Fuelling Your Path: Learn what a career in clean energy could have in store

Director of Operations, Natural Forces Solar
Souhila Chetouane is a Director of Operations and Petroleum Engineer with over 15 years of experience across oil and gas, renewables and energy efficiency, having worked across Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Now leading operations at Natural Forces, she works at the intersection of strategy, governance and people, translating complex goals into systems that teams can actually deliver. Alongside her operational leadership, Souhila has championed equity in the energy sector through board roles with organizations including the Society of Petroleum Engineers and active mentorship of young women navigating leadership pathways in traditionally male-dominated industries.

Co-Founder and VP Finance & Corporate Development, Kavenex
Adam Le Dain has spent his career leading, advising and investing in energy technology companies. He is Co-Founder and VP Finance & Corporate Development at Kavenex, a Canadian-focused natural hydrogen exploration company. Prior to Kavenex, Adam worked with a number of North American cleantech companies focused on hydrogen and lithium technologies, including as VP Strategy and Corporate Development at Summit Nanotech. He was also a Director at Azimuth Capital and an energy investment banker with RBC Capital Markets. 

Energy Transition Specialist, Eastward Energy 
Samita Rimal is an Energy Transition Specialist at Eastward Energy, where she works on advancing clean fuels and decarbonization initiatives. Her master’s research focused on green hydrogen production, and she now supports building decarbonization efforts through the deployment of gas heat pumps and hybrid heating in Nova Scotia. Growing up in energy poverty in Nepal, she brings a personal perspective to the energy transition. She became Nepal’s only female graduate of hydropower mechanical engineering in 2019 and is passionate about empowering future energy leaders through her work with Student Energy.

Director of Programs, EHRC
Yoana (she/her) joined EHRC in 2022 and looks forward to continuing to use her broad range of project management experience to help youth and equity-deserving communities access meaningful employment opportunities in the electricity and renewable energy sectors. Hailing from Bulgaria, she has firsthand experience of the challenges people face entering the labour market and has since been working actively to remove these barriers for others. Over the years, Yoana has worked in the non-profit, labour, and education sectors as an advocate, facilitator, administrator, and organizer. She holds an MBA from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec and a BA in Communications from Ithaca College in the state of New York.

Manager, Energy Literacy Initiatives, Fuel 4 the Future, Atlantica Centre for Energy 
Leah Butler is the Manager of Energy Literacy Initiatives at the Atlantica Centre for Energy, based in Saint John, New Brunswick. She is a graduate of the Business Administration: Marketing program at NBCC, and she holds a Bachelor of Arts from UNB where she studied Media Arts & Cultures and Computer Science. Leah has over ten years of customer service experience, and she is very excited to share her newfound interest in clean fuels for the next stage in her career. Leah enjoys immersing herself in fictional worlds, be it a good book or a binge-worthy mid-2000s tv show.