Pentti Karkkainen

Pentti Karkkainen was appointed Chair of the Board of AltaGas Ltd. effective April 2, 2019. Mr. Karkkainen was a co-founder and General Partner of KERN Partners from 2000 to 2014, and was the firm's Senior Strategy Advisor from 2014 until his retirement from the firm in 2015. Prior thereto, Mr. Karkkainen was the Managing Director and Head of Oil and Gas Equity Research at RBC Capital Markets.

Mr. Karkkainen has significant board experience, including as Lead Director and as chair of compensation and audit committees. Mr. Karkkainen holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology from Carleton University and a Masters of Business Administration from Queen's University. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors.