Executive Leadership

Our executive leadership is responsible for the CER’s overall capability and readiness to meet strategic and operational requirements. They deliver on the CER’s Performance Framework core responsibility of Energy Adjudication, Safety and Environment Oversight, Energy Information and Engagement. These core responsibilities deliver tangible and meaningful outcomes for Canadians.

Executive Vice President, Law and General Counsel – Alex Ross

Biographical Snapshot:

  • Mr. Ross became Executive Vice-President, Law and General Counsel in July 2018.
  • He joined the regulator in August of 2001 where he has served as Associate General Counsel for seven years and counsel for ten years.
  • Between being called to the Bar in 1997 and starting at the organization, he worked as a lawyer at Dentons Canada LLP (formerly, Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP).
  • His career has focused on energy regulation (including aboriginal, environment, energy and natural resources management issues), and associated public and administrative law.

Professional Affiliations, Degrees and Distinctions:

  • LL. B., University of Toronto
  • Called to the Bar in Alberta in 1997 and a member of the Law Society of Alberta

Executive Vice President, Regulatory – Chris Loewen

Biographical Snapshot:

  • Chris Loewen became Executive Vice President, Regulatory in February 2024.
  • Prior to this role, Chris served as Vice President of Field Operations from April 2016 and Vice President of Operations from September 2014.
  • Chris joined the regulator in 2009 and has served as the Director for Oil/Natural Gas Liquids, Energy Trade, Corporate Performance, and, Safety Management.
  • Chris’ public service career began in 1995 with (formerly) Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, as a Policy Analyst and as a negotiator on several modern treaty and self-government agreement negotiations, including the Labrador Inuit Land Claim.
  • Before joining the regulator, Chris led federal Crown consultation on the Mackenzie Gas Project.

Professional Affiliations, Degrees and Distinctions:

  • Masters of Public Administration, Carleton University
  • Bachelor of Arts, Political Sciences, University of Calgary

Executive Vice President, Transparency and Strategic Engagement – Tracy Sletto

Biographical Snapshot:

  • Tracy Sletto (she/her) is the Executive Vice-President, Transparency and Strategic Engagement at the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). She is responsible for leading the CER’s work to: advance Reconciliation; provide timely, relevant and accessible energy information to Canadians and decision-makers; engage with Indigenous partners and stakeholders; and communicate effectively and strategically.  She is also the CER’s representative on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX) Indigenous Advisory Monitoring Committee (IAMC).
  • Ms. Sletto has been with the CER since 2011. She has served in a variety of roles at the CER, including Vice-President, People and Communications Services and Chief Human Resources Officer; Vice-President of Energy Adjudication; and Vice-President, Performance & Results and Chief Financial Officer. She assumed the position of Executive Vice-President in 2018.
  • Before joining the CER, she worked with the federal department of Western Economic Diversification Canada. She began her public service career with the Government of Saskatchewan and had a variety of leadership roles with the Departments of Finance, Post-Secondary Education & Skills Training, and Executive Council. She has a Master of Public Administration, Queen's University and a Bachelor of Arts, University of Saskatchewan. She and her family live in Calgary, Alberta, which is on Treaty 7 territory, home of the Blackfoot Confederacy, the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda Nations. The City of Calgary is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.

Professional Affiliations, Degrees and Distinctions:

  • Master of Public Administration, Queen's University
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Saskatchewan
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