale of certain Marathon Canada assets to EOG Resources
• acquisition of Renaissance Energy

Before joining Husky, Mr. Girgulis was with Alberta and Southern Gas Co./Alberta Natural Gas Company. Prior to that he was in private practice.

Education

Mr. Girgulis graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Sociology in 1978 and from the University of Alberta Law School with an LL.B. in 1981. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel (Q.C.) in 2005

Bill Watson – Chief Operating Officer, South East Asia

Responsible for managing Husky’s South East Asia assets including China and Indonesia operations, South East Asia exploration, new business development, commercial activity and the Liwan and Madura projects.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Mr. Watson joined Husky in 2004 and was appointed Chief Operating Officer, South East Asia in 2008 after serving as Vice President, Engineering & Project Management. He has more than 35 years of experience in the energy industry.

Before joining Husky, Mr. Watson was Vice President of Triton Equatorial Guinea Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Amerada Hess, from 2001 to 2004. In this position, he was responsible for all in-country activity, business performance, infrastructure facilities and new field developments (including deepwater subsea developments, floating production, storage and offloading vessels, and fixed platforms).

In 1998, Mr. Watson was appointed President of Marathon Canada Limited. For the 16 years prior to Marathon, Mr. Watson held a number of senior positions with the organization’s parent, Marathon Oil Company. He served as Production Manager for the Brae Field operations in the North Sea, Regional Manager for the Arctic operations in Alaska, Project Director for the Sakhalin Island Project in Russia, and President of Marathon Power Company, a wholly owned energy company.

From 1974 to 1982, Mr. Watson managed operations of the Claymore field for Occidental Petroleum in the North Sea, and in Libya. Between 1968 and 1974, he worked at Scottish Power, where he held a number of engineering positions and later became Shift Maintenance Manager for two nuclear power plants.

Education

Mr. Watson holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Napier University in Edinburgh, Scotland. He also completed an advanced management program at Indiana University.

Bob I. Baird – Vice President, Upgrading & Refining for Canada

Responsible for the operations of the Lloydminster Refinery, Lloydminster Upgrader, Lloydminster Meridian Cogeneration Facility, Prince George Refinery and the Lloydminster and Minnedosa ethanol plants.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Mr. Baird joined Husky in 2008 as Vice President, Upgrading & Refining. He is responsible for Husky’s Canadian refining, upgrading, cogeneration and ethanol production operations. His focus is the safe operation, as well as the optimization of each facility, including occupational and process safety, cost management, project initiation and execution, and revenue enhancement.
 
Prior to his appointment Mr. Baird worked in several senior roles including refining, strategy, and consulting for Royal Dutch Shell in Canada and Europe.

Education

Mr. Baird graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical in 1982. He also has a Management Certificate from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Professional Memberships, Associations and Designations

Mr. Baird has been a member of the Order of Engineers of Quebec since 1984 and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS). He is an active community volunteer and executive in the United Way, and has led several successful corporate campaigns in Calgary and Montreal.

Edward T. Connolly – Vice President, Heavy Oil

Responsible for growing the management and expansion of Husky’s heavy oil portfolio.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Mr. Connolly joined Husky as Vice President of Heavy Oil in 2006, bringing extensive experience in managing the drilling and completions of wells and tie-ins operations, and constructing oil and gas processing facilities. He has drilled wells in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, and Indonesia, and in Algeria.

Prior to his appointment at Husky, Mr. Connolly was Manager of Drilling, Well Completions and Facilities Construction with Talisman Energy Canada and Facilities Construction Project Manager with BP Canada Ltd. He has served in production and reservoir engineering operations and production testing activities with Gulf Canada Resources and Tharin Petroleum Data.

Education

Mr. Connolly has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tulsa and a diploma in gas technology from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology.

Professional Memberships, Associations and Designations

Mr. Connolly is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta.

Paul J. McCloskey – Vice President, East Coast Operations

Responsible for Husky’s East Coast operations.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Appointed as Vice President, East Coast Operations in 2009, Mr. McCloskey brings to Husky Energy more than 30 years of knowledge, experience and achievement in the international upstream sector.

Prior to joining Husky, he was Group General Manager for Production & Development at LASMO, a British oil and gas company and a member of the corporate management team. Previous to that he served in a number of senior roles in various engineering disciplines at Conoco.

He has led major businesses in Algeria, Egypt and Indonesia for the Hess Corporation and was General Manager and Managing Director of North Alamein Petroleum Company (Nalpetco).

Education

Mr. McCloskey holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Birmingham University, England. He is a graduate of Duke University’s Advanced Management Program.

Professional Memberships, Associations and Designations

A member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, Mr. McCloskey has served as a Director of the Board of the Aberdeen (Scotland) section.

Ron Butler – Vice President, Corporate Administration

Responsible for Human Resources & Diversity, Health, Safety & Environment, Risk Management, Corporate Services, and Real Estate.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Appointed as Vice President, Corporate Administration in 2006, Mr. Butler is an experienced human resources practitioner and leader with extensive oil and gas experience.

Prior to joining Husky Mr. Butler was Vice President,  Human Resources with BP Canada. From 1989 to 1999, he held a number of leadership positions in several locations in the United States and was Manager, Human Resources of Amoco (U.K.) Exploration Company, based in London.

Education

Mr. Butler holds a Master of Business Administration from York University, Toronto, and a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree from Queen’s University, Kingston. He is also a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP).

Professional Memberships, Associations and Designations

Mr. Butler is a past-president and current member of the Human Resources Association of Calgary (HRAC), a past director of the Human Resources Institute of Alberta (HRIA), was a member of the Conference Board of Canada Council of Human Resources Executives (West), and is a member of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce’s Human  Resources Committee.

Roy C. Warnock – Vice President & General Manager

Responsible for refining operations in the United States including the Lima Refinery in Ohio.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Mr. Warnock was appointed Vice President & General Manager of the Lima Refining Company in July 2007. He is responsible for all refining operations in the United States including the Lima Refinery and participates in the management of the BP Husky Toledo Refinery Joint Venture through his role as a Governance Committee Member.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Warnock served as Husky’s Vice President, Upgrading & Refining from 2002 to 2007. In this position he was responsible for the operations of the Lloydminster Refinery, Lloydminster Upgrader, Lloydminster Meridian Cogeneration Facility, Prince George Refinery and the Lloydminster and Minnedosa ethanol plants. His focus was the safe operation as well as the optimization of each facility, including occupational and process safety, cost management, project initiation and execution, and revenue enhancement.

Mr. Warnock joined Husky in 1983 as Technical Services Manager of the Prince George Refinery. Since that time he has fulfilled positions of progressive responsibility, including Manager of the Prince George Refinery from 1988 to 1998. In 1998 Mr. Warnock was appointed Manager of the Lloydminster Upgrader, and in 2001 became General Manager of both the Lloydminster Upgrader and the Lloydminster Refinery.

Prior to joining Husky, Mr. Warnock worked in various engineering and operations positions with Imperial Oil Ltd. and Bechtel Canada Ltd.

Education

Mr. Warnock graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering in 1973.

Professional Memberships, Associations and Designations

Mr. Warnock is a member of the Association of Professional Engineering, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, and the Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists of Saskatchewan.

Terrance E. Kutryk – Vice President, Midstream & Refined Products

Responsible for Husky’s global commodity marketing, logistics and trading, storage, refining and upgrading business, pipelines, cogeneration, retail and wholesale operations, asphalt marketing, product supply and distribution, and new ventures.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Mr. Kutryk was appointed Vice President, Midstream & Refined Products in 2008.

Previously he was General Manager, Facilities & New Ventures and Vice President, Refined Products & New Ventures (U.S. Operations). He brings more than 25 years of experience with the Husky organization to the position.

Education

Mr. Kutryk holds Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from  the University of Calgary, and a certificate in Petroleum Land Management (CPLM) from Mount Royal College. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and also holds designations from the Investment Dealers Association of Canada.

Professional Memberships, Associations and Designations

Mr. Kutryk is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Petroleum Society of Canada, Canadian Heavy Oil Association, CFA Institute and the Calgary Society of Financial Analysts.

Terry Manning – Vice President, Engineering & Procurement Management

Responsible for the  management of Husky’s major projects, project management services, the Sunrise Oil Sands business, procurement and technical services.

Career History and Key Accomplishments

Mr. Manning was appointed Vice President, Engineering & Procurement Management in January 2009 with responsibilities for procurement, material and services management, project management and technical services. Prior to his appointment he was Vice President, Engineering & Project Management. Mr. Manning joined Husky as Senior Projects Manager, Project Management Services, responsible for the Project Management Office, Project Controls & Services, Construction Management and Commercial functions.

Prior to joining Husky, Mr. Manning was Vice President, Capital Projects for Barrick Gold Corporation where he had accountability for Barrick’s portfolio of mega projects and development of project business systems. From 2002 to 2006 Mr. Manning was General Manager, Project Management Office with Suncor Energy Inc.

Mr. Manning has worked for Agrium, where he was Director of Projects, focused primarily on international project development. He started his career with Teck-Cominco where he held progressive management positions related to engineering, maintenance and management of major capital projects with the parent company and international subsidiaries during the 17 years he was with the organization.

Education

Mr. Manning holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Toronto.

Professional Memberships, Associations and Designations

Mr. Manning is a member of Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists (APEGGA) and Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC).