Board of Directors

Mr. Baines is the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Tidewater Midstream. Mr. Baines has spent over 27 years at midstream and infrastructure businesses, and brings a strong background in operations, finance, and corporate development. Mr. Baines brings a deep understanding of the business and industry and a track record of success in optimizing and growing companies. Prior to joining Tidewater, Mr. Baines was President and Chief Executive Officer of Campus Energy Partners, a new energy infrastructure and supply company. Mr. Baines has also held several senior positions at AltaGas, including Senior Vice President, Strategic Projects, Vice President of Field Gathering and Processing, Vice President of Business Development and Vice President of Finance, and was Chief Financial Officer at Torq Energy Logistics.

Mr. Baines received an MBA degree from University of Alberta.

Mr. Dea is the President and CEO of Kicking Horse Capital Inc. ("Kicking Horse"), an alternative asset manager, which he founded in 2020. Prior to Kicking Horse, Mr. Dea was a Partner at West Face Capital Inc. ("WFC"), an alternative asset manager, and Co-Head of the West Face Alternative Credit Fund. Prior to WFC he was Managing Director of Onex Corporation, a private equity firm. He has served as director of a number of public and private companies. Mr. Dea holds a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. from Yale College.

Mr. Fraser has been a director of the Corporation since April 20, 2015 and was appointed Lead Director on November 13, 2017. Mr. Fraser was most recently the Chief Financial Officer at TAQA based in Abu Dhabi where he oversaw oil and gas and infrastructure assets with a value of greater than $30 billion. Prior to TAQA, Mr. Fraser was the Chief Financial Officer of PrimeWest Energy Trust at the time of its acquisition by TAQA for approximately $5 billion in cash. In roles previous to PrimeWest, Mr. Fraser was the Chief Financial Officer of Husky Energy and held senior roles at Petro-Canada and Imperial Oil. Mr. Fraser obtained his Chartered Accountant designation in 1983.

Mr. Fraser is a member of the Audit Committee (Chair) and a member of the Corporate Governance, Compensation, Nomination and Health, Safety and Environment Committee.

Ms. Raymond has been a director of the Corporation since May 25, 2017. Ms. Raymond is an experienced environment, health and safety and human resources professional with many years in the oil and gas industry. Since 2009, Ms. Raymond has been the President of her own consulting firm and, in this capacity, acts as a consultant and advises corporate Boards of Directors and Executives on operational and environment, health and safety risk management and governance. Ms. Raymond was formerly Vice President Environment, Safety and Social Responsibility with Petro-Canada from 2006 to 2009. She was responsible globally at Petro-Canada for environment, health, employee assistance programs, safety, aboriginal affairs, security, stakeholder relations, emergency response and crisis management as well as corporate responsibility.
Ms. Raymond is on the board of directors of Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology, a non-profit that brings clean water to the very poor in 63 countries around the world, the Alberta WaterPortal Society, and the Calgary Opera Association.
Ms. Raymond holds her B.A. in Human Biology from Stanford University, (Palo Alto, CA) and her Masters of Public Health, Environmental Health, from the University of California (Berkeley, CA). She also holds her ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, Directors Education Program, University Calgary, Haskayne School of Business (2007).
Ms. Raymond is a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance, Compensation, Nomination and Health, Safety and Environment Committee (Chair).

Mr. McCarron is a Principal and Vice President at Birch Hill (private equity firm), which he joined in 2011. He has played key roles in Birch Hill's investments in Terrapure Environmental Ltd. (waste management solutions), Campus Energy Partners (midstream infrastructure and supply), Cozzini Bros., Sleep Country Canada, and Hi-Pro Feeds. Mr. McCarron has been a director of Terrapure Environmental since 2015, and previously served on the board of Sleep Country Canada Inc. from 2012 to 2015. Prior to Birch Hill, he was a Senior Consultant with Oliver Wyman in New York, working principally in M&A advisory and operations improvement for the financial services sector. Mr. McCarron holds an HBA (with distinction) from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University.

Mr. Salamon is a Partner and Executive Vice President at Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. ("Birch Hill") (private equity firm), which he joined in 2000 when it was part of TD Capital Group. Prior to Birch Hill, Mr. Salamon was Vice President at Harrowston Inc., a publicly-traded private equity investment company. Mr. Salamon is Chair of the board of directors of Terrapure Environmental Ltd. (waste management solutions) and is a director of Campus Energy Partners (midstream infrastructure and supply) and FlexNetworks (fibre-optics networks). He has served as a director of several public and private companies, including Anchor Lamina (former chair), Atria Networks (former chair), Avotus Corp., BIOX Corporation, DHX Media Ltd. (dba WildBrain), Marsulex Inc., Medwell Capital Corporation and Groupe Maskatel. Mr. Salamon holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BASc (Honours) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Mr. Salamon is a P.Eng, a CFA and holds the ICD.D designation.

Ms. Yester is a lawyer and land professional with more than 35 years' experience in various in-house, private practice and consulting roles in the energy industry. Until May 2018, Ms. Yester was Vice-President, Land at Paramount Resources Ltd., the successor to Trilogy Energy Corp., where she was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary to the Board of Directors and led the Land Department from 2005 to 2017. From 1995 to 2005, Ms. Yester provided services to oil and gas producers, including Paramount Resources Ltd. and Chevron Canada Resources, mainly in the area of asset acquisitions and dispositions and mineral land-related matters. She was a partner in the law firm Ebbert Yester from 1992 to 1995 and an associate lawyer in the firm prior to that.

Ms. Yester holds B.A. and LL.B degrees from the University of Calgary and was admitted to the Law Society of Alberta in 1985. She holds the ICD.D designation granted by the Institute of Corporate Directors and is a member of the Canadian Association of Land and Energy Professionals.

Mr. Smith joined the Board of the Corporation on March 5, 2024. Mr. Smith currently also serves as the chairman and the board of directors for two other public companies. Mr. Smith was previously the managing partner of Enterprise Capital Management Inc., an investment management firm which managed funds for institutional and high net worth investors.

Mr. Smith is a CFA and holds a HBA from the University of Western Ontario.‎