Don Lowry has more than 30 years of industry experience in the utilities, telecommunications, and power generation sectors. Until March 2013, Mr. Lowry served as president and CEO of EPCOR Utilities Inc. For 12 years, he served as chair of Capital Power Corporation, a publicly traded company formed when EPCOR spun off its generation business in July 2009. In 2011, he was named Alberta Business Person of the Year by Alberta Venture magazine, and in January 2014, he was named Alberta Resource Person of the Year for 2014 by the Alberta Chamber of Resources.
Mr. Lowry was the chair of Canadian Oilsands Limited until February 2016, when the company was acquired. Mr. Lowry holds a bachelor of commerce (honors) and master of business administration degrees from the University of Manitoba, and he is a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program and the Banff School of Management. Mr. Lowry obtained his Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D) in January 2016 from the Rotman School of Business. In 2020, Mr. Lowry was recognized by the Institute of Corporate Directors as an F.ICD fellow, which is the highest honor a director can receive in Canada.