Education
Fischer received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (1971) and a Master of Business Administration, Finance (1982) from the.
Fischer received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (1971) and a Master of Business Administration, Finance (1982) from the.
He currently heads a United States.-Canada working group on clean energy within the Clean Energy Dialogue, formed during a summit between Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and United States. President Barack Obama. Fischer has an extensive career in the Canadian extractive industry. In the 1980s he worked for TransCanada Pipelines and Encor Energy Corporation Incorporated.
In 1994, he began work for Nexen, as Senior Vice President, Exploration and Production, North America.
He was appointed to the Nexen Board in 2000 and became President and Chief Executive Officer on June 1, 2001. He currently co-chairs the Alberta Climate Change Central board.
In April 2009 the Canadian government announced him as a head of one of three climate change working groups as part of the Clean Energy Dialogue with the United States. Several organizations have criticized this appointment, including the Sierra Club of Canada.
As of December 2008, Fischer held over 500,000 common shares in Nexen, then totalling approximately C$9.5 million, and options on three million more shares.
Fischer remains a registered lobbyist in Canada, as of January 2009, in his capacity as the responsible officer for Nexen.
Fischer is also a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta.