Parkland Fuel Corporation is one of North America’s fastest-growing independent marketers of fuel and petroleum products. In the past ten years, Parkland Fuel has welcomed 1,000 people and 20 companies to their business. Recent acquisitions have included: 450 Fas Gas Plus retail locations, 80 On The Run retail stores (from Imperial Oil), Pioneer Energy Group for $378 million and Propone-Nord Ouest for $225 million.
Mr. Espey, the visionary behind this growth, joined Parkland in 2008 as Vice President Retail Markets, was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2010, and appointed to CEO in May 2011. Prior to Parkland, he was the Chief Executive Officer at FisherCast Global.
Bob worked with Computer Sciences Corporation’s strategy and change management practice out based in England, assisting numerous multinational clients including Alstom Transport, Airbus, Bata Shoes, Kvaerner Engineering and Meggit Defence. As a partner for London based innovation consultancy ?What If Impact!, Mr. Espey also worked with Coca Cola, Shell, Unilever and the BBC.
Bob has been recognized as a Business in Calgary Leader in early 2016.
Join Smith alumni, students and guests as Bob discusses Parkland Fuel's transformation and rapid growth through mergers and acquisitions, his perspective on deal-making, post-merger integration and lessons learned along the way.
Date: February 1, 2017
Location: The Calgary Petroleum Club, McMurray Room, 319 5th Ave SW, Calgary T2P 0L5
Time: 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Cost: $35 (includes hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar)
