Blacksteel Energy Inc. announced the appointment of Bettina Pierre-Gilles to the Board of Directors. Bettina Pierre-Gilles is a Calgary based entrepreneur and businesswoman with more than 22 years of experience across the conventional oil and gas and renewable energy sectors, and significant knowledge of capital markets and MA activity. Along with her ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors program, Ms. Pierre-Gilles possesses extensive experience serving on corporate boards and as Chair of various committees.

Currently, Ms. Pierre-Gilles is the President and CEO of Luxeum Renewables Group and Pierre-Gilles Associates Professional Corporation (CPA); past Chair and Managing Director of the Piikani Investment Corporation, a Treaty 7 First Nation based in Southern Alberta; Board Member of Bow Valley College, where she is the Chair of the Community Relations Committee for the College; Board of Trustees Member of Queen's University's Board of Governors; Associate Mentor at the Creative Destruction Lab ('CDL') Rockies and Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta Business Program Mentor. She holds the Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA-CMA) designation, an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors of Canada and received her MBA from Queen's University.