Randy Eresman

President & Chief Executive Officer of EnCana Corporation

Randy Eresman oversees one of North America's largest natural gas and oil companies. Randy joined one of EnCana’s predecessor companies in 1980. In 2002, he was named EnCana's Chief Operating Officer, and became President & Chief Executive Officer of EnCana on January 1, 2006.

A petroleum engineer, Randy received his technical education from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton, Alberta and the University of Wyoming, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in petroleum engineering.

Randy is a member of The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, the Young President's Organization and the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. Randy was born and raised in the Medicine Hat area of southeastern Alberta. He and his wife Shelly Eresman have two children.

Rank:5

Age:49

Tenure:1 YR., 5 mos.

Salary:$1.25 mil

Bonus:$1.6 mil

Born near Medicine Hat, Alta., Randy Eresman has worked in the energy industry since age 14, when he took an after-school job at a gas services company. Seven years later, he was testing gas wells for Alberta Energy Co. After earning a B.Sc. in petroleum engineering from the University of Wyoming, he rejoined AEC in 1984, working his way up to COO in 2002 when the company's merger with PanCanadian formed EnCana. In 2006, Eresman's first year at the helm, EnCana made US$5.7 billion, the biggest profit in Canadian history, but problems at its oilsands operation in Q1 forced the company to cut its production goal slightly for 2007.