NOMINEES:
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
OVERVIEW OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Parkland Nominees Have the Optimal Mix of Skills and Experience
FELIPE BAYON
Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee and the Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee
Mr. Bayon joined the Parkland Board on March 18, 2025, and is currently a member of the Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee and the Audit Committee.
Mr. Bayon is an experienced executive with a career spanning over 32 years in the energy industry. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ecopetrol SA, a leading diversified energy group in Colombia, between 2017 and 2023, and served as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2016 to 2017. Prior to Ecopetrol, Mr. Bayon held various roles with BP p.l.c. between 1995 and 2016 including as Vice President, Operations, BP Columbia, Head of Exploration and Production Executive Officer, President, Southern Cone in South America, and Senior Vice President, BP America and Head of Global Deepwater Response. From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Bayon worked for Shell in Colombia.
Mr. Bayon currently serves on several boards, including: Empress Publicas de Medellin where he serves on the Audit Committee and as Chair of the Strategy and Sustainability Committee; Acerias Paz del Rio where he serves on the Governance and Sustainability Committee and the Nominations Committee and as Chair of the Audit Committee; Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administracion CESA; Latam Colombia; Fedebiocombustibles; and Accenture Global Energy Board. Mr. Bayon formerly sat on various corporate boards including Interconexion Electrica S.A., The Hydrogen Council, Asociacion Nacional de lndustriales ANDI, Rodeo Midland Basin LLC, Pan American Energy LLC, Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Asia Society Texas Center, and Ecopetrol USA.
Mr. Bayon holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Universidad de Los Andes.
NORA DUKE
Independent Director; Chair of the Human Resources, Nominating and Compensation Committee and member of the Governance and Ethics Committee
Ms. Duke joined the Parkland Board in 2023 and is currently the Chair of the Human Resources, Nominating and Compensation Committee and a member of the Governance and Ethics Committee. Ms. Duke has extensive executive experience spanning human resources, sustainability, acquisition and development, operations, and customer service.
Ms. Duke’s career includes over 35 years within the Fortis group of companies, a diversified leader in the North American electric and gas utility industry. Up until her retirement in 2022, Ms. Duke served as Executive Vice President, Sustainability and Chief Human Resource Officer at Fortis Inc., the parent company, providing enterprise leadership in the areas of human resource strategy, executive succession, sustainability, communications and stakeholder relations. Previously, Ms. Duke led growth and strategic initiatives and provided financial and operating oversight as Chief Executive Officer of Fortis Properties, a hotel and commercial real estate company with holdings across Canada. Prior to that, she served as its Vice President, Hospitality Services. Ms. Duke also served as Vice President, Customer and Corporate Services at Fortis Inc.’s subsidiary, Newfoundland Power.
Ms. Duke’s prior corporate board roles include Central Hudson Gas Electric where she was a member of the Human Resources & Governance Committee; Newfoundland Power where she was a member of the Human Resources & Governance Committee; FortisAlberta where she was a member of the Governance & Human Resources Committee; FortisBC where she was a member of the Audit Committee; UNS Energy where she was a member of the Governance & HR Committee; and Slate Office REIT where she was a member of the Audit and Investment Committees. She currently sits on an advisory board for a privately- owned real estate investment company as well as the board of the Institute of Corporate Directors.
Ms. Duke holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and a Master of Business Administration from Memorial University of Newfoundland and has an ICD.D designation.
ROBERT ESPEY
Non-Independent Director; President and CEO
Mr. Espey was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in 2011 and has successfully led the evolution of Parkland from a regional independent into an international marketer of fuel, petroleum and convenience products. In his role, Mr. Espey delivers on Parkland’s strategic plan while maintaining a strong focus on teamwork, growth, business integration and shareholder value.
Mr. Espey has overseen a number of transformative transactions, including the acquisition of Chevron Canada’s downstream fuel business, the acquisition of the Ultramar business from CST brands, the expansion of Parkland into the U.S., and the 2019 addition of Sol Investments Limited which expanded Parkland’s operations into the Caribbean region.
Previously, Mr. Espey served as Chief Operating Officer of Parkland from 2010 to 2011, and Vice President, Retail Markets of Parkland from 2008 to 2010. Prior to joining Parkland, Mr. Espey held a variety of senior management roles across a diverse group of industry sectors, both internationally and domestically. Mr. Espey also worked as a consultant based in the United Kingdom, where he worked with many large multinationals across a variety of industries, including downstream marketing, media, consumer goods and manufacturing. Mr. Espey started his career serving in the Canadian Navy where he spent four years as a commissioned officer.
