2024 Strategic Speakers

Kevin Krausert is the CEO & Co-Founder of Avatar Innovations, a ground-breaking energy innovation and investment firm. Kevin has spent 20 years on the front lines of energy innovation in numerous executive leadership and governance roles in the oil and gas industry. Starting his career in the energy industry as a roughneck on the oilrigs of Northern Alberta he grew through the ranks until he was Chief Executive of Canada’s oldest drilling company. Leading a major corporation through the disruption of the Canadian energy industry, Kevin has been an articulate and major champion for unlocking the energy transition solutions inside oil and gas for a better future. Kevin holds a Bachelor of Science from McGill University and a Masters of Business Administration from the Haskayne School of Business and serves on the steering committees of both the Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN) and the Energy Futures Lab (EFL).