Harold Norman "Hal" Kvisle (born

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, 20 October 1952) is a Canadian businessman in the

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Career

Kvisle received a bachelor of science in engineering with distinction from the

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in 1975 and an

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from the

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in 1982. Kvisle joined Dome Petroleum in 1975 and eventually became finance manager. He played a key role in the sale of Dome Petroleum to

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Canada in 1987 and 1988. In 1988, he moved to

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Energy, eventually becoming chief operating officer for South and Central America and president of Canadian operations. In 1999, Kvisle was recruited by TransCanada PipeLines to be its executive vice-president in trading and business development. In 2001, he was appointed president and chief executive officer. TransCanada Pipelines announced in April 2010 that Kvisle would retire at the end of June 2010; he was replaced by chief operating officer Russ Girling. Hal was appointed as chief executive officer of

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in September 2012, taking over from John Manzoni, until February 2015 when Talisman was bought out by

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. Kvisle is former chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America and is former chair of the

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. , he is currently a member of the board of directors of the

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, Talisman Energy Inc., Arc Resources and the Nature Conservancy of Canada. He is also a member of the

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Personal life

Kvisle is married and has three children.

References

External links

Hal Kvisle's page on Bloomberg.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kvisle, Harold N. 1952 births Canadian businesspeople Living people University of Alberta alumni University of Calgary alumni People from Innisfail, Alberta