Ian Anderson recently retired from Trans Mountain Corporation where he was the President and Chief Executive Officer for the past 4 years. Prior to his position with Trans Mountain, he was the President of Kinder Morgan Canada for over 13 years. He has over 44 years of executive leadership experience with predecessor companies such as Terasen, BC Gas, Centra Gas, and Westcoast Energy.
Ian was responsible for the strategic direction, growth, operations and sustainability of Trans Mountain. Ian was successful in creating and delivering on the vision, governance and strategy of Trans Mountain through changing market condition, ownership changes, and a constant state of regulatory and legal evolution. Ian developed a strong, transparent and trusted philosophy for government interactions and community relations.
His experience and reputation among the country’s Indigenous nations were developed over decades of hands-on involvement and open communications. His efforts to reconcile linear infrastructure impacts with Indigenous communities’ values and history resulted in near unanimous support from affected Communities for the pipeline’s ongoing expansion. In addition to successfully operating the only pipeline delivering product to Canada’s west coast, the Trans Mountain Expansion Project has been a 12-year journey for Ian. The Project has already delivered significant economic and environmental benefits to Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities and will contribute significant economic value to the nation once complete.