Marvin Romanow is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nexen Inc. He started his career as a drilling engineer for a major independent oil company. His career has spanned many financial and operating roles, including professional and leadership roles in corporate finance, planning, business development, exploration and development, and reservoir engineering.
Marvin has been a Director of the Canexus Income Fund since its inception. Canexus is the third largest North American supplier of bleaching chemicals to the pulp and paper industry. He is a member of the Board and Management Committee of Syncrude Canada, the country’s largest oilsands development. Marvin is also a Director of the Canadian Energy Research Institute, a leading North American energy thinktank. In addition, he has appeared as an expert witness in front of several federal and provincial energy regulatory boards and provided tax policy advice to Canada’s House of Common’s Finance Committee.
In April of 2007 he was awarded Canada’s “CFO of the Year” award and in September of the same year he received the Petroleum Economist award for "Energy Executive of the Year 2006".
Marvin grew up in a small rural community in southeast Saskatchewan. He received his Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, with great distinction, in 1977 and his MBA from the same University in 1980. Marvin is also a graduate of Harvard’s Program for Management Development and in October of 2007 he completed INSEAD’s Advanced Management Programme. He recently co-chaired a highly successful $30 million capital campaign for the University of Saskatchewan in the Calgary region. Marvin is married with four children. He enjoys golfing, travelling and spending time with his family.
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