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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS





Suncor Directors
Period Served and 

Name and Jurisdiction of Residence
Independence
Biography
Jacques Lamarre(2)(3) Director since 2009 Jacques Lamarre is past president and chief executive 

Quebec, Canada
Independent
officer of SNC-Lavalin, a position he held from May 1996 
until his retirement in May 2009. Mr. Lamarre is an Officer 
of the Order of Canada and a founding member and past 

chair of the Commonwealth Business Council. He is also 
past chair of the board of directors of the Conference 
Board of Canada and a founding member of the World 

Economic Forum’s Governors for Engineering & 
Construction. Currently, he serves as a director of PPP 

Canada Inc. and is a member of the Engineering Institute 
of Canada, Engineers Canada and the Ordre des inge´nieurs 
du Que´bec. Mr. Lamarre holds a Bachelor of Arts and a 

Bachelor of Arts and Science in Civil Engineering from 
Universite´ Laval in Quebec City. He also completed Harvard 
University’s Executive Development Program. In addition, 

Mr. Lamarre holds honorary doctorates from the University 
of Waterloo, the University of Moncton and Universite´ 
Laval. Among others, he has previously served on the

board of the Royal Bank of Canada.
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Maureen McCaw(1)(2) Director since 2004 Maureen McCaw is past executive vice-president 
Alberta, Canada
(Petro-Canada 2004 to (Edmonton) of Leger Marketing, formerly Criterion 
July 31, 2009) Research Corp., a company she founded in 1986.

Independent
Ms. McCaw holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of 
Alberta and an Institute of Corporate Directors certification 
(ICD.D). In addition to being president of Tinnakilly Inc. 

and a managing partner at Prism Ventures, Ms. McCaw is a 
director of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and 

the Edmonton International Airport, and a member of the 
Alberta Securities Commission. Ms. McCaw also serves on a 
number of Alberta boards and advisory committees, 

including the Nature Conservancy of Canada (Alberta) and 
the Epcor Community Essentials Council and is past chair of
the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce.
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Michael W. O’Brien(3)(4) Director since 2002 Michael O’Brien served as executive vice president, 

Alberta, Canada
Independent
corporate development, and chief financial officer of 
Suncor Energy Inc. before retiring in 2002. Mr. O’Brien is 
lead director of Shaw Communications Inc. In addition, he 

is past chair of the board of trustees for the Nature 
Conservancy Canada, past chair of the Canadian Petroleum 
Products Institute and past chair of Canada’s Voluntary 

Challenge for Global Climate Change. He has previously 
served on the boards of Teresen Inc., Primewest Energy Inc.

and CRA International.
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(1)(4) 
James SimpsonDirector since 2004 James Simpson is past president of Chevron Canada
Alberta, Canada
(Petro -Canada 2004 Resources (oil and gas). He serves as lead director for
to July 31, 2009) Canadian Utilities Limited and is on its Corporate

Independent
Governance, Nomination, Compensation and Succession
Committee, as well as being the chairman for its Audit
Committee and Risk Review Committee. Mr. Simpson holds

a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science, and
graduated from the Program for Senior Executives at
M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Business. He is also past chairman

of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers and
past vice chairman of the Canadian Association of the
World Petroleum Congresses.
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