Steven W. Williams

Age: 69
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Director since: May 4, 2022
Independent
Mr. Williams was appointed as Chair of the Board effective May 7, 2025, and has served as a director since May 4, 2022.
Mr. Williams has more than 40 years of international energy industry experience. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Suncor Energy from 2012 until his retirement in 2019 and as President from 2011 to 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Williams held various senior leadership roles at Suncor and during 18 years at Esso/Exxon. Mr. Williams is one of 12 founding Chief Executive Officers of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance and attended the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, as an official member of the Government of Canada delegation.
Mr. Williams has a BSc (Honours) in chemical engineering from Exeter University and is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. He is also a graduate of the business economics program at Oxford University and the advanced management program at Harvard Business School. Mr. Williams is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Committee Memberships
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Other Public Board Memberships
- Smiths Group plc (Chair)