Jackie Sheppard, Chair of Emera Inc. announced the appointments of James (Jim) Bertram and Jochen Tilk to Emera’s Board of Directors. The appointments are effective July 10th, 2018. Mr. Bertram is currently Chair of the Board, and is the former President and Chief Executive Officer, of Keyera Corporation based in Calgary, Alberta. He spent 16 years building the company into one of Canada’s leading publicly-traded, midstream oil and gas operators. Mr. Bertram led the company in significant growth and major acquisitions, while enabling consistent delivery of value to customers and shareholders. Mr. Tilk is Executive Chair of Nutrien Inc. Previously, Mr. Tilk spent 15 years with Inmet Mining Corporation, a Canadian-based, international metals company, with 5 of those years as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. During this time, Mr. Tilk helped significantly grow the company’s market capitalization and led multi-billion-dollar capital expenditure programs.