Jackie Sheppard
Independent Director
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
Former Executive Vice President, Corporate & Legal Affairs, Talisman Energy Inc.
Jackie Sheppard joined the Emera Board of Directors in 2009 and served as Chair of the Board from 2014 until February 2025. She was also a Director of the Company’s subsidiary, Emera Newfoundland and Labrador Holdings Inc. until 2016.
Jackie is the former Executive Vice President, Corporate and Legal of Talisman Energy Inc. She is a corporate director and currently sits on the boards of Suncor Energy Inc., a Canadian integrated energy company, and ARC Resources Ltd., a publicly traded Canadian energy company. She was founder and Lead Director of Black Swan Energy Inc., an Alberta upstream energy company that was sold in July 2021. She is a former Director of Cairn Energy PLC, a publicly traded UK-based international upstream company, and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (“AIMCo”), an institutional investment manager, as well as a former director of the general partner of Pacific Northwest LNG LP. She also served as Chair of the Research and Development Corporation of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, a provincial Crown corporation.
After earning a Bachelor of Arts from Memorial University, Jackie became a Rhodes Scholar receiving an Honors Jurisprudence, Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Oxford University. She earned her Bachelor of Laws (Honors) from McGill University and holds an honorary Doctor of Laws from Memorial University. In 2008, she was appointed the King’s Counsel designation and in 2023 became a Fellow of the Institute of Corporate Directors, Canada’s preeminent distinction for directors.