Dawn L. Farrell

Dawn Farrell is a member of PGE’s Finance Committee and Nominating, Governance and Sustainability Committee. She has been an independent director since 2022.

Farrell has more than 35 years of energy experience with TransAlta and BC Hydro. She was most recently the President and CEO of TransAlta Corporation since 2012, before retiring in March 2021. Prior to her role as President and CEO, she held a variety of executive leadership positions in TransAlta and British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority (BC Hydro) including leading the commercial operations and development at TransAlta and generation and engineering at BC Hydro.

Farrell holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Arts in Economics, both from the University of Calgary. She attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.

Farrell serves as the lead director of The Chemours Company and is a board member of Canadian Natural Resources Limited. She also serves as a member of the Trilateral Commission and is the Chancellor of Mount Royal University. Ms. Farrell has held past board positions including the Business Council of Canada and the Alberta Business Council.