Canadian Chamber of Commerce to Celebrate Top Business Leaders in Calgary  

(CALGARY) – February 7, 2023 

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has announced The Canadian Business Leader of the Year Awards for 2023, presenting Al Monaco, Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Enbridge, with the Canadian Business Leader Lifetime Achievement Award, and Susannah Pierce, President and Country Chair and VP Emerging Energy Solutions, Shell Canada, with the Canadian Business Leader of the Year Award. 

The Canadian Business Leader of the Year Awards were established to celebrate and recognize Canadian business executives at the top of their fields. All award honourees are setting new standards in leadership and innovation in Canadian business.  

The Calgary celebration and awards dinner will shine a spotlight on two individuals who lead not only by example, but also by action. 

Canadian Business Leader Lifetime Achievement Award 
Al Monaco, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Enbridge  

Appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Enbridge in 2012, Al Monaco has led Enbridge through a period of great transformational growth, combined with an intensified focus on safety, reliability and environmental protection that has positioned Enbridge as North America’s leading diversified energy delivery company. 

Al is a Director and member of the Executive Committee of the American Petroleum Institute; a Director of Weyerhaeuser; and a member of the Business Council (US); the U.S. National Petroleum Council, the Business Council of Canada, the Business Council of Alberta and the Catalyst Canada Advisory Board. 

Canadian Business Leader of the Year Award 

Susannah Pierce, President and Country Chair and VP Emerging Energy Solutions, Shell Canada 

Susannah Pierce has spent the last 20 years of her career at the intersection of what is now known as environmental, social and governance interests in Canada and abroad. Her expertise lies in bringing business, governments, communities, Indigenous groups and other non-governmental actors together to support the development of large natural resource projects. To that end, she was instrumental in securing the final investment decision for LNG Canada – the only large LNG export facility to be built in Canada today.  While President and Country Chair, Susannah is also Vice President, Emerging Energy Solutions for Canada. In this capacity she is responsible for integrating Shell’s diverse portfolio of investments and projects in Canada as well as supporting Shell’s growth pillar which invests in renewable power, carbon capture sequestration, renewable fuels including hydrogen and nature-based systems.

Susannah is currently Chair of the Business Council of BC, Director of Business Council of Canada, on the Advisory Board of Catalyst and the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and Director of the Wilder Institute and Calgary Zoo.

We look forward to celebrating these two visionary business leaders at a reception and dinner event on Thursday, September 14. For more details on the event and a full biography of our recipients, please visit chamber.ca/calgaryawardsdinner 

For more information or to attend the award ceremony, please contact Alexandra Miceli, Director, Member Relations and Teri Lang, Director, Member Relations & Events at  amiceli@chamber.ca and tlang@chamber.ca   

About the Canadian Chamber of Commerce — The Future of Business Success 

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is Canada’s largest and most activated business network — representing over 400 chambers of commerce and boards of trade and more than 200,000 businesses of all sizes, from all sectors of the economy and from every part of the country — to create the conditions for our collective success. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is the undisputed champion and catalyst for the future of business success. From working with government on economy-friendly policy to providing services that inform commerce and enable trade, we give each of our members more of what they need to succeed: insight into markets, competitors and trends, influence over the decisions and policies that drive business success and impact on business and economic performance.   

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Karl Oczkowski 

Senior Director, Corporate Communications and Public Relations 

Canadian Chamber of Commerce  

koczkowski@chamber.ca