Title
Director, Commercial East
Company
TransCanada Corporation
Bio
As TransCanada’s director, Mainline East for Canadian Pipelines, Don Bell is responsible for the Toronto office, including eastern customer interface, relationships, contracts and negotiations for the Canadian Mainline. Prior to his current role, he was Director, LNG, Gas Development where he was responsible for negotiating commercial terms and agreements underpinning the business fundamentals of TransCanada’s proposed LNG projects and for providing commercial advice to the LNG project teams. Mr. Bell has 37 years of diverse leadership, commercial and technical experience in the pipeline, natural gas and LNG industry. Don’s experience in customer relations and sales andmarketing is instrumental in developing relationships in our Eastern Canadian market. In addition to his customer experience, Don has many years of technical operations, planning and international experience. At TransCanada, he has held key leadership roles in the areas of business development, customer service, system operations, and information systems. Previous roles include: gas development, customer relations, sales and marketing, information systems, gas control, gas measurement, gas supply, gas accounting, field maintenance, operational and system planning, and contracting. Don also has six years of international experience working in the joint venture company Transportadora de Gas del Norte (TGN) while living in Argentina.