Harold "Hal" N. Kvisle (born

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, 1952) is a Canadian businessman in the

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Career

Kvisle received a bachelor of science in engineering with distinction from the

University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Rutherfor ...

in 1975 and an

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from the

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in 1982. Kvisle joined

Dome Petroleum Dome Petroleum Limited was a Calgary-based oil and gas company. Founded in 1950 as a subsidiary of the Toronto company Dome Mines Limited, Dome was built by Jack Gallagher, who remained with the company until 1983. In 1988 Dome was purchased by ...

in 1975 and eventually became finance manager. He played a key role in the sale of Dome Petroleum to

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Canada in 1987 and 1988. In 1988, he moved to

Fletcher Challenge Fletcher Challenge was a multinational corporation from New Zealand. It was formed in 1981 by the merger of Fletcher Holdings, Challenge Corporation and Tasman Pulp and Paper. It had holdings in construction, forestry, building, and energy, init ...

Energy, eventually becoming chief operating officer for South and Central America and president of Canadian operations. In 1999, Kvisle was recruited by

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to be its executive vice-president in trading and business development. In 2001, he was appointed president and chief executive officer. TransCanada Pipelines announced in April 2010 that Kvisle would retire at the end of June 2010; he was replaced by chief operating officer

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. Hal was appointed as chief executive officer of

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in September 2012, taking over from

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, until February 2015 when Talisman was bought out by

Repsol Repsol S.A.
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. Kvisle is former chairman of the

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and is former chair of the

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. , he is currently a member of the board of directors of the

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, Talisman Energy Inc., Arc Resources and the Nature Conservancy of Canada. He is also a member of the

Trilateral Commission The Trilateral Commission is a nongovernmental international organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan, Western Europe and North America. It was founded in July 1973 principally by American banker and philanthropist David ...

References

External links

Hal Kvisle's page on Bloomberg.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kvisle, Harold N. 1952 births Canadian businesspeople Living people University of Alberta alumni University of Calgary alumni People from Innisfail, Alberta