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| Mike Fernandez |
PR veteran Mike Fernandez is moving from US CEO of Llorente & Cuenta to Calgary-based Enbridge as senior VP-chief communications officer.
The former CEO of Burson-Marsteller prior to its merger with Cohn & Wolfe has held CCO posts at Cargill, State Farm, ConAgra Foods, Cigna and US West.
He also was press secretary to former South Carolina Democratic Senator Fritz Hollings.
Enbridge transports about two-thirds of Canadian crude oil exports to the U.S.


Gagnier Communications has hired Frontera Energy's Brent Anderson as managing director in Calgary, which is the capital of Canada’s energy sector.
Ogilvy Government Relations has signed on with St. Louis-based Peabody Energy, which is America’s top coal producer.
Steven Soper, a six-year veteran at ExxonMobil who ran its US state government relations practice, has joined FTI Consulting in Dallas.
Rachel Ryan, deputy head of corporate communications at Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, is joining FTI Consulting in March.
Sarah Venuto, director of external affairs at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, will join Cornerstone Government Affairs on Feb. 1, 2023.



