Title: Senior Vice President of Liquid Pipelines Operations

Company: Enbridge

Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Attributing her success to her resilience, diverse background and progressiveness, Cynthia Hansen relies on the strong core values of integrity, safety, and respect, which are aligned with the company values of her current employer, Enbridge. By treating people with fairness and respect, she reached her position as senior vice president of liquid pipeline operations, and currently oversees the safety of 2,000 field operations employees in North America. Ms. Hansen’s greatest accomplishment was the development of foundation safety stories focusing on helping the company learn from failures and create a strong safety culture.

Ms. Hansen began in her profession after receiving a Bachelor of Commerce and Chartered Accountant designation, which is equivalent to a Certified Public Accountant. Since becoming part of the field, she has earned business leader champion from Catalyst Canada and was inducted into WXN’s Most Powerful Women Top 100, last year. In the coming years, she intends to continue to improve Enbridge’s safety record.