Dr. Lance Mortlock

Biography

As the managing partner for the EY energy and resources market segment, Lance’s leadership responsibilities include oil and gas, power and utilities, and mining sectors across Canada. Lance supports the team in driving the growth of key client accounts. This is enabled by integrating EY offerings and go-to-market approach, deal strategies and shaping, and developing innovative solutions and assets to serve our clients in new value-added ways. Furthermore, as part of his role, Lance coordinates future thinking regarding energy business trends, uncertainties, risks, and opportunities.

As a strategy practitioner working with the c-suite, Lance has provided consulting services over 25 years on +190 projects to +80 clients in 11 countries. He brings a broad set of strategic skills and experiences, helping clients solve some of their most complex strategic problems. Areas of support and expertise include corporate strategy and planning, strategy execution, market opportunity assessment, merger and transaction integration and carve-outs, cost management, transformation, innovation, business management systems, process improvement, enterprise risk management, organization performance, and design and effectiveness.

Lance has authored +40 points of view on various essential business topics. Lance is an expert in Canada's energy trends and market dynamics, with over 100 citations across multiple industry publications, national and international newspapers, and BNN. Lance is also an opinion columnist, external advisory board member for CEOWORLD magazine, and the author of both Disaster Proof: Scenario Planning for Post-Pandemic Future, and Outside In, Inside Out: Unleashing the Power of Business Strategy in Times of Market Uncertainty.

Lance has an undergraduate degree from Exeter University, an MBA from Cardiff Business School, and a Doctorate from the University of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business. He is a Certified Management Consultant, a Certified Change Management Professional, a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, and a Project Management Professional. Lance completed a LEAD certificate in Corporate Innovation at Stanford GSB, advanced strategy at INSEAD, and an AI certificate from MIT. Lance also completed Harvard Business School's high-performance leadership program. Regarding community engagement, Lance is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business.