Ms. Southern, a founding director of AKITA, serves as Chair & Chief Executive Officer of ATCO Ltd. and Canadian Utilities Limited. Additionally, Ms. Southern is a director of Sentgraf Enterprises Ltd., AKITA’s controlling shareholder. Ms. Southern is a member of the U.S. Business Council, a Canadian Member of the Trilateral Commission and a member of the Business Council of Canada. An advocate of social issues of global importance—most notably the rights of Indigenous peoples and the role of women in business—Ms. Southern is an Honorary Chief of the Kainai (Blood Tribe of Alberta) and was bestowed the name Aksistoowa’paakii, or Brave Woman, in 2012. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce honoured Ms. Southern in 2022 with the Canadian Business Leader Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of her corporate and community leadership.