Colleen Johansen
CFO, Altex Energy
Colleen Johansen is a Chartered Accountant who brings a broad range of financial reporting and corporate development experience to Altex. A “Big-4” accounting firm alumni with public accounting and industry experience, Colleen has also been involved in performance management, corporate finance, and business development for more than a decade, and brings this background to her role leading Altex’s accounting group.
Colleen graduated “summa cum laude” from Saint Mary’s University in Nova Scotia, where she earned a B.Comm with a double major in accounting and finance. She began her career in KPMG Calgary’s Corporate Audit group, where she led engagements for a wide range of clients and industries, including infrastructure and energy. After obtaining her CA designation, taking a short secondment to KPMG Cairns in Australia, and earning a promotion to manager, she transitioned into industry where she worked for a publicly listed independent power producer in both the accounting and corporate development groups prior to joining Altex in 2014.
During her initial years at Altex, Colleen was a key member of the business development group, with the majority of her time focused on project work, commercial negotiations, contracting, and financial modelling and analysis. After assisting with Altex’s more complex accounting issues, Colleen was promoted to Director, Finance and Accounting in early 2017.
Colleen was promoted to Chief Financial Officer in mid 2018.
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