Honourable

Brian J. Evans
Executive Advisor

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Honourable Brian J. Evans received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English in 1971 from the University of Alberta and his law degree from the University of Alberta in 1975. Mr. Evans began his legal career with Emery Jamieson in Edmonton and moved from there to establish Canmore’s first fulltime law office in 1976. He practiced in Canmore until 1989. He has experience in areas of Municipal, Environmental, Regulatory, Development and General Corporate Commercial law. Brian served as a member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly for Banff Cochrane Constituency for 8 years from 1989 to 1997, during which time he held the positions of Minister of Environmental Protection, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, as well as Member of the Agenda and Priorities Committee of Cabinet and Deputy Government House Leader.

 

In July of 1997, Brian became a Partner with Miller Thomson LLP. He left Miller Thomson LLP to join

the Werklund Group in August of 2006 as Managing Director. Brian was appointed to the TUSK Energy Board of Directors in August 2006 and became the acting Chairman of the TUSK Board of Directors in fall of 2008 until time of sale in April 2009. Since 2009, Brian has acted as an Executive Advisor to AESL.

 

Brian became CEO of the Chiniki First Nation in 2018, leveraging his political and business knowledge to help progress the Nation to new heights. Brian continues in that role today.