Executive Leadership Team

Alex Miller was named President and CEO in September 2024 after serving as Chief Operating Officer since January 2023. Previously, Mr. Miller held the positions of Executive Vice-President, Operations, North America, and Global Optimization beginning in March 2021, Executive Vice President, Commercial Optimization since May 2019, Senior Vice-President, Operations and Global Fuels since December 2017, Senior Vice-President, Global Fuels since November 2016, and Vice-President, Fuels since October 2012. Mr. Miller joined Couche-Tard as Director of Fuels, Real Estate and Facilities in 2012. Prior to joining Couche-Tard, he was with BP Plc. for 16 years in a variety of operational, supply, business development, and strategy roles in the US and Europe with increasing levels of responsibility. This included eight years in retail across multiple channels in six different US markets across the Southeast, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic geographies. He spent a further four years in London, working in Strategy & Planning at BP Plc’s head office, and a final four years in Chicago working within fuel supply value chain optimization and business development.

Mr. Miller holds a BS in Business Management from Southern Illinois University.

Filipe Da Silva joined Alimentation Couche-Tard as Senior Vice President, Finance in March 2023, and was appointed Chief Financial Officer on July 1, 2023. Prior to joining Couche-Tard, Mr. Da Silva held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Head of Real Estate at Walmart Canada, from April 2020 to March 2023 and CFO of Central America from April 2016 to January 2021.
Previously, Mr. Da Silva held various management positions within TotalEnergies, a French energy conglomerate, in Argentina, followed by Carrefour, a French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation, working out of Buenos Aires, Colombia, India and Indonesia. He later joined Groupe Exito, one of South America’s largest retailers before joining Walmart in 2016 as CFO for Central America operations.
Mr. Da Silva is Chairman of the Circle K AS Board of Directors, the European division operating Statoil Fuel & Retail ASA, the retail gasoline filling stations.
Mr. Da Silva holds a Masters in Strategy and Finance from ESCP Business School.

Ed Dzadovsky was appointed Chief Technology Officer in April 2022. Previously, Mr. Dzadovsky served as Vice President of North America IT since January 2018. He has close to 20 years of experience in information technology. Mr. Dzadovsky began his career with McDonald’s Pittsburgh region in 2000 as a crew member. After working 10 years in store operations, he moved to McDonald’s Chicago headquarters in 2011 as the Operations Restaurant Technology Senior Director. With a passion for people, he quickly became known for developing high performing teams of operations and technology experts. Mr. Dzadovsky held various leadership positions in the Information Technology organization, including Senior Director IT Delivery
Global Digital Products, where he led McDonald’s digital transformation through innovative technology features. Mr. Dzadovsky is an alum of the University of Pittsburgh where he earned a degree in Computer Science.

Ms. Fortune was appointed Chief Digital Officer in July 2024. Previously, Ms. Fortune served as Senior Vice President, eCommerce and Chief Product Management Officer at Advance Auto Parts, and as Senior Vice President, Ecommerce at Big Lots, where she initiated and drove the Omni transformation for this discount retailer and where she built its e-commerce Platform. Ms. Fortune has deep digital leadership experience, having spent her entire career focused on retail and merchandising, including over a decade in senior leadership roles within digital commerce. Ms. Fortune has a Bachelor of Science in Fashion Merchandising from Kent State University.

Ina Strand holds the Chief People Officer position since April 2017. In this role she has oversight over Human Resources, Health Safety & Sustainability, Communications and Events. Ms. Strand was previously Senior Vice-President of Special Projects since 2014, working on many global projects, including the development and introduction of the new global Circle K brand. Ms. Strand joined Statoil Retail Norway AS in 2003 as a People Development manager, and was later appointed Human Resources Director, Customer Offer Director and deputy Vice-President of Operations in Norway before she joined Statoil Fuel & Retail’s Executive leadership team as Executive Vice President of Market Development when the company was publicly listed October 1st, 2010. After the acquisition by Couche-Tard, Ms. Strand held the position of Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing Europe until 2014. Prior to joining Statoil, Ms. Strand worked five years as analyst, consultant and project manager at the Norwegian office of UK based PA Consulting Group. In 2020, Ms. Strand was celebrated by Top Women in Convenience (TWIC) as one of five “Women of the Year”. Ms. Strand holds a Master of Science degree in industrial economics and technology management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.

