Building on our success

Corporate Governance

Board of Directors

David P. Smith

Chair of the Board


  • Chair of the Board since August 2014.
  • Director since 1998.
  • Corporate Director; former Managing Partner of Enterprise Capital Management Inc.
  • Director of Gran Tierra Energy Inc.

Member of the Governance and Nominating Committee, the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, and of the IT Committee .

Catherine (Kay) M. Best

Director


  • Director since July 2007.
  • Corporate Director and Consultant.
  • Former Executive Vice-President, Risk Management, and Chief Financial Officer of the Calgary Health Region; previous partner with Ernst & Young.
  • Director of Canadian Natural Resources Limited.

Chair of the Governance and Nominating Committee and Audit Committee and member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee.

Eugene V.N. Bissell

Director


  • Director since May 2014.
  • Former President, Chief Executive Officer and director of AmeriGas from July 2000 to his retirement in March 2012.
  • Over 14 years of public company board experience and broad career experience gained over a period of more than 30 years as CEO or in various other senior management positions in the propane and industrial gas sectors.

Chair of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee and member of the Audit Committee.

Patrick (Pat) E. Gottschalk

Director


  • Director since August 2017.
  • From 2012 to 2016, Mr. Gottschalk was President of Dow Chemicals coatings, monomer and plastic additives business.
  • Mr. Gottschalk served in positions with increasing responsibility within Dow Chemicals since 2001. Prior to that, he held various roles at Union Carbide Corporation.
  • Mr. Gottschalk possesses significant experience in operations, business development and post-merger integration.

Member of the Audit Committee and the Health, Safety and Environment Committee.

Jennifer M. Grigsby

Director


  • Director since September 2023.
  • Ms. Grigsby is a professional accountant with more than 30 years of progressive senior management experience in accounting, treasury, risk management, corporate governance, and corporate finance, primarily in the oil and gas exploration and production industry. Until November 2022, she served as the Secretary of Economic Administration for the State of Oklahoma and prior to this, held the position of Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer with Ascent Resources, LLC.
  • Ms. Grigsby graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and received her Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University. She maintains Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant designations and is a NACD Certified Director ®.
  • Ms. Grigsby currently serves on the board of directors of CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc., SilverBow Resources and of CompSource Mutual Insurance Company.

Member of the Audit Committee and the Health, Safety and Environment Committee.

Douglas J. Harrison

Director


  • Director since July 2015.
  • Mr. Harrison served as President and CEO of VersaCold Logistics Services, Canada’s largest provider of temperature sensitive supply chain and logistics services, and sat on the boards of its subsidiaries until December, 2018.
  • Mr. Harrison is Chair of the Canadian Commercial Corporation and is a board member of the Metro Supply Chain Group.

Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, Chair of the IT Committee, and a member of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee.

Michael Horowitz

Director


  • Director since November 2023.
  • Mr. Horowitz is the Managing Director in Brookfield’s Private Equity Group where he is responsible for investment origination, analysis and execution for the Brookfield Special Investments Fund.
  • Prior to joining Brookfield in 2011, Mr. Horowitz held positions in restructuring and corporate banking at Citigroup.
  • Mr. Horowitz is the Director and Chair of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee of Healthscope Ltd.

Member of the Audit Committee.

Calvin B. Jacober

Director


  • Director since May 2023.
  • Mr. Jacober served as Vice Chair Canada for PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) until his retirement in June 2022 and was previously Managing Partner and the Assurance Leader for PwC’s Calgary office.
  • Mr. Jacober is a board member of Pine Cliff Energy Ltd.

Member of the Audit Committee and the Governance and Nominating Committee.

Mary B. Jordan

Director


  • Director since May 2014.
  • From 2006 to 2008, Ms. Jordan was Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Internal Communications at Laidlaw International, Inc. (a provider of school, intercity bus and other transportation services). From 2003 to 2006, she held the position of Provincial Executive Director for the BC Centre for Disease Control. In addition, Ms. Jordan has spent more than 20 years in the airline industry, holding senior executive positions with Air Canada, Canadian Airlines and American Airlines, including terms as the President of several wholly-owned regional carriers.
  • Director of Badger Daylighting Ltd., Coast Capital Savings Credit Union and Timberwest Forest Corp.

Member of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, the Governance and Nominating Committee, and of the IT Committee.

Allan MacDonald

President and Chief Executive Officer


  • Mr. MacDonald joined Superior Plus as President and Chief Executive Officer in April 2023.
  • Prior to joining Superior Plus, Mr. MacDonald was the Chief Executive Officer of the Bragg Group of Companies, where he led a portfolio of public market investments as well as operating companies in the Agriculture, Airline Services, and Telecom sectors. From 2009 to 2020, Mr. MacDonald held a number of increasingly senior roles at Canadian Tire Corporation, the most recent being Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer from 2013 to 2020.
  • Mr. MacDonald holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from Henley Management College in England and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Acadia University.

Committees

Board Committees Table

Director Audit Committee Governance and Nominating Committee Human Resources and Compensation Committee HS&E (1) Committee

David P. Smith,
Chair of the Board

 

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Catherine (Kay) M. Best

Chair

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Eugene V.N. Bissell

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Patrick (Pat) E. Gottschalk

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Jennifer M. Grigsby

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Douglas J. Harrison

 

 

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Michael Horowitz

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Calvin B. Jacober

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Mary B. Jordan

 

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Allan A. MacDonald,
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Notes:
(1) HS&E stands for Health, Safety and Environment.

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