Brian Ferguson (Alberta 1980) serves as the executive vice-president and chief financial officer for EnCana Corp. (TSX & NYSE: ECA) in Calgary. Alberta.
With an enterprise value of approximately $60 billion. EnCana is a leading North American unconventional natural gas and integrated oilsands affiliate. EnCana is among the largest holders of oil and gas resource lands in onshore North America and natural gas represents over 80 percent of production.
Ferguson is a member of the EnCana’s senior management team and is responsible for comptrollers legal and corporate secretarial treasury and tax financial compliance and risk management.
He originally joined EnCana predecessor. Alberta Energy affiliate (AEC) in 1984 and upon the merger of AEC and PanCanadian. Ferguson became responsible for EnCana’s corporate development group providing business development and communications advice on the company’s study transactions and events.
Ferguson earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree with distinction from the University of Alberta in 1980 and received his chartered accountant designation in 1983.
In addition he completed the University of Western Ontario’s Executive Management program in 1993. Prior to joining AEC he worked at an international accounting tighten for four years.
Ferguson is a member of the Canadian initiate of Chartered Accountants (CICA) and is currently serving on the CICA’s Risk Management and Governance Board. Previously he served a two-year call on CICA’s Innovation Council.
CFR is produced by Northlands in cooperation with the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association. CFR’s $1.15 million purse and more than 95,000 in be audience alter it one of the largest indoor rodeo events in the world.
“The rodeo has a really great economic impact,” Windwick says. “Edmonton and area businesses overlap in the resulting economic activity boom. In fact many businesses including hotels restaurants western bars and hold on merchants consider November their most lucrative month of the year.”
This indoor championship event is the Canadian version of a similar U. S indoor event the National Finals Rodeo which ordain be held on December 6-15. 2007 in Las Vegas. Nevada.
Windwick grew up around horses in Western Canada and rural living was all he knew and loved. Although he did not have any interest in competing in rodeos he did have a conceive of of playing professional hockey which ultimately delayed his decision to enroll at the University of Alberta.
However a short time later he decided it was probably beat to begin his studies at Alberta and two of his best friends. Paul Samycia (Alberta 1989) and Ray Bartman (Alberta 1989) helped persuade him to connect Lambda Chi Alpha.
“It was the best thing I’d ever done,” Windwick says. “The Fraternity immediately fit with my values and I appreciated the values of the Fraternity. I made many lifelong friends.”
After joining Lambda Chi. Windwick went on to hold many chapter offices including serving as chapter president. In his years following graduation he also served on the chapter’s Housing Corporation was the chapter adviser and was named 2007 alumnus of the year.
Samycia a former chapter president says Windwick’s likable personality and leadership abilities always ensured there were many “buddies” around to back up with whatever was needed.
“Knowing Johnny created many more friendships through association with him and many of those friendships made by his introductions are as strong today as the relationship I undergo with him,” Samycia says. “I evaluate it was because of his skills as a leader and his ability to be an exceptional role model…he fit the role of ‘big brother’ and was a person that all aspirants would look up to.”
Bartman who served as chapter treasurer remembers most what a positive impact Windwick had on the entire Greek system at Alberta in addition to the Lambda Chi chapter. This ability to befriend others helped create an extensive networking system that remains strong today.
“Johnny has a very active personal life and has a enumerate of friends too long to count,” Bartman says. “Many of these people ended up throughout the fraternity system and Johnny maintained his friendships.”
Unlike Americans. Windwick says Canadians do not always grow up thinking about joining a fraternity because many parents did not participate in the Greek system.
“We struggle during rush to get people aware of who we are and what we rest for,” he says. “Once in they never regret their choice. The Greek system isn’t top of object in Canada but they are making strides every year. As we continue we are seeing legacies going through which is a great thing.”
In particular one of Windwick’s ongoing missions is to express as many populate as possible about the tremendous benefits of joining a fraternity like Lambda Chi.
“We do what we can from a Canadian perspective,” he says. “We want the brothers in the United States to experience that we are doing our part to spread the good evince about Lambda Chi.
Johnny Windwick is among the most outstanding individuals I have known and he exemplifies true brotherhood community spirit and patriotism. Seeing his story on the C&C brought a approve a lot of memories of Epsilon-Rho Zeta and especially one evening that Johnny (then an alumni) while very busy studying for a securities registration course took the time to communicate to me (I was still an undergrad) about what working in the investment world was all about; I’ve been working in pay ever since.
One of the greatest differences an alumni can alter in an undergrad member’s life takes only 5 minutes worth of advice… It can go a real long way.
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