About Clear Seas:
Supporting Sustainable Marine Shipping

Bud Streeter

Board Chair

Bud Streeter retired as President Lloyd’s Register Canada Limited and Americas Manager of Naval Business and External Affairs at the end of 2017, capping a career of nearly 50 years in the marine business. He is a 1973 graduate in Marine Engineering from the Canadian Coast Guard College. His early career was spent as an Engineering Officer on various ships, as an Instructor in Marine Engineering Technologies at the Canadian Coast Guard College and as a Marine Safety Surveyor, Examiner and Manager in various offices. In 1987, he joined Marine Atlantic Inc. as Manager of Marine Technical Services. He left as Vice President Safety and Regulatory Affairs in 1996 to join Transport Canada as Director General Marine Safety, in which capacity he was the Head of the Canadian Delegation to various meetings at the International Maritime Organization and other international gatherings. Bud joined Lloyd’s Register, a global safety and risk management organization in 2002 and held various positions with Lloyd’s Register including Vice President, Lloyd’s Register North America, Inc. responsible for Canada and as Vice President Lloyd’s Register North America Inc, responsible for business in North America and the Caribbean. He was then appointed as President Lloyd’s Register Canada Limited and concurrently as President of Martec Limited, which was a Lloyd’s Register affiliated consulting company. In 2014 he took on the role of President of Lloyd’s Register Canada Limited and Americas Regional Manager of Naval Business and External Affairs.

He has served as a Board Member for Meridian Shipping Limited and on various of the Lloyd’s Register affiliated companies. He was appointed to the Canadian Advisory Council on National Security and served as a marine security advisor between 2005 and 2009. In 2013, he was presented with the inaugural Medal of Excellence from the Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering and was cited for his long commitment to marine safety and the mentoring of young maritime professionals. Bud has been a Director of Clear Seas since its founding and assumed responsibility as Chair of the Board of Directors on 20 February 2018.

Kim Baird, C.M., O.B.C.

Board Vice-Chair

Kim is the owner of Kim Baird Strategic Consulting and offers First Nation related and strategic advice to industry, government and First Nations. While Chief of the Tsawwassen First Nation, she negotiated and implemented British Columbia’s first urban treaty. Kim serves on several boards, Including the Infrastructure Bank of Canada, and is the recipient of both Orders of Canada and British Columbia. Kim holds an Institute of Corporate Director’s designation.

Christopher Causton

Christopher Causton is currently a Goodwill Ambassador and Captain of Victoria Harbour Ferries. He is also the former Mayor of Oak Bay. Past service includes Chair of the Capital Regional District Board, Chair of the Victoria Regional Transit Commission, Vice-Chair of BC Transit, Chair of the CRD Parks Board, Chair of the Oak Bay Police Board, and Chair of the Regional Housing Trust. He has also served as a member or in Board positions for several other organisations such as the Victoria Homelessness Coalition, the Association of Vancouver Island Coastal Communities, the Union of British Columbia Municipalities, the BC Ferry Authority, and the Municipal Insurance Association. Mr. Causton holds an Honours Diploma from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland.

Murray Coolican

Murray Coolican has held leadership positions across a number of sectors including not for profit, government, and the private sector. He has worked on environmental and aboriginal issues, in the energy and natural resources sectors, and in financial services.

He served as Senior Executive Vice President at Maritime Life, and Vice President at a number of companies including Nova Scotia Power, Corporate Communications Limited and National Sea Products. In government he worked as Deputy Minister of Energy and Business in the Government of Nova Scotia, Deputy Minister of Native Affairs in the Government of Ontario and Special Assistant to the Rt. Hon. Robert Stanfield. He was also Executive Director of the Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, an environmental NGO when it won the Governor General’s Conservation Award.

As a volunteer he Chaired the Halifax Metro United Way, the Halifax Chamber of Commerce and served as Vice-Chair of the Dalhousie University Board of Governors. He has also served as a Director of the Canadian Geographic Society and the World Wildlife Fund (Canada.)

Serge Alain Le Guellec

President & General Manager, Transport Desgagnés

Mr. Le Guellec is President and General Manager Transport Desgagnés Inc. He holds a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering (Royal Military College of Canada), a Master’s degree of science in Project Management (University of Hull, Quebec, Canada) and a Master’s degree in Aerospace Vehicle Design (Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK). A former uniformed member of the Canadian Forces, Mr. Le Guellec has worked in turn in the defence, aerospace and maritime transportation industries, first in engineering specialist roles and, later in his career, in project / program management and senior management roles. As a result, he possesses a unique mix of experience in aerospace engineering, manufacturing, supply chain management, project / program management and, lastly, general management.

As the President and General Manager of Transport Desgagnés inc., Mr. Le Guellec is responsible for the technical management of a varied fleet of tanker vessels, bulkers, general cargo / heavy lift and cargo / passenger vessels. As a senior maritime transportation industry executive, Mr. Le Guellec is a strong advocate of safety as well as the protection of the environment, explaining in public forums those applicable regulatory frameworks, procedures and best practices the maritime industry follows to first prevent an incident from happening and, should it become necessary, those emergency protocols and procedures to be enacted in order to minimise the impact and consequences of a given maritime accident.

Dr. John W. Hepburn, FRSC

John Hepburn is the Vice-President, Research at CIFAR. He holds a BSc from the University of Waterloo, a PhD from the University of Toronto, and he was a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California Berkeley. He has been a Fellow of the A.P. Sloan Foundation, a Foreign Research Fellow of the CNRS (France), and a Canada Council Killam Fellow. He has also been awarded the Rutherford Medal and the Noranda Prize, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Physical Society and the Canadian Institute for Chemistry. John also serves as a Board member for numerous organisations, including membership on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Council of Canadian Academies.

Dr. Kate Moran, PhD

Kate Moran is currently the President and CEO of Ocean Networks Canada. She is also a Professor in the Faculty of Science at the University of Victoria. Previously, she was a Director of NEPTUNE Canada. From 2009 to 2011, Moran was seconded to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy where she served as an Assistant Director and focused on Arctic, Polar, Ocean, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and climate policy issues. Moran received degrees in engineering from the University of Pittsburgh (BS), University of Rhode Island (MS), and Dalhousie University (PhD).

Dr. Lyne Morissette, PhD

Dr. Lyne Morissette, PhD, is a noted environmental mediator, marine conservationist and science writer who is focused on protecting the world’s oceans, waterways and marine life.  As an ecologist, she specializes in the study of marine mammals and the balance and sustainability of ecosystems, which has made her an international authority and much acclaimed speaker in this field.

Dr. Morissette is President and CEO of M – Expertise Marine – an environmental services consulting firm in Sainte-Luce, Quebec – as well as an Associate Professor of Marine Ecology at the Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski. She has a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of British Columbia and post-doctoral degrees in nature conservation from Arizona State University and biodiversity from the University of Guelph. She earned a B.Sc. degree in biological sciences from Université de Montréal and a M.Sc. in wildlife management from Université du Québec à Rimouski. Dr. Morissette is a recipient of the Medal of the National Assembly of Québec and the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Rolland Michener Conservation Award for her contribution to advancing marine science.

Her passion for conservation started as a child in Rimouski, Quebec, growing up along the St. Lawrence estuary. She developed a fascination with the oceans and now works to protect them for future generations. Her expertise is recognized worldwide, and her work has been published in many prestigious academic journals, including Science. Dr. Morissette is actively involved in research projects in Canada, the Caribbean, Africa and Scandinavia.

Since 2013, she has served as scientific director of ÉcoMaris’ Saint-Laurent program, where she is responsible for research and sustainable navigation practices aboard the Roter Sand, the first environmentally oriented sailing training vessel in Quebec.

Dr. Morissette believes that science must do a better job of telling its story: “Science alone is worthless if it is not communicated to those who have the power to change things,” she says.

Roger Thomas

Roger Thomas retired as Executive Vice President, North America at Nexen Inc. As EVP, he had responsibility for operations in Canada and the United States as well as responsibility for business development activities in Mexico. Mr. Thomas attended the University of Toronto, graduating in 1974 with a B.A. in Economics/History. He also graduated from the Executive Program at the University of Michigan in 1994. Mr. Thomas is a Past Chairman of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Past President of the Alberta Chamber of Resources, Past Chairman of the Canadian Oilmen’s Executive Association, and Past Chairman of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP). He has served on numerous other corporate and not for profit Boards. Mr. Thomas was Canada’s representative to the 2008 G8 Business Summit in Sardinia, Italy. He advised the Government of Alberta as they conducted a competitiveness review of the oil and gas industry. He was also a member of the Premier’s task force on Carbon Capture and Storage. Mr. Thomas currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Fortis Alberta Inc. He also serves on the Board of Phoenix Energy Inc.

Duncan Wilson

As Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, Duncan Wilson leads the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s environmental programs, community engagement, aboriginal engagement, communications, and government affairs functions. With more than 25 years of experience working in communications, public engagement and marketing, Mr. Wilson also has a distinguished track record of community leadership, having served three consecutive terms as Commissioner on the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, including three years as Chair of the Board. Mr. Wilson currently serves as Immediate Past Chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He previously served on the boards of the Vancouver Aboriginal Skills and Employment Program (VanASEP), Vancouver Public Library, Downtown Vancouver Association and Hastings Park Conservancy.