Richard L. George

President and Chief Executive Officer
Suncor Energy

Rick George was appointed president and chief executive officer of Suncor Energy in 1991.
 
He was named "Outstanding CEO of the Year" in 1999 after leading a remarkable business turnaround at Suncor, and received the Canadian Business Leader Award in 2000. Rick was named the Alberta Business Person of the Year for 2001 by Alberta Venture magazine.

Originally from Brush, Colorado, Rick spent 10 years with Sun Company both in the U.S. and the U.K. During this time, he held various positions in the areas of project planning, production evaluation, exploration and production, and in the international oil business, the last four of which were spent in the U.K. as managing director of Sun Oil Britain Limited. He moved from London, England, to his current position in 1991.

Rick served as chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) from 2003-2006 and remains on their board of directors as honorary chair. Rick currently co-chairs the CCCE's Environmental Leadership Initiative. In 2006, he was selected to serve as a member of the North American Competitiveness Council, in 2007 he became a member of the Calgary Committee to End Homelessness, and is currently chair of the 2008 Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference. He is also a member of the board of directors of the U.S. offshore and onshore drilling company, GlobalSantaFe Corporation.
 
Rick holds a bachelor of science degree in engineering from Colorado State University, a law degree from the University of Houston Law School and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development.

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