Jackie Sheppard

Ms. Sheppard joined the Seven Generations Board of Directors on May 4, 2016. Ms. Sheppard is Chair of the board of directors of Emera Incorporated, a publicly traded geographically diverse energy and services company that invests in electricity generation, transmission and distribution, as well as gas transmission and distribution, and utility energy services. She is also a director of Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), an institutional investment manager. Ms. Sheppard is Founder and Lead Director of Black Swan Energy Inc., an Alberta upstream energy company that is private equity financed. She is a former director of Cairn Energy PLC, a publicly traded UK-based international upstream company, and she served as Chair of the Research and Development Corporation of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a Provincial Crown Corporation, until June 2014. Ms. Sheppard was a director of NWest Energy Corp. until July 2012. She was formerly the Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal of Talisman Energy Inc. Ms. Sheppard has significant experience in strategic planning, business development, public markets, legal and governance having held extensive roles as an executive in the oil and gas industry, and as a director of public, private and crown corporations. Ms. Sheppard was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2007. She is a Rhodes Scholar, having earned an Honours Jurisprudence, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Oxford University (1979). Ms. Sheppard earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland (1977) and a Bachelor of Laws degree (Honours) from McGill University (1981). She also holds an honorary Doctor of Laws from Memorial University of Newfoundland (2019).