Leadership team

Our Leadership team guides our plans, prioritizes our initiatives and leads by example. Underpinning their strong leadership is a tremendous depth of talent and knowledge that will enable us to execute on our business plan and continue to increase value for our shareholders.

Jon McKenzie

Jon McKenzie

As President & Chief Executive Officer, Jon is responsible for the strategic direction of the company and delivering strong financial, operational and sustainability performance.

Susan Anderson

As Senior Vice-President, Legal, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Susan is responsible for the legal function at Cenovus and oversees all the legal and corporate secretarial teams.

Andrew Dahlin

Andrew Dahlin

As Executive Vice-President & Chief Operating Officer, Andrew oversees the company’s day-to-day upstream business and capital project delivery.

Jeff Lawson

As Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development & Chief Sustainability Officer, Jeff is responsible for contributing to Cenovus’s long-term strategy through acquisitions and divestitures, and ensures environmental, social and governance considerations are embedded into the company’s business plans.

Geoff Murray

As Executive Vice-President, Commercial, Geoff is responsible for optimizing the value of Cenovus’s upstream production, associated midstream assets and contracts, and upstream commodity requirements.

Candace Newman

As Senior Vice-President, People Services, Candace is accountable for supporting Cenovus’s business activities and building organizational capability and capacity to deliver on the company’s strategy.

Kam Sandhar

Kam Sandhar

As Executive Vice-President & Chief Financial Officer, Kam oversees the company’s financial and risk activities, and ensures Cenovus has the financial resilience to support its strategy.

John Soini

As Executive Vice-President, Upstream – Thermal & Atlantic Offshore, John leads the development and safe operations of Cenovus’s oil sands, conventional heavy oil assets, and the company’s assets offshore Atlantic Canada.

Eric Zimpfer

As Head of Downstream, Eric manages the company’s downstream operations, including refining and upgrading assets in the U.S. and Canada.