Weatherford​
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Evan is a seasoned tax professional based in Calgary, Alberta. Currently serving as Senior Manager, Tax at Weatherford, he brings over a decade of in-depth experience from Gibson Energy, where he advanced through various roles in tax management and analysis.
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Bill Chan, MBA, CPA (Illinois), CGMA (US), CPA, CGA, CCS
CPKC​
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Bill began his career at a big 4 accounting firm and have worked in different industries (including banking, manufacturing, oil and gas, and transportation), the not-for-profit sector (Education Department at CGA Canada), and the government. Over his 30-year career, Bill sat on various committees (including Railway Association of Canada Taxation Committee, Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers Sales and Indirect Tax Committee, Fuel Tax Council Government Advisory Committee, CGA Examination Review Committee, and CPA Canada Commodity Tax Symposium Advisory Committee). Bill currently leads the commodity tax group at CPKC as its Director, Commodity Tax.​
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Beverly Gilbert Professional Corporation
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Beverly is the President of Beverly Gilbert Professional Corporation. Beverly practises exclusively in the commodity tax area with over 20 years experience working in public practice and in a legal practice to assist her clients properly structure business contracts and relationships, gather required information and implement proper accounting procedures in order to collect and remit the correct amount of the federal goods and services tax (GST), harmonized sales tax (HST), provincial sales taxes (PST) and excise taxes. She has also assisted clients properly report PST on interprovincial movements of assets and with issues involved in the registration for, the collection of and reporting of motive fuel taxes. Beverly has extensive experience handling sales tax disputes with both federal and provincial revenue authorities. She has assisted many businesses to work effectively with industry groups and government officials to address issues they face.
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TC Energy​
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Trena is an experienced indirect tax manager, currently overseeing Canadian indirect tax at TC Energy in Calgary. With nearly two decades at TC Energy, she has developed expertise in tax systems, compliance, and financial analysis, building a comprehensive understanding of complex tax and treasury functions in the energy industry.
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​Russell Labiuk, CPA, CGA
Enbridge​
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​Russell is the Manager of Indirect Tax and Customs at Enbridge, which he has been part of for the last 16 years. Previously he was a federal government indirect tax auditor for 5 years. Russell’s technical expertise in indirect taxes, customs and transfer pricing in conjunction with his business knowledge in liquid pipelines, gas pipelines and energy marketing have made him a trusted advisor for many internal and external stakeholders. Russell has worked on a number of key industry groups that work towards influencing changes for the industry - American Petroleum Institute Subcommittees - International Trade and Investment (SITI), Corporate and International Trade Strategy (CITS), and Customs (ITCC), US Customs Commercial Operations Advisory Committee (COAC), US Customs Petroleum Center of Excellence and Expertise (CEE) Industry Working Group, Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters (I.E. Canada), and CBSA Border Commercial Consultative Committees (BCCC).
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Alta Gas​
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Lesley is the Senior Manager of Indirect Tax at AltaGas in Calgary, Alberta. With over 14 years in her current role and a background in accounting, she offers deep expertise in indirect tax matters impacting the energy sector.
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ATCO
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Melisa is the Manager of Indirect Tax at ATCO Group, where she leads Canadian and US indirect tax functions. With two decades at ATCO, she brings extensive experience in tax compliance, technology, audit, and SR&ED.
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