Speaker Detail:
Raylene Whitford

2023 Speaker

Raylene Whitford

Chair, Indigenous Advisory Council

TC Energy

Biography

Raylene Whitford is a Cree-Métis finance professional with a well-established career in the international energy industry. She is the Director of INDIGI-X and founder of Canative Energy, a boutique consulting company that supports the economic prosperity of Indigenous peoples impacted by the energy sector.  

A former equity partner of Deloitte Canada, Raylene is the chair of TC Energy’s Indigenous Advisory Council, is a member of the Advisory Committee for the Deputy Minister of International Trade and is a Director for an investment company affiliated with the Métis Nation of Alberta.  

Her previous leadership positions include directing a company listed on the London Stock Exchange and leading a $42 billion capital efficiency project for an integrated energy company in the Middle East.  

Raylene is a Chartered Accountant and has an MBA from Aberdeen Business School in the UK. She is currently completing an interdisciplinary PhD in Indigenous Studies and Business at the University of Alberta. 

www.raylenewhitford.com 

www.linkedin.com/in/raylene-whitford 

www.INDIGI-X.com 

www.canativenergy.com 

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