Hans-Olav Høidahl was appointed Executive Vice-President, Operations Europe in May 2019. He joined Couche-Tard in June 2012 when it acquired Statoil Fuel & Retail ASA, and has held the position of Executive Vice-President, Scandinavia since October 2010. He was formerly Vice President for Energy Europe in the Statoil Group since 2006. Mr. Høidahl joined Statoil Fuel & Retail ASA in 1992 and has held a variety of positions including director for customer service in Norway, manager for regional sales in Scandinavia, sales director for Norway, country manager for energy in Norway and Vice President for energy operations. Mr. Høidahl holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Norwegian School of Management.

Mr. Madsen was named Executive Vice President, Operations, Europe, in July 2024 after serving as Senior Vice President, Operation since Spring 2019. He joined Couche-Tard in June 2012 when it acquired Statoil Fuel & Retail ASA and held the position of Executive Vice-President, Central & Eastern Europe, since October 1, 2010. He was formerly Vice President for country operations in Statoil Energy & Retail ASA, since 2007. He joined Statoil in 1990 and held several management positions including Vice President for retail operations Europe, Director of Retail Operations in Denmark, Director of Retail Operations in the Baltic countries, Director of Category Management in the Baltic countries, Regional Manager of Retail Operations in Denmark, and Controller in Denmark. Mr. Madsen holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Copenhagen Business School.

Louise Warner was named Executive Vice President, North American Operations and Global Commercial Optimization in September 2024 after serving as Senior Vice President, Global Fuels since joining Alimentation Couche-Tard in January 2021. Prior to Couche-Tard, Ms. Warner was a member of the Caltex Australia (now Ampol) Executive team from 2016 to 2020 and held the positions of Chief Commercial Officer, and previously Executive General Manager of Fuels & Infrastructure. In her 21-year tenure with Caltex Australia, she held a variety of operational, project and commercial roles, and was responsible for Australian and international operations in Singapore, New Zealand and the Philippines. Ms. Warner holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Mr. Anderton has recently been appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy and Transformation in October 2023 and served as Senior Vice President, Operations, Central and Eastern Europe & Ireland from August 2019 until his recent appointment.
Mr. Anderton joined Topaz Energy Limited in Ireland as Chief Financial Officer in April 2015 and has held the position of Vice President of the Ireland business unit since its acquisition by Alimentation Couche-Tard in early 2016.

Mr. Bednarz was appointed Senior Vice-President, Operations, in May 2019, overseeing operations for Circle K stores in the Western U.S. as well as the Worldwide Franchise division.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Bednarz had held the position of Vice President, Operations, Gulf Coast, since February 2013. He joined Couche-Tard in April 2012 from CVS, where he was Region Manager for Texas and Oklahoma. Earlier in his career, he held various roles of increasing responsibility with Hess Corp. before taking on a role as Sr. Vice President at Dattilo Petroleum.
Mr. Bednarz serves on the board of TruAge, a digital identification solution developed by NACS and Conexxus that enhances current age-verification systems and protects user privacy.
He obtained a B.S. Criminal Justice from The College of New Jersey and an MBA from Long Island University.

Mathieu Bolté joined Alimentation Couche-Tard as Senior Vice President, Finance, in February 2024. Prior to joining Couche-Tard, Mr. Bolté held the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at BTB REIT, a real estate investment trust listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, from 2020 to 2024.
Previously, Mr. Bolté held various management positions at General Electric and during his 12-year tenure with the organization, he developed in finance leadership roles under controllership, strategic planning, business alignment, and transactional, across multiple geographies and industries. He later joined Groupe Exito, one of South America’s largest retailers where he was responsible for the strategic and financial planning process, the debt management and all business development activity. He then joined Ivanhoé Cambridge, a real estate subsidiary of Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for global operations.
Mr. Bolté holds a Masters of Banking and Finance from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Finance from the University of Montreal (HEC).

Aaron Brooks was appointed Senior Vice President, Real Estate and Fuel Customer, in September 2024 after serving as Senior Vice President, Real Estate since January 2022. Previously Mr. Brooks held roles as Vice President, Property Management and Maintenance since June 2020, Senior Director, Real Estate since April 2019 and Director of Real Estate Support since September 2015.

Mr. Brooks joined Couche-Tard in 2015 when it acquired Kangaroo Express, an affiliate of the Pantry Inc., where he held the position of Commercial Portfolio Manager. Mr. Brooks began his career at KPMG Corporate Finance LLC where he focused on the disposition of assets for distressed companies and sell-side advisory. Mr. Brooks holds a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics and English from Colgate University in Hamilton New York.

