Mike Ashar

Irving Oil Executive - former Executive Vice-President - Suncor Energy

Irving Oil has scooped up a senior executive from Suncor Energy Inc.'s ranks, with plans to put him into a senior slot at the privately held New Brunswick-based refining and marketing company. Mike Ashar's resignation from Calgary-based Suncor was announced internally on Monday, and is effective on July 4, Suncor spokesman Brad Bellows confirmed yesterday. Mr. Ashar was most recently Suncor's executive vice-president of strategic growth and energy trading. He also served as executive vice-president of refining and marketing in the United States, and as Suncor's executive vice-president of oil sands through the company's Millennium upgrader expansion. Irving declined to disclose precisely what Mr. Ashar will do when he moves to the company's head office in Saint John, but did note that he has extensive experience in refining and marketing on both sides of the border.