AltaGas Ltd. announced the appointment of Vern Yu as the company's next President, effective July 1, 2023. Mr. Yu will also join AltaGas' Board of Directors at the same time. The announcement follows an extensive global search process conducted by the Transition Committee of the Board, which included the evaluation of highly qualified internal and external candidates and was aided with the support of a global executive search firm.

Mr. Yu joins AltaGas after a successful three-decade career at Enbridge Inc. where he most recently served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Chief Financial Officer and President, New Energy Technologies. During his three decades at Enbridge, Vern held various roles of increasing responsibility across the company, including its Utilities and Midstream segments with strong experience across Canadian and U.S. operations. This includes Mr. Yu previously serving as Executive Vice President and President, Liquids Pipelines and prior to that as Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer.

Over the past decade, Vern played a leading role in securing more than $30 billion in new growth projects, completion of the Line 3 replacement project, leading Enbridge's entry into European offshore wind market, and leading various acquisitions that were aligned with advancing Enbridge's corporate strategy.