Janice White, Chief Operating Officer

Janice brings a practical and thoughtful approach to supporting clients in their energy transition strategies. With over a decade in the utility sector, Janice builds a big picture perspective, while seamlessly blending the day-to-day details that are integral to success. With a broad background in strategy, risk, and advisory services, Janice’s strengths lie in bringing diverse experts together to bridge perspectives and align on unified strategic goals. Janice joined Crux Energy Consulting in 2024 and provides strategic advisory services to energy and utility companies.  

Prior to joining Crux, Janice was the Senior Strategic Advisor at Emera Inc, where she was responsible for delivering best in class strategies to Executive and the Board of Directors. During this time, Janice was instrumental in maturing the corporate strategy process into well-articulated, data-driven analyses, supporting key decisions on the future of electric and natural gas utilities. An adept facilitator of diverse working groups, Janice created and led cross-company working groups to explore key strategic themes such as decarbonization, digitalization, and decentralization within the utility sector. These initiatives aimed to assess their impact on the business and establish implementation plans, including Emera's climate commitment.   

Janice started her career working in public practice accounting in Alberta, followed by extensive experience as an internal audit leader within multiple public companies in Nova Scotia. In addition to strategy development, she has experience in corporate audit and risk environments, as well as leading software implementations.   

Janice graduated from Saint Mary’s University with a Bachelor of Commerce and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA) and a Project Management Professional.