
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LANCE MORTLOCK
DR. LANCE MORTLOCK is the Managing Partner, Energy & Resources Canada at Ernst & Young (EY) and has provided management consulting services on 200 projects to more than 82 clients in 11 countries. Lance has worked with the C-suite at leading national and international oil and gas, power and utility, mining, manufacturing, aerospace, infrastructure, and government and public sector organizations.
Bringing a broad set of strategic skills and experiences, Lance helps clients solve some of their most complex strategic problems. Areas of support and experience include corporate and business unit strategy and planning, strategy execution, market opportunity assessment, merger and transaction integration and carve-outs ($60B in deals completed), cost management, transformation, innovation, business management systems, process improvement, enterprise risk management, organization performance, design & effectiveness, and change management.
As a strategist, Lance has authored 44 points of view on various essential business topics. Lance is also an expert in Canada's energy industry trends and market dynamics, with over 100 citations in various industry publications and international newspapers, and has been featured on BNN several times. He is a columnist and external advisory board member for CEOWORLD magazine, a writer for Chief Executive magazine, and the host of EY Canada’s Energy Drivers Podcast.
Lance has an undergraduate degree with Hons from Exeter University, an MBA with distinction from Cardiff Business School, and a Doctorate from the University of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business. He is a Certified Management Consultant, Certified Change Management Professional, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Project Management Professional. Lance completed a LEAD certificate in Corporate Innovation from Stanford Graduate School of Business and an AI certificate from MIT. He is a guest lecturer for the MBA program on strategy, relationship management, and management consulting and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business. Lance is also IDEO certified, an award-winning global design firm that takes a human-centered, design-based approach to help organizations innovate.
Lance also served on the Board of the Canadian Energy and Climate Nexus, a non-governmental, non-profit organization to help Canadians develop energy systems in balance with climate change constraints through collaborative problem-solving, collective commitment and bold action.

