• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Kris Smith

Suncor Energy Inc.

EVP & Chief Financial Officer

Kris Smith is EVP and Chief Financial Officer, responsible for all financial functions, internal audit, investor relations, information technology and supply chain. Kris is also the company’s executive lead on the Pathways Alliance. Since joining Suncor in 2000, Kris has held a variety of operational and corporate roles, including the role of Interim President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to being appointed Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Kris has held several senior leadership roles in the organization including Executive Vice President of Downstream from 2013 to 2022. In that role he was responsible for all of the company’s refining and marketing assets in Canada and the United States, Suncor’s supply and trading and renewable energy businesses and corporate strategy. Prior to that he held roles in Fort McMurray as part of the oil sands leadership team, managing business planning, production planning and logistics, and power and utility operations. Kris graduated from the University of Alberta in 1992 and received his bachelor of laws from Dalhousie University in 1995. Kris has also completed the advanced management program at Harvard Business School.

Sessions With Kris Smith

Monday, 18 March

  • 11:50am - 12:30pm (CST) / 18/mar/2024 04:50 pm - 18/mar/2024 05:30 pm

    North American Oil and Gas: Growth, profits and decarbonization
    Upstream Oil & Gas

    North America’s oil and gas revolution has consistently outperformed expectations over the past decade. It has provided massive supply growth for consumers and record profits for stakeholders— although never both at the same time. And while the industry has made progress on “easy” emissions reductions, the next tranche of decarbonization will require larger-scale action. Can the industry deliver growth, profits and lower emissions over the next 10 years? How will the sector overcome infrastructure hurdles to move the molecules from the resources to the customers? After a decade of rapid growth, is the sector moving into a new phase focused on improving efficiency and delivering more value from its operations?”