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Russ Girling is President, Pipelines. He has overall responsibility for TransCanada Corporation’s regulated businesses, including gas and oil pipelines in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Girling was Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer of TransCanada. He had overall responsibility for finance, accounting, treasury, taxation, risk management, corporate strategy, corporate development, investor relations and project evaluation. Mr. Girling was responsible for TransCanada’s $4 billion debt reduction and balance sheet restructuring during 2000. Through 2001, he was
also President of TransCanada Gas Services and was responsible for its ultimate disposition. Mr. Girling was Executive Vice-President, Power where he had overall responsibility for the creation and management of the TransCanada subsidiary, TransCanada Power, including the creation of TransCanada Power, L.P. Prior to joining TransCanada in 1994, Mr. Girling held several marketing and management positions at Suncor Inc., Northridge Petroleum Marketing and Dome Petroleum. Mr. Girling is President and CEO of TC PipeLines, LP. He is currently a Director of several companies including Agrium Inc. and Bruce Power Inc. He is the former Chairman of TransCanada Power, L.P. Mr. Girling is a Director of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Fund and the
Willow Park Charity Golf Classic and was a member of the United Way Campaign from 2002-2004. He is also a former Director of the Power Pool of Alberta and Junior Achievement. Mr. Girling holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Calgary. | 