Pierre Alvarez

Vice Chair @Global Public Affairs

CA

Based in Calgary, Pierre provides strategic counsel to corporate clients in the areas of business risk, reputation management and communications, project development and corporate acquisitions.Pierre is a seasoned energy executive with over thirty-five years of senior management experience in the Canadian oil, natural gas, pipeline and electricity sectors. He has been directly involved in many of the most significant policy and project developments in the North American energy field through his roles as a senior executive at Kinder Morgan Canada (Trans Mountain), Nexen Inc (CNOOC), President of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Chairman and CEO of the NWT Power Corporation, Deputy Minister to the Premier of the Northwest Territories in Yellowknife and as a political staffer and public affairs consultant in Ottawa.Pierre holds a Master of Arts in Political Studies from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of British Columbia. He completed the Director’s Program at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and served at an Executive in Residence for the Canadian Institute of Corporate Directors. He has participated as a national Board member at numerous business and not for profit organizations including the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Alberta Economic Development Agency and the Nature Conservancy of Canada. Pierre is bilingual (French and English).

The University of British Columbia

Bachelor's Degree, Canadian Government and Politics

Queen's University

Master of Arts (M.A.), Politial Studies