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06/01/2022

Ian Laing
Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary

Mr. Laing was appointed Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary effective July 1, 2020.

Mr. Laing graduated from the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 1999. After articling with the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench and Court of Appeal, Mr. Laing worked in private practice before joining Imperial in 2005. During his time with the company, he has held a variety of roles within the Law department providing legal advice to various business lines across the upstream, downstream, and corporate departments. He was appointed Assistant General Counsel in 2014 and Corporate Secretary in 2019.

A native of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Mr. Laing holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Western Ontario, a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Master of Laws degree from Dalhousie University.

05/29/2022

Jon Wetmore
Vice-president, downstream

J.R. (Jon) Wetmore was appointed vice-president, downstream and western Canada fuels manager in January, 2018.

Mr. Wetmore joined Imperial in 1994 working in refining and supply and he then went on to hold successive positions within chemicals before returning to refining and supply at the Strathcona and Dartmouth refineries. Mr. Wetmore then moved to roles within the refinery and supply planning group and a role as the business analysis and reporting manager for the downstream businesses.

Throughout 2008 to 2017, Mr. Wetmore held various expat assignments with Exxon Mobil Corporation, first as the distillation and specialties department head at the Baton Rouge refinery, then various refinery manager roles at Billings, Montana, Port Jérôme Gravenchon, France and Fawley, United Kingdom.

Mr. Wetmore became the vice-president of the downstream businesses, and western Canada fuels manager, in 2018.

Mr. Wetmore studied at Queen’s University in Canada, and graduated as a chemical engineer in 1994.

05/29/2022

Sherri Evers
Vice-president, commercial and corporate development

Sherri Evers was appointed vice-president, commercial and corporate development, effective January 1, 2021.

Ms. Evers has worked for Imperial for over 22 years in a range of positions within the downstream, beginning in 1998 in the Edmonton marketing office. Within the downstream, Ms. Evers held various assignments, including sales, logistics, pricing and analysis within refining and supply. Ms. Evers worked as the marine manager in 2006 and moved into the role of Canada pricing and logistics manager a few years later. In 2012, Ms. Evers began a series of global assignments with Exxon Mobil Corporation in Fairfax, VA and in Houston, TX as manager of business planning center of excellence, the integrated business team lead for the Midwest northeast U.S. fuels business, and then as the Americas exchange and analysis manager for the third party business.

In 2018, Ms. Evers returned to Canada as the Eastern Canada Fuels Manager for the Downstream.

Ms. Evers is Canadian and holds a bachelor of commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan in Marketing and General Business.

05/29/2022

aniel Lyons
Senior vice-president – finance and administration

D.E. (Dan) Lyons was appointed senior vice-president, finance & administration in May, 2018.

Mr. Lyons joined Exxon Mobil Corporation in 1990 after serving with the U.S. Army. He started his career at corporate headquarters in Dallas and progressed through a variety of positions in the upstream, downstream and chemical businesses.

In 1995, he relocated to Bangkok, Thailand and held a series of finance and planning managerial roles, followed by assignments in Houston, Saudi Arabia and London. In 2005, he returned to Thailand as managing director of Esso (Thailand) Public Company Limited.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Lyons most recently served as vice-president of downstream business services located in Houston, Texas.

Mr. Lyons holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Vassar College and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

05/29/2022

Brad W. Corson
Chairman, president and CEO

Brad W. Corson was appointed chairman, president and chief executive officer of Imperial on January 1, 2020.

Mr. Corson started his career with ExxonMobil in 1983 in New Orleans, Louisiana, and has held various technical, operations, commercial and managerial assignments around the world. In addition to multiple assignments across the United States, he has also held key leadership positions in Hong Kong and London.

In 2009, Mr. Corson was appointed vice president, ExxonMobil Production Company, with responsibilities for oil and gas production activities in Europe and the Caspian regions. Six years later, he was appointed president, ExxonMobil Upstream Ventures and vice president of ExxonMobil Corporation where he was responsible for overseeing ExxonMobil’s global upstream acquisition and divestment programs. Under his leadership, ExxonMobil made key strategic acquisitions in the Permian Basin, Papua New Guinea, Mozambique and Brazil.

A native of Woodstock, Illinois, Mr. Corson holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in chemical engineering from Auburn University. Mr. Corson currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and the C.D. Howe Institute; as well as serving on the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America – Sam Houston Area Council, and as a Governing Director for the Houston Symphony.

Mr. Corson and his wife, Joan, have two sons.

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