Mr. Espey is a member of the Business Council of Canada, is past chairman of the Canadian Fuels Association and is a director of Boyd Group Services Inc. where he sits on the Governance and Sustainability Committee. He is also a senior business advisor to EnZinc, a Californian-based battery company commercializing Zinc Air cell technology.
Mr. Espey holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from Royal Military College and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.
SUE GOVE
Independent Director; Chair of the Governance and Ethics Committee
Ms. Gove joined the Parkland Board on March 18, 2025, and is currently the Chair of the Governance and Ethics Committee. Ms. Gove is considered an audit financial expert.
Ms. Gove is an international retail senior executive with over 40 years of experience, including as a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Gove’s career includes 25 years with Zale Corporation, America’s largest specialty jewelry retailer, where she held various roles including Vice President of Operations, Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Gove currently serves as Founder and President of Excelsior Advisors, LLC, a retail consulting and advisory firm, and was formerly the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (now Beyond, Inc.), a retail chain specializing in houseware, from 2022 to 2023.
Ms. Gove currently sits on several private and public boards, including: the board of directors for LKQ Corporation, a leading provider of alternative and specialty auto parts; the board of directors of Multimedia Commerce Group, Inc., a retailer of jewelry and gemstone products; the Advisory Board of the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business; the McCombs Foundation Board; and the University of Texas System where she serves as is the Chair of the Internal Audit Committee. Her prior corporate board experience includes AutoZone Inc. as Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Audit Committee; Iconix Brand Group, Inc. as Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee; Logitech International as a member of the Audit Committee; Tailored Brands, Inc. as Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee; Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. as Chair of the Strategy Committee and member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee IAA, Inc. as Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Risk Committee; and Conn’s Inc. as a member of the Audit Committee, Nomination and Corporate Governance, and the Credit Risk and Compliance Committees.
Ms. Gove holds a B.B.A in Accounting from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, and is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Board Leadership Fellow.
TIMOTHY HOGARTH
Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee and the Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee
Mr. Hogarth joined the Parkland Board in 2015, and currently serves on the Audit Committee and the Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee.
Mr. Hogarth has over 30 years of executive, operational and strategic leadership experience in the fuel industry, and in the convenience retail and food service sectors. He is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of The Pioneer Group Inc., an investment holding company. Prior thereto, Mr. Hogarth served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pioneer Energy until it was acquired by Parkland in 2015. Under Mr. Hogarth’s leadership, Pioneer became Canada’s largest private independent fuel and convenience retail marketer and a platinum member of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies. Mr. Hogarth currently serves on the Board of Directors of QSR Group Inc., Canada’s largest multi-unit licensee owner/ operator of Tim Hortons and Wendy’s restaurants. He is a member of the Board of Canada Company, a charity advocating for our Canadian Armed Forces at home and abroad. Mr. Hogarth is the Honorary Colonel (Ret’d) of The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. He has also served on a number of private company, non-profit and charitable organization boards.
Mr. Hogarth holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Bishop’s University and has completed the Program for Management Development at the Harvard Business School.
RICHARD HOOKWAY
Independent Director; Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Governance and Ethics Committee
Mr. Hookway joined the Parkland Board on August 5, 2021, and currently serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Governance and Ethics Committee. Mr. Hookway is considered an audit financial expert.
Mr. Hookway has over 35 years of executive and strategic leadership experience. From 2018 until July 2020, Mr. Hookway served as Chief Executive Officer of the global business division of Centrica plc and as an executive member of its Board of Directors. Prior thereto, Mr. Hookway held various executive roles at BP plc, including serving as Chief Executive Officer of their natural gas liquids, commercial and industrial businesses; Chief Operations Officer of their IT, global business services and procurement businesses and Chief Financial Officer of their downstream and petrochemical businesses. Mr. Hookway is currently a director of Royal Vopak N.V., a non-executive director and Chair of the Audit Committee of UK AEA Ltd., and a member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of Naftogaz of Ukraine. He has previously served on the Board of Directors of EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Group and sat on committees at the Confederation of British Industry, including the Energy and Climate Change Committee. Mr. Hookway also volunteers as the Chairman of Swim England and serves in an unremunerated capacity on the Board of Trustees of the British Council.
Mr. Hookway has a Master of Science in Management from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Manchester.
MICHAEL JENNINGS
Non-Independent Director; Executive Chair of the Parkland Board, Chair of the Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee and member of the Governance and Ethics Committee
Mr. Jennings joined the Parkland Board on February 10, 2024. He is Executive Chair of the Company Board, Chair of the Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee, and a member of the Governance and Ethics Committee.
