Leadership team

Brian Ferguson

Brian Ferguson

As President & Chief Executive Officer, Brian is responsible for overall leadership of Cenovus Energy’s strategic and operational performance. He is also a Director of Cenovus Energy. More...

John Brannan

John Brannan

As Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer, John is responsible for all our upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas operations, including governance of our partnerships with ConocoPhillips. John also leads the regulatory, Aboriginal relations, centralized supply services, and health and safety functions. More...

Harbir Chhina

Harbir Chhina

As Executive Vice-President, Oil Sands, Harbir is responsible for all oil sands activities, including our operations at Foster Creek, Christina Lake and the Greater Pelican and Primrose assets. He also leads the Research & Development/Technology and New Resource Plays teams. More...

Kerry Dyte

Kerry Dyte

As Executive Vice-President, Legal, Corporate Secretarial & Internal Audit, Kerry is responsible for Cenovus's legal, Board, subsidiary, corporate governance, and internal audit matters. More...

Judy Fairburn

Judy Fairburn

As Executive Vice-President, Environment & Strategic Planning, Judy is responsible for leading development of Cenovus's strategic business plan including integration of the company's environmental strategy. She also leads operations excellence governance, portfolio management, reserves governance and environmental technology funding. More...

Sheila McIntosh

Sheila McIntosh

As Executive Vice-President, Communications & Stakeholder Relations, Sheila is responsible for ensuring Cenovus builds strong relationships and communicates effectively with key company stakeholders. More...

Ivor Ruste

Ivor Ruste

As Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer, Ivor oversees a team responsible for the company's financial functions including comptrollers, treasury, tax, financial risk and enterprise risk reporting, acquisitions and divestitures, and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance. More...

Don Swystun

Don Swystun

As Executive Vice-President, Refining, Marketing, Transportation & Development, Don is responsible for new market development, transportation arrangements, commodity fundamentals, hedging and downstream operations, including integration solutions, major projects, refinery optimization, performance management, and long-term development. More...

Hayward Walls

Hayward Walls

As Executive Vice-President, Organization & Workplace Development, Hayward is responsible for Cenovus Energy's human resources functions, information systems and technology, and administrative services including facility management, travel and security. More...