Mrs. Charbonneau joined Alimentation Couche Tard in March 2024 as Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. She is responsible for the overall legal function of the company and the activities of its board of directors.
Over the past 25 years, she has worked in major law firms (BLG, Clifford Chance, and Blakes) and renowned companies (PSP Investments and Transat A.T. Inc.), concluding with a 12-year tenure at Otéra Capital where she served as Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary. In her roles at Otéra Capital and as an executive leader, she held highly strategic responsibilities, particularly in terms of corporate transformation, international business expansion, and the development and deployment of corporate strategies.
She holds a bachelor in Civil Law from the University of Ottawa (1998) and is a member of the Quebec Bar (1999).

Ms. Cunnington was appointed Senior Vice President, Global Capabilities Network (Formerly Global Business Services), on January 1, 2018, after holding the position of Vice President, Shared Services. North America, since February 2013. In this role, she has oversight for the Accounting and Information Technology services supporting all global sites. She was formerly Vice-President Benchmarking and Administration from 2011 to 2013 and prior to that Director of Finance and IT, Midwest Shared Services. She has been with the Corporation since 2003 and has more than 20 years of experience in the convenience retail industry in various financial leadership positions. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Indiana University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Kentucky. She is a Certified Public Accountant and spent her early career in public accounting with the firm of Ernst & Young and as internal auditor for a global fortune 500 corporation.

Mr. Ostoits was appointed Senior Vice-President, Operations in July 2024, where he oversees operations for Circle K stores in the Western U.S. Previously, Mr. Ostoits served as Vice President, Operations, Southeast, since May 2017. He joined Couche-Tard in 2015 when it acquired Kangaroo Express, an affiliate of the Pantry Inc., where he held the position of Regional Director of Operations. Mr. Ostoits has over 20 years of experience within his field and has held various leadership roles within Marketing, Human Resources, Fuel, and Operations. Mr. Ostoits holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Florida State University.

Mr. Powell was appointed Senior Vice President, Global Merchandising in September 2023. He joined Couche-Tard in 2004 and has since held various roles with progressively increasing responsibilities, including Director of Retail Operations, Director of National Procurement, Director of Marketing and Merchandising, Vice President, Merchandising – North America, and Vice President, Operations – Gulf Coast.
Previously, he held the position of Vice President, Marketing & Merchandising, TomThumb Division, at Kroger. Mr. Powell’s time in the industry spans nearly 20 years in a number of retail disciplines, including marketing and merchandising, operations, procurement, and mergers and acquisitions.
Mr. Powell holds a Bachelor of Science and Finance from the University of South Florida, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of West Florida.

Mr. Trudel has been appointed Senior Vice President, Operations, in January 2024. He joined Couche-Tard in 2017 as Vice President, Operations, Quebec West Business Unit as part of the CST Brands acquisition. He later served as Senior Vice President, Operations between December 2017 and May 2022 where he oversaw Canadian operations. Before returning to the Company in January 2024, Mr. Trudel served as CEO of Fire & Flower Holdings Corp. between June 2022 and September 2023.
Mr. Trudel has spent most of his 30+ year career in the refining and marketing sector, starting with Information Technology management roles at Petro-Canada from 1991 to 1997 and Ultramar starting in 1997, evolving to Operations where he held senior positions in Valero Energy’s Canadian operations. He moved to CST Brands in 2013 where, as part of the Executive Team, he oversaw a wide range of functions in Canada and the US, in Real Estate and Facilities, M&A, Operations and Strategy.
Mr. Trudel holds an Executive MBA as well as a BBA from Sherbrooke University.

Ms. Uglebjerg was named Senior Vice President Global Food and Marketing in July 2024 after serving as Interim Senior Vice President, Operations, since January 2023. She joined Couche-Tard in June 2012 when it acquired Statoil Fuel & Retail ASA. She has held the position of Vice President with responsibility for the business unit and all operations in Denmark since 2018. She joined Statoil in 1993 and held several management positions including Senior Market Director, Director of Category Management, Director of Food Development, Regional Manager of Retail Operations in Denmark, and has taken on various projects across the Nordic and European countries. Ms. Uglebjerg holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Marketing from CBS, Copenhagen Business School, and is also certified in Board Leadership from CBS Executive.