Mr. Jennings has over 30 years of international integrated energy experience, including nearly two decades with HF Sinclair Corporation, an independent petroleum refiner, and its predecessor companies, HollyFrontier Corporation and Frontier Oil Corporation. Mr. Jennings served as Chief Executive Officer of HF Sinclair Corporation from March 2022 to May 2023, leading large-scale operational and financial integrations, delivering significant growth and enhancing shareholder value. He also sat on the Board of HF Sinclair Corporation from 2008 to 2023. Previously, he served as the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Holly Energy Partners from 2020 to 2023, and the Chief Executive Officer and President of HollyFrontier Corporation from 2020 to 2022.
Mr. Jennings has held a number of other board positions, including as the Chairman of the Board of Montage Resources Corp., the Chairman of the Audit Committee for FTS International, Inc., and as a member of the Board for ION Geophysical Corporation. Mr. Jennings currently serves on the Board of The Plaza Group, a privately-owned firm engaged in the marketing and logistics management of high value chemical intermediates.
Mr. Jennings holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
ANGELA JOHN
Independent Director; Member of the Human Resources, Nominating and Compensation Committee and the Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee
Ms. John joined the Parkland Board on August 5, 2021 and currently serves on the Human Resources, Nominating and Compensation Committee and the Environment, Safety and Sustainability Committee.
Ms. John has over 16 years of strategic and commercial leadership experience in the energy sector, including 11 years leading supply and trading teams. She was previously the Director, Innovation and Business Development for New Energy Ventures with The Williams Companies, Inc., where she led teams that created and delivered strategies to build low-carbon businesses and achieve climate targets. Prior to that, Ms. John held leadership roles in BP plc’s supply and trading organization, including Director, Structured Products, Senior Vice President Marketing and Origination, and Vice President, Marketing and Supply.
Ms. John is currently a director of TETRA Technologies, Inc., where she is a member of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating, Governance, and Sustainability Committee. In 2024, Ms. John was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy to the National Petroleum Council. Ms. John also volunteers on the University of Houston Energy Management Institute Advisory Board and the National Association of Corporate Directors Houston Chapter Membership Committee.
Previously, she served on the Board of Directors of the LPG Charity Fund, and the National Propane Gas Association in various roles, including Supplier Section Chair and Vice-Chair of the Propane Supply and Logistics Committee.
Ms. John has a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston. Ms. John also holds NACD Directorship Certification® and the CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight from the National Association of Corporate Directors.
JAMES NEATE
Lead Independent Director; Vice Chair of the Human Resources, Nominating and Compensation Committee and member of the Audit Committee
Mr. Neate joined the Parkland Board on February 10, 2024. He is currently the Lead Independent Director of the Company Board and serves on the Audit Committee and the Human Resources, Nominating and Compensation Committee.
Mr. Neate has nearly 40 years of experience in the financial sector. Mr. Neate worked at Scotiabank from 1985 until 2023. During this time, he held various executive positions, including serving as Executive Vice President, International Corporate and Commercial Banking, International Banking between 2015 and 2018, Co-Group Head of Global Banking and Markets between 2018 and 2021, and most recently, the President and Group Head of Corporate and Investment Banking between 2021 and 2023. As President and Group Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, Mr. Neate held global management responsibility for investment banking, global business payments and corporate banking with a specific focus on building strategic alignment, leveraging key growth opportunities and enhancing customer relationships, while strengthening risk and governance oversight across Scotiabank’s Americas footprint.
Since joining Scotiabank in 1985, Mr. Neate has held a variety of leadership positions in areas including: retail banking, commercial banking, wealth management, international banking and global banking and markets.
Mr. Neate earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science at McMaster University and completed the Ivey Executive Program at Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario
MARIAME MCINTOSH ROBINSON
Independent Director; Member of the Audit Committee and the Human Resources, Nominating and Compensation Committee
Ms. McIntosh Robinson joined the Parkland Board on March 28, 2024 and currently serves on the Audit Committee and the Human Resources, Nominating and Compensation Committee.
Ms. McIntosh Robinson is a global financial services leader with over twenty years of experience. She is currently the Managing Director and Founder of Global Triangle Advisors, a strategy, leadership and transformation advisory firm serving the US and Caribbean. Previously, she was the President at Qenta Inc. from 2023 to 2024 and the Managing Director from 2022 to 2023. From 2016 to 2022, she served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of First Global Bank Ltd., a commercial bank operating in Jamaica.
