Steve Laut vs Russell Girling

Steve Laut

CEO of Canadian Natural Resources Limited

BIO: Mr. Steve W. Laut has been President of Canadian Natural Resources Limited since April 2005 and serves as its Principal Executive Officer. Mr. Laut served as an Executive Vice-President of Operations of Canadian Natural Resources Limited from 2001 to 2003 and also its Chief Operating Officer since May 2005. He first joined Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. in 1991. He joined Canadian Natural in 1991 as Senior Exploitation Engineer and was appointed Vice-President, Operations, in 1996. In 1997, he was appointed Senior Vice-President of Canadian Natural and in 2001, Executive Vice-President. Mr. Laut held various positions as Reservoir Engineer and Production Engineer with Poco Petroleum, Adams Pearson, Petro-Canada, Dome Petroleum and Unocal. Mr. Laut has been a Non-Independent Director of Canadian Natural Resources Limited since August 1, 2006. He serves as member of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (''APEGGA''). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary.

Russell Girling

CEO of TransCanada Corporation

BIO: Mr. Russell K. Girling has been President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Director of TransCanada Corporation and TransCanada PipeLines Limited. since July 2010. Previously, Mr. Girling held the positions of Chief Operating Officer; President, Pipelines; Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development; Chief Financial Officer; and Executive Vice-President, Power. Prior to that in 1994, Mr. Girling held several marketing and management positions at Suncor Inc., Northridge Petroleum Marketing and Dome Petroleum. Mr. Girling is currently a director of Agrium Inc., the American Petroleum Institute and the Business Council of Canada and is a member of the U.S. National Petroleum Council and U.S. Business Roundtable. Mr. Girling is the former Chairman of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, former Chairman of the Natural Gas Council and former director of the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association. He has also served as Chairman and CEO of TC PipeLines GP, Inc. (general partner of TC PipeLines, LP), Chairman of TransCanada Power, L.P. and director of Bruce Power Inc. Mr. Girling co-chaired the 2012 United Way of Calgary Campaign and is a director of the Willow Park Charity Golf Classic. He is former director of the Alberta Children's Hospital Fund.He was a 1998/1999 recipient of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award for leadership excellence for Canadians under the age of 40. In 2008 he was the recipient of the Haskayne School of Business Management Alumni Excellence (MAX) Award. Mr. Girling holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Calgary.