Marcel leads the Canadian Oil Sands’ team in setting and carrying out the strategic direction for the Trust. He also provides guidance to the Syncrude project through his roles as chair of the Syncrude CEO and Management Committees and Chairman of the Board of Syncrude Canada.

Allen’s goal is to provide accurate, timely and understandable disclosure; ensure an appropriate system of internal controls is in place; perform financial risk assessment and management; and develop financing plans to access the capital markets. He is assisted by Ryan Kubik, Laureen DuBois, Siren Fisekci and Aysha McKinnon.

Ryan focuses on prudent management of the Trust’s financial strategy. With the support of Scott Arnold, Ryan assesses the impact of the business environment on the Trust’s financial position. Ryan also is responsible for stewarding the Trust’s insurance program, credit risk and information systems environment

Trevor is the Trust’s main operational liaison, providing oversight of Syncrude’s operations and working with the Joint Venture owners to maximize the potential of the Syncrude asset. In addition, Trevor oversees the Trust’s marketing group and evaluates new growth and business development opportunities. Aswin Patel supports Trevor on the operations side and David Sirrs reports to Trevor on the marketing function.

Trudy focuses on the Trust complying with applicable legal requirements and strives for timely, accurate and understandable disclosure. She also assists the board of directors in its stewardship of achieving long-term optimization of Canadian Oil Sands’ assets. In addition, Trudy is responsible for human resources and social responsibility. Ida Morros (filling in for Cathy Jones during her maternity leave) assists Trudy in these areas.

Laureen endeavours to provide accurate and timely reporting of the Trust's financial results in an understandable manner to assist investors or potential investors of the Trust in making investment decisions. Laureen carries out this objective with significant contributions from her accounting team members, Sherri Stewart and Marlene Ashton-Teigland.

Siren aims to ensure the Canadian Oil Sands Trust investment achieves fair value in the market by providing investors with quality disclosure and developing accurate, timely communication that describes the Trust’s activities and the Syncrude operations. Marie Fenez supports Siren with the investor relations function.

David directs our marketing program and, together with his team, focuses on optimizing our product value by developing long-range marketing and logistics plans, continuous evaluation of crude oil markets and transportation options, and maintaining strong relationships with our customers. David’s team is comprised of Lynette Johnston, Reshma Rawji, Terry Frehlich and Nick Reid.