From summer student to Vice President & General Manager, Canadian Assets, Kim Williams has built her 
nearly three-decade career at Ovintiv, spanning production, reservoir, development, facilities and strategic 
planning. 
After becoming Development Manager in 2010 and then Senior Manager in 2012, Kim executed property 
divestitures from 2013–2016, led a review of Ovintiv’s strategy and asset portfolio, and helped develop the 
Alberta Montney play. She became Vice President, EH&S, Regulatory & Security in 2019 and assumed 
her current role in March 2023. 
Kim is the Canadian Energy Executive Association’s first female Chair in its 76-year history and serves on 
the boards of Hull Services and the Calgary Petroleum Club. Her honours include the 2017 North 
American Women in Energy Forum’s Inspirational Team Leader award and recognition as a 2020 
Manufacturing Institute STEP Ahead honoree. 
Originally from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Kim earned her Chemical Engineering degree from the 
University of Saskatchewan in 2000. She is principal oboist with the Calgary Fire Department’s “Cappy 
Smart” Band, enjoys tournament poker and quilting, and travels, camps and fishes with her husband Zane 
and their dogs, Doug and Ernie.