Bettina Pierre-Gilles is the President & CEO of Luxeum Renewables Group Inc. (“LRG”), one of Western Canada’s largest utility-scale solar development companies, now developing projects in the US. Concurrently, she owns and operates a public accounting services firm called Pierre-Gilles & Associates, CPA, a premiere boutique advisory firm that provides among other services First Nations consulting and business development services. Bettina is a senior finance Executive and a designated Accountant with expert knowledge of Aboriginal taxation, business set-up and strategic management. Prior to founding LRG, Bettina served as CFO of several energy companies, where she developed functional strategies, organizational effectiveness tools and measurements identified and recruited Board members.

Currently, Bettina is the Chair of the Audit Committee for RETI, the past Board Chair and Managing Director of the Piikani Investment Corporation, a Treaty 7 First Nations based in Southern Alberta; Board Member of Bow Valley College, Board of Trustees Member of Queen’s University, past Vice-Chair of the Board of the Solar Society of Alberta (SESA), and several other corporations’ Board.

Bettina is also passionate about giving back to the community where she lives and has been involved in mentoring, presently with Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) and is a past Board member of Umoja/Soccer Without Boundaries and is always available to be reached by students/graduates needing guidance. She is past Chair of the Women’s Energy Network and co-Chairs the Western Canada chapter of WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD).

Bettina holds the Certified Professional Accountant (CPA-CMA) designation, an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors of Canada and received an MBA from Queen’s University.