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Dave Lye

Canada Institute Advisory Board Member

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Vice-President, External Affairs, Ovintiv

Full Biography

Dave Lye is Vice-President, External Affairs at Encana Corporation.  Dave’s responsibilities at Encana include the leadership of Encana’s Government Relations and Sustainability teams, developing and advancing Encana’s public policy positions, strategies and programs and stewarding Encana’s corporate responsibility governance

Dave holds a Bachelor of Science (Physical Geography) degree from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Science (Environment and Management) from Royal Roads University. Dave joined one of Encana’s predecessor companies as a Senior Environmental Specialist in 1998 after 10 years working as an environmental consultant and provincial regulator focused on environmental issues and environmental emergency response.

Since the formation of Encana in 2002, Dave has held various Strategy, Government Relations, Environment, Health & Safety, Security and Corporate Responsibility leadership roles within Encana’s operating divisions and corporate groups. In this capacity, he has been significantly involved with the formulation and implementation of Encana’s environment, health, safety and sustainability strategies and policies as well as Encana’s approach to corporate responsibility, governance and external relations.