Ms. Curran is a businesswoman with experience in executive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, financing and governance. She is currently serving as a Board Director at Baytex Energy Corp as well as a Member of the board of commissioners at the Alberta Securities Commission.  She was previously interim managing director of Riversdale Resources Ltd., a public Australian incorporated coal development company. She served as an officer of Canadian Oil Sands Limited from September 2002 to the time of its sale in February 2016. As Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Canadian Oil Sands Limited, she was responsible for legal, human resources and administration and a member of the executive team focused on strategy and risk management. From 2003 to 2016, she was a director of Syncrude Canada Ltd. where she served as chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee and as a member of the Pension Committee.  Ms. Curran holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a Bachelor of Laws degree (both with distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan and the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.