Cenovus Energy Inc. announced the appointment of Michael J. Crothers and James D. Girgulis to the board of directors, effective immediately. Crothers has over 37 years of operations, commercial and leadership experience in the upstream, downstream and integrated gas businesses, including 34 years with Shell plc, most recently as president and country chair for Shell Canada Ltd. He is currently a member of the board of Keyera Corp. Girgulis is currently managing director of Hutchison Whampoa Europe Investments S.à r.l., a private investment company, and managing director of CK Hutchison Group Telecom Finance S.A., a public limited company.

From April 2021 to March 2022, he was special advisor to the executive at Cenovus following the company?s combination with Husky Energy Inc. Prior to that, he held progressively responsible positions with Husky, ultimately serving as senior vice-president, general counsel and secretary from April 2012 to March 2021. In accordance with the standstill agreements entered into at the time of the Husky transaction, Girgulis was nominated to replace Canning Fok, who retired from the Cenovus board effective July 26, 2023.