Mr. Vaasjo joined EPCOR in 1998 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He led EPCOR’s initial public offering of debentures and preferred shares. At EPCOR, Mr. Vaasjo was responsible for EPCOR’s development and acquisition activity, including the Genesee 3 project and the UE Waterheater Income Fund spin-off prior to taking on the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Capital Power.

Mr. Vaasjo previously spent 19 years with the Enbridge Group of Companies, where he played substantial roles in the Consumers Gas acquisition, development of the Alliance and Vector Natural Gas Pipelines and the initial public offering of the Lakehead Pipeline Partners LP among other initiatives.

Mr. Vaasjo holds an MBA from the University of Alberta where he also received his undergraduate degree. He attended the University of Western Ontario Executive Program and is a Fellow of the Society of Management Accountants. Mr. Vaasjo is a past Chairman of the Board of the United Way, Alberta Capital Region, a member of the Financial Executives Institute of Canada and a board member for the Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society.

Mr. Brown began his career at GEC Gas Turbines Ltd. in Leicester, England in 1975 where he spent seven years building, operating and maintaining natural gas turbine power plants and gas pumping stations in the United Kingdom, Europe and the U.S. In 1982, he immigrated to Canada to join Ontario Hydro (later Ontario Power Generation) and was involved in power operations for the next 23 years.

Mr. Brown is a mechanical engineering graduate of Leicester Polytechnic, Leicester, England, as well as a Certified Professional Engineer since 1988.

Mrs. Chisholm obtained her BA from Mount Allison University, her LLB from the University of Alberta, and her MBA from Queen’s University. She was called to the Alberta Bar in 1989 and has practiced law within the energy industry since that time. She has appeared before the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, the British Columbia Utilities Commission, the Ontario Energy Board, the National Energy Board and the (U.S.) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Mrs. Chisholm has provided counsel and expert witness testimony in numerous electric utility hearings, including those arising from the restructuring of the Alberta electricity industry. In 2008, Mrs. Chisholm was awarded the prestigious Robert V.A. Jones Award for excellence in corporate counsel service.

Mr. Trufyn has decades of engineering and construction experience, including senior roles in a number of large projects in Alberta and the Maritimes.  Prior to coming to Capital Power, he was the Senior Vice President Construction with WorleyParsons in Calgary, where he acted as senior advisor on the Keephills 3 construction project that is being managed by Capital Power.  Previously, he was the President of the construction firm Lockerbie & Hole, based in Edmonton.

Mr. Trufyn, PEng, is a graduate of the University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering.

Mr. Lee is a chartered accountant who articled with a large international accounting firm. Prior to joining EPCOR, Mr. Lee was Vice-President and Controller of Celanese Canada Inc., a large petrochemical manufacturer, for five years, where he was responsible for Canadian reporting, treasury, tax, IT and supply chain functions. Mr. Lee has more than 23 years of financial and reporting experience.

Prior to joining EPCOR and Capital Power, Mr. Oosterbaan was a consultant in the energy and information technology sectors and was employed with the Westcoast Energy Group of Companies. While at Westcoast, he had management responsibilities in marketing, business development, forecasting, natural gas supply portfolio management, and regulatory affairs. Mr. Oosterbaan holds an MBA from the Ivey School of Business and a BBA (Honours) from Wilfred Laurier University and is a graduate of Stanford University’s Executive Management Program.

Mr. Arnold joined EPCOR in 2004 and served as its Vice President, Human Resources, from September 2005.  He has extensive domestic, U.S. and international HR experience and has held several senior HR positions with leading energy organizations, including Duke Energy and Nexen.  Mr. Arnold has led corporate compensation, organizational effectiveness, staffing, labour relations, corporate services and safety functions.  He also has extensive acquisition and divestiture experience in growing organizations.

A leader in his profession, Mr. Arnold is a member of the Conference Board of Canada’s Council of HR Executives. He is also a member of the Human Resources Institute of Alberta, and holds a Certified Human Resources Professional designation (CHRP).

Mr. Arnold is a graduate of Trent University and the University of Toronto.

Robert Brassard, Senior Vice President, Planning, Business Transformation and CIO
Mr. Brassard is responsible for leading Strategic Planning, Corporate Forecasting and Valuations, Business Transformation, Supply Chain Management, as well as, Information Services. 

Mr. Brassard was responsible for leading the Transition associated with EPCOR's divestiture of its power generation business to Capital Power.  He joined EPCOR in 2003 and was responsible for managing business systems associated with whole sale energy trading, customer care, settlement, load forecasting, and commercial billing systems. Subsequently, he served as Chief Technology Officer responsible for executing more than $100 million in technology and business transformation initiatives.  In 2008, he was appointed EPCOR's Vice President and Chief Information Officer and then became the Senior Vice President, Planning, Business Transformation and CIO for Capital Power in 2009. Prior to EPCOR, Mr. Brassard was a consultant working on transformational business systems in the United States and Canada.

Mr. Brassard is a member of the Conference Board of Canada Council of CIO's and is also actively involved in professional organizations such as the Project Management Institute (PMI).  Mr. Brassard is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s General Management Program, the Leadership Development Program at Queen's School of Business and holds a Master's degree from the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta.