Board of Directors

Throughout his career, Mr. Werklund has built organizations with the principle of "empowering our people", and where integrity, respect and teamwork were at the core of every action. However, Mr. Werklund is much more than the co-Founder of Concord Well Servicing, Founder of CCS Corporation, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of CCS Corporation. He is the entrepreneurial spirit and passion behind these organizations and the newly christened Werklund Family Office where he is currently the Founder & Executive Chairman.

Mr. Werklund's sound business sense, extensive industry experience, and commitment to his employees have been the key to his various organizations' long-term growth and sustainability. And his success speaks for itself: from a one-rig operation in 1979, Concord Well Servicing is now the third largest well service company in Canada; similarly, an initial investment of $50,000 in 1984 in a small oilfield service company in northern Alberta grew into CCS Corporation and, by 2007, had been built into a $3.7 billion multi faceted corporation, internationally recognized and trusted as an industry leader providing integrated and environmentally responsible services to upstream and downstream oil and gas companies across North America and around the world.

Upon handing over the CCS reins in July 2010 to new President & Chief Executive Officer, John Gibson, Mr. Werklund has continued his entrepreneurial endeavours as Founder & Executive Chairman of Werklund Capital, one of Canada's largest family-owned investment companies, and Founder & Chairman of Werklund Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Werklund Family Office dedicated to his lifelong commitment to excellence in leadership training and preparing today's youth to become tomorrow's leaders.

Among his many accolades, Mr. Werklund was awarded Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005, and Industry Legend as Inspiration in 2007. He has also been featured in numerous publications including the Globe & Mail, the Financial Post, the Calgary Herald, Calgary Inc., and Alberta Venture where he was listed as one of Alberta's 50 most influential people.

Mr. Werklund's lifelong success is attributed to his commitment to great leadership principles, his enthusiasm for life long learning, and his dedication to strong values, steadfast ethics, and excellence.

Joining her father in 2006, Deanna helped to strategically develop Werklund Capital and has been instrumental in growing the corporation into one of Canada's largest family-owned investment companies. Drawing on 15 years in the Oil & Gas Engineering sector excelling in financial management, Deanna plays a critical role in leading a team of highly experienced and focused professionals within this fast-growing and strategic advisory firm.

Seeking a better structure to manage the organization’s wealth, Deanna understood the power of the family office model, a professional entity designed to manage the investments, business affairs and philanthropic interests of high net-worth individuals and families. In 2011, after she studied a number of world-class examples, the Werklund Family Office was created to encompass both the wealth management entity of Werklund Capital and Werklund Foundation.

As Deanna worked to manage the wealth of Werklund Capital through strategic investments, she never lost sight of the most important investment – giving back in our communities. Drawing on her experience as a successful businesswoman and her passion for helping others, Deanna helped found Werklund Foundation in 2006 in partnership with her father.

Like Werklund Capital, Deanna envisioned the foundation as highly entrepreneurial in nature, investing in and growing initiatives with the capacity to yield the highest returns on the most important assets: our youth. Deanna’s bold vision for excellence in leadership education has led to the Werklund Foundation’s support of youth leadership initiatives in Alberta. Through multiple partnerships and collaborations within Calgary, including the Telus Science Centre, and the Werklund Foundation’s Centre for Youth Leadership Education at the University of Calgary, the mission of the Werklund Foundation is to make a difference in the lives of youth by supporting educational opportunities that will assist them in achieving their highest potential.

In 2006, Deanna Werklund participated in an impactful executive experiential leadership program, and left wondering how this experience might have changed her life if she had had a chance to go through it as a teen. Deanna quickly formed a vision of providing all Alberta teens with this training to empower them with the skills necessary to excel in life. She led the development of the Werklund Foundation’s Empowering Minds teen leadership programs, researching and proving their success thoroughly before forming several formal school board alliances in Alberta and integrating the programs into several schools.

Through Deanna’s vision and passion, the Empowering Minds programs and partnerships encourage youth to realize their highest potential, empowering students with the confidence, resilience and motivation necessary to succeed. Since 2007, the Foundation has provided leadership training and empowerment for over 2,500 youth and the program continues to grow exponentially.

Among many accomplishments, Deanna is a graduate of the Institute for Corporate Directors, a Master Graduate of Rapport Leadership International, and a graduate of the highly distinguished Judy Project, an initiative led by the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

A mother of two, Deanna and her husband enjoy spending time at their cabin on the Shuswap.

After 13 years of practice in Canmore, we was elected the MLA for Banff-Cochrane in 1989 and served as MLA until he retired from government in 1997. During his time in government Brian served as Minister of Environmental Protection and as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General. Upon retirement from government Brian joined the Miller Thomson law firm in the Calgary office. In 2006, Brian left Miller Thomson and joined the Werklund Group as an Executive Director, serving in that position until retiring for the Werklund Group in 2010. Brian is currently Executive Chair of TSO Energy Corporation and Executive Advisor of Tecskor Corporation as well as serving on a number of not for profit and for profit boards. Brian is married to Debbie and they have 3 wonderful children and 2 amazing grandsons.

Bruce was most recently a Managing Director with National Bank Financial, having served in derivative market structuring, sales & trading, as well as in investment banking. He has a wealth of leadership experience in public and private entities; as President & CEO and a Director of World Point Terminals, a TSE-listed operator of petroleum storage infrastructure worldwide, as well as executive management at privately held corporations and partnerships.

Bruce is a member of the Board of Directors of the Werklund Foundation, and is involved in a variety of community charities. He is a graduate of Pepperdine University with a degree in Economics, and currently sits on the Board of the Graziadio School of Business at Pepperdine University. He and his wife Nancy reside in Calgary, and have one son.