Our Team

Brian Baker is a Managing Partner and Regional Head of North America for Brookfield’s Infrastructure Group. In this role, he is responsible for evaluating investment opportunities, including the oversight and investment strategy in the region. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2007, Mr. Baker was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for several oil and gas production companies in Western Canada. He was previously a Partner at Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants, where he focused on advisory work in the oil and gas sector. Mr. Baker holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Calgary and is a Chartered Professional Accountant.

Mr. Hawksworth joined Inter Pipeline in October 2021 from Brookfield Infrastructure where he was a Senior Vice President responsible for evaluating investment opportunities across the midstream sector. Prior to joining Brookfield in 2013, he held mergers and acquisitions advisory roles with leading investment bank and accounting firms focused on upstream joint ventures, midstream acquisitions and downstream refining and marketing assets. Mr. Hawksworth is a Chartered Professional Accountant, a Chartered Business Valuator and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia.

Todd Karran’s 35 years of experience in pipeline, chemical and plastics manufacturing, and international business helped him support significant profitable growth for NOVA Chemicals where he was the President and Chief Executive Officer from 2015 to 2020 and Chief Financial Officer from 2009 to 2016. During his tenure at NOVA, multiple growth projects were completed or initiated including the expansion of NOVA’s Corunna cracker in Ontario, building a second Advanced SCLAIRTECH technology facility in Ontario, and constructing a new polyethylene plant in Joffre, Alberta. Mr. Karran holds CPA and CMA professional accounting designations in Alberta and graduated with an MBA from the Katz School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. He has also served on a number of private, public and not-for-profit boards of directors. 

Nipa Chakravarti joined Inter Pipeline Ltd as General Manager of Information Technology in 2018. In November 2020, she was appointed Vice President of Marketing and is responsible for executing on asset optimization opportunities, transportation and logistics and the management of commodity exposures. Prior to joining Inter Pipeline, she served as the Chief Transformation Officer for TransAlta Corporation, served as Vice President of Information Technology for five years, held the position of Vice President of Customer Service at FortisAlberta and worked as a Senior Manager, Consulting at KPMG. Ms. Chakravarti is known for innovating and implementing Lean methodologies to simplify operation and has successfully led operations, systems, procurement and finance teams. Ms. Chakravarti holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University and is a CPA, CA. and currently sits on the Board of the Prostate Cancer Centre.

As Senior Vice President, Transportation at Inter Pipeline, Mr. Marchant is responsible for the physical operation and commercial management and development of the pipeline transportation business. Mr. Marchant joined Inter Pipeline in 1998 and has held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of operations, engineering and business development. He was appointed Vice President, Corporate Planning in November 2006, Vice President, Oil Sands Development in August 2007, Vice President, Transportation in January 2012 and assumed his current position as Senior Vice President, Transportation in June, 2014. Prior to joining Inter Pipeline, Mr. Marchant held various engineering positions with Gulf Canada Resources and Koch Exploration. He received a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta in 1992 and holds a professional engineering designation as an active member of APEGA.

Cory W. Neufeld oversees the physical operations, commercial management and development of the Facilities Infrastructure business segment at Inter Pipeline. Mr. Neufeld joined Koch Pipelines Canada LP (Inter Pipelines’ predecessor) in 1996 and has held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of operations, engineering and business development. Prior to his recent appointment, Mr. Neufeld was Vice President, NGL Commercial as of  April 2018 and held the position of Vice President, Oil Sands Pipeline Development from June 2014. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in 1996, holds a professional engineering designation and is a member of APEGA and APEGS.

Breanne Oliver was appointed to the role of Vice President, People & Stakeholder Relations on April 1, 2022 after previously serving as General Manager Human Resources and prior to that, Director, Corporate Communications for Inter Pipeline. Ms. Oliver is responsible for the following centre function areas: human resources, corporate communications, government and stakeholder relations, corporate health & safety programs, and business continuity, ESG reporting and community engagement. Prior to joining Inter Pipeline in 2015, Ms. Oliver worked in the communications & public relations team at Canadian Pacific Railway. She has extensive experience in employee engagement, EDI, sustainability, change management, media relations, community giving, crisis communications and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Oliver has a Bachelor of Fines Arts degree from the University of Calgary. She is currently chair of the Board for Big Brothers, Big Sisters Calgary & Area.

As Vice President, Legal & Compliance, Ms. Simpson is responsible for legal oversight, corporate governance, ethics and compliance, internal audit, regulatory compliance, corporate supply chain and enterprise content management. Prior to joining Inter Pipeline in 2010, Ms. Simpson worked in the energy group at a large Calgary law firm. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Calgary and is a member of the Law Society of Alberta.