Executive Vice-President & President, Canadian Plains Division and Designated President of the Canadian Plains Division of IOCo

As Executive Vice-President and President, Canadian Plains Division, Don Swystun is responsible for legacy Canadian assets. These are the more mature company properties and include operations in Brooks, Drumheller, Medicine Hat, Pelican Lake and Weyburn, Saskatchewan.

Don joined one of EnCana's predecessors in 1995 as a staff reservoir engineer involved in reserves evaluation, operations, and acquisitions and divestitures. In 1999, he was appointed Vice-President, and led the company's shallow gas and heavy oil operations in southeast Alberta and southwest Saskatchewan, including growth of the core Suffield property. Don assumed the leadership of the Ecuador Region in 2001. He was responsible for all aspects of operations including doubling production following commission of the OCP pipeline in 2003. Following the divestiture of the Ecuador Region, Don became Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development responsible for acquisitions and divestitures. Don assumed his current role in January 2007.

Don is a member of APEGGA, the Petroleum Society of CIM, the Society of Petroleum Engineers, and the University of Alberta Business Advisory Council.