Currently, Ms. McIntosh Robinson sits on a number of private and public boards, including the board of directors of Wigton Energy Limited, where she serves as Chair of the Finance and Investment Committee; Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, where she serves as Chair of both the Investment Committee and Technical Assistance Committee; Digicel Group where serves as Chair of the Remunerations, Appointments and Human Capital Committee; and the board of directors for Jamaica National Bank and TEACH Caribbean. She previously sat on the board of directors of Key Insurance Co Ltd., GK Capital Management Ltd., Signiaglobe Financial Group; and First Global Bank Ltd. She also previously sat on the board of trustees of United Way Worldwide, where she served as Vice Chair and as Chair of the Membership and Accountability Committee.
Ms. Robinson holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard University, a Master of Economics from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also holds an NACD Directorship Certification®.
KAREN STUCKEY
Qualified Simpson Nominee
Ms. Stuckey brings 35 years of customer-driven leadership experience in retail and consumer goods companies. She has extensive knowledge in managing merchandising profit and loss (“P&L”) and private brand portfolio and product development. Additionally, she possesses global sourcing and supply chain management expertise. Ms. Stuckey has served as the Principal of ASKHER, a private consulting firm, since February 2022. Previously, Ms. Stuckey served most recently as the Senior Vice President of Merchandising, Private Brands at Walmart, Inc. (“Walmart”), a multinational retail corporation, between October 2015 and February 2022. Ms. Stuckey spent 17 years with Walmart in senior merchandising P&L and private brand development roles in apparel, home, and general merchandise.
Prior to Walmart, she served as the President of the casualwear division of HanseBrands, a multinational clothing company, and held other roles across numerous companies, including Target Corporation, Montgomery Ward, and Cato Corporation. Ms. Stuckey earned her Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Economics from St. Norbert College. Ms. Stuckey is currently a Board member at Gildan Activewear Inc. and sits on its Audit and Finance and Compensation and Human Resources committees and was previously a Board member at The Container Store Group, Inc. (“Container Store”) (formerly NYSE) where she sat on its Governance Committee
BRIAN GIBSON
Qualified Simpson Nominee
Mr. Gibson has 47 years of business and investment experience. During his career, Mr. Gibson was responsible for the management of various large equity investment portfolios, including those of insurance companies, a chartered bank, pension and mutual funds, and endowments. He has expertise in relationship investing and in corporate finance. He has built or restructured the equity investment operations of three large institutional investment firms. Mr. Gibson was the Senior Vice President, Public Equities and Hedge Funds of Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo), Alberta’s diversified institutional government investment fund, from December 2008 until his retirement in May 2012.
Previously, he served as President of Panoply Capital Asset Management Inc., a private investment firm, and as Senior Vice President, Equities, of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Mr. Gibson has served on a variety of public and private company boards, focusing on sustainably improving those companies through growth strategies, consolidations, restructurings and changes in business strategy and leadership. He is currently the Board Chair of the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario, a director of the Inuvialuit Investment Corporation, and a member of the Advisory Board of each of Kruger Inc. and Atria Development Ltd. He is a former director of Precision Drilling Corporation (TSX and NYSE), INFOR Acquisition Corp. (TSX), Duff & Phelps, MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., Viterra Inc., WestJet Airlines Ltd. and Westaim Corporation.
Mr. Gibson has extensive experience in the analysis of public company financial statements and control standards and is the past Chair of the Corporate Disclosure Policy committee of the CFA Institute, which provides regulators with input and suggestions on potential changes in accounting and audit standards and corporate disclosure. A proponent of good corporate governance, he was instrumental in the establishment of the Directors’ Education Program and the inauguration of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance. Mr. Gibson received a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Laurentian University and an MBA from the University of Toronto. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a graduate of the Directors’ Education Program sponsored by the Institute of Corporate Directors.
MICHAEL CHRISTIANSEN
Qualified Simpson Nominee
Mr. Christiansen has served as an Investment Manager with the Simpson Group of Companies since January 2022, responsible for overseeing a global portfolio of public and private investments. He is based in the Cayman Islands, and serves as advisor to the various boards of the companies held by the Simpson Group.
Mr. Christiansen has many years of experience in Australia, Canada, and the Cayman Islands. Between 2018 and 2021, Mr. Christiansen was employed by PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Cayman Islands, providing corporate finance, deal advisory and transaction services to clients operating in the oil & gas, automotive, retail, financial services and real estate development industries. Prior to that, Mr. Christiansen worked in the Global Corporate Finance team for Flight Centre Travel Group, as well as for Ferrier Hodgson providing corporate advisory services to financial institutions. Mr. Christiansen was previously elected to the Board in 2023.
Mr. Christiansen holds Chartered Accountant (Australia and New Zealand) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designations. Mr. Christiansen obtained Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from the University of Queensland.