Merle Johnson

Mr. Johnson is a Professional Engineer, MBA and member of the Institute of Corporate Directors with 24 years of experience. Mr. Johnson has been with the Company for 14 years and is the longest serving executive in the Company’s history, having been appointed CEO in 2015. He successfully led the Company through a very challenging period from when it entered CCAA in 2016 through to the completion of its restructuring and exit from CCAA in September 2019; at which point Connacher became a private company. Prior to Connacher, Mr. Johnson worked for EnCana (now Cenovus) on its Christina Lake and Senlac Projects and for IMC Global (now Mosaic) at Belle Plaine. Belle Plaine’s potash solution mining technique was the inspiration for SAGD technology. Mr. Johnson, a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, has a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Calgary.