MEG Energy Corp. announced the appointment of James D. McFarland as its independent Board Chair. Mr. McFarland has served as a director MEG since 2010.

During that time, he has also served as the Chair of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee, as well as member of the Audit Committee, Health, Safety &Environment and Reserves Committee, and the Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. McFarland has over four decades of domestic and international experience in the oil and gas industry, including extensive oil sands and other unconventional resource development experience. He is a cfounder, and has been a director of, Valeura Energy Inc. since April 2010 and served as President and CEO, until his retirement in December 2017.

Prior thereto, Mr. McFarland has held a number of executive leadership roles including President and CEO, director and co-founder of Verenex Energy Inc., Managing Director of shale-oil developer Southern Pacific Petroleum N.L., President and Chief Operating Officer of Husky Oil Limited and a 23-year period with Imperial Oil Limited and other Exxon affiliates. Mr. McFarland has been a director of various public and private entities including, most recently, Pengrowth Energy Corporation and Arrow Exploration Corp. Mr. McFarland received a Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Chemical Engineering) from Queen's University at Kingston, a Master of Science (Petroleum Engineering) from the University of Alberta and completed the Executive Development Program at Cornell University.

He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and a Life Member of both the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.