VP, RESEARCH & PUBLIC POLICY

Matthew Foss

VP, Research & Public Policy

Matthew Foss is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, with over 20 years of research and public policy experience and is an Executive Fellow with the University of Calgary School of Public Policy. Matthew has frequently provided seminars and presentations to domestic and international audiences and has taught university-level economics courses.

Prior to joining CCAB, he ran his own energy economics and public policy consulting business for several years. Matthew recently served as the Chief Energy Economist/Executive Director of Energy Information and Analysis for the Alberta Government, where he lead a team of researchers and analysts responsible for assessing the value of Alberta’s energy resources, designing Alberta’s oil and gas royalty formulas, programs, features and incentives, forecasting oil and natural gas prices and energy revenues, and advising one of the world’s largest oil and gas producing regions on energy markets and related policies and strategies.

Matthew has a Master of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts First Class Honours in Economics, both obtained from the University of Calgary.

A father of 4, Matthew enjoys relaxing at the lake and hiking.