Byron Neiles

Byron Neiles joined the ENMAX Board in 2022 and has close to 30 years of experience in the energy industry. He is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at Enbridge Inc., where he leads the IT, human resources, real estate, supply chain management, public affairs, communications and sustainability teams and had previously held roles as Senior Vice President, Major Projects and Enterprise Safety and Operational Reliability.

Prior to joining Enbridge Inc., Byron served as Vice President of Customer, Regulatory and Public Affairs and Legal Affairs with Enbridge Gas Distribution and has held senior management roles in corporate affairs within natural gas utilities. He has also served as a policy advisor to two Canadian federal energy ministers.

Byron holds an MBA from the University of Calgary, a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Regina and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is co-chair of the annual Global Business Forum in Banff, a trustee of the Makadiff Sports and Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra foundations and serves as member of the Dean’s Management Advisory Council at the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary as well as a member of cabinet of the OWN Cancer Campaign with the Alberta Cancer Foundation.​