Petro-Canada
Petro-Canada (colloquially known as Petro-Can) is a retail and wholesale marketing brand subsidiary of Suncor Energy. Until 1991, it was a federal Crown corporation (a state-owned enterprise). In August 2009, Petro-Canada merged with Suncor Energy, with Suncor shareholders receiving approximately 60 percent ownership of the combined company and Petro-Canada shareholders receiving approximately 40 percent. The company retained the Suncor Energy name for the merged corporation and its upstream operations. It continues to use the Petro-Canada name nationwide.
Company type
4,514 (2008)[1]
Leadership[edit]
President[edit]
Wilbert H. Hopper, 1976–1979
Andrew Janisch, 1979–1982
Edward M. Lakusta, 1982–1990
James M. Stanford, 1990–2000
Ronald A. Brenneman, 2000–2009
Chairman of the Board[edit]
Maurice F. Strong, 1976–1978
Wilbert H. Hopper, 1978–1993
A. Edwin Barroll, 1993–1995
James T. Black, 1995–1996
Thomas E. Kierans, 1996–2000
James M. Stanford, 2000
Brian F. MacNeill, 2000–2009