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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Directors

The following individuals are directors of Suncor on the date hereof. The term of each director is from the date of the
meeting at which he or she is elected or appointed until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until a successor is

elected or appointed.

Suncor Directors
Period Served and
Name and Jurisdiction of Residence
Independence
Biography
Mel E. Benson(1)(2) Director since 2000 Mel Benson is president of Mel E. Benson Management

Alberta, Canada
Independent
Services Inc., an international consulting firm working in
various countries with a focus on First Nations/corporate

negotiations. Mr. Benson is also part owner of the private
oil and gas company Tenax Energy Inc. and sits on the
board of the Fort McKay Group of Companies, a

community trust organization, as well as ECM Energy
Services, Inc., based in Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Benson retired
from Exxon International and Imperial Oil Canada in 2000

after a long career as an operations manager and senior
member of project management. While based in Houston,
Texas, Mr. Benson worked on international projects based

in Africa and the former Soviet Union. Mr. Benson recently
became a member of the community advisory board for
the Alberta Land Institute through the University of

Alberta. Mr. Benson is a member of Beaver Lake Cree
Nation, located in northeast Alberta.
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Dominic D‘Alessandro(3)(4) Director since 2009 Dominic D’Alessandro was president and chief executive

Ontario, Canada
Independent
officer of Manulife Financial Corporation from 1994 to
2009 and is currently a director of CGI Group Inc. and
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)(5). For his

many business accomplishments, Mr. D’Alessandro was
recognized as Canada’s Most Respected CEO in 2004 and
CEO of the Year in 2002, and was inducted into the

Insurance Hall of Fame in 2008. Mr. D’Alessandro is an
Officer of the Order of Canada and has been appointed as
a Commendatore of the Order of the Star of Italy. In 2009,

he received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate
Citizenship and in 2005 was granted the Horatio Alger
Award for community leadership. Mr. D’Alessandro is a

FCA, and holds a Bachelor of Science from Concordia
University in Montreal. He has also been awarded

honorary doctorates from York University, the University of
Ottawa, Ryerson University and Concordia University.
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John T. Ferguson Director since 1995 John Ferguson is founder and chairman of the board of
Alberta, Canada
Independent
Princeton Developments Ltd. and Princeton Ventures Ltd.

Mr. Ferguson is also a director of Fountain Tire Ltd. and
Strategy Summit Ltd. In addition, he is a member of the
Order of Canada, an advisory member of the Canadian

Institute for Advanced Research, Honorary Colonel – South
Alberta Light Horse, a member of the Advisory Council for
Promoting Women on Boards, chancellor emeritus and

chairman emeritus of the University of Alberta and chair of
the advisory board of the Peter Lougheed Leadership
Initiative. Mr. Ferguson is a fellow of the Alberta Institute

of Chartered Accountants and of the Institute of Corporate
Directors.
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