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Suncor Replaces CEO Mark Little After Oil Sands Mine Death

  • Kris Smith is named interim CEO as board looks for replacement
  • Thursday’s fatality at Suncor mine shook confidence in company
Mark Little

Mark Little

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Suncor Energy Inc.’s chief executive officer stepped down on Friday after a series of fatalities at the company’s oil sands sites shook confidence in its management. 

Mark Little agreed to leave as president and CEO and resign from the board of directors “effective immediately,” the company said in a release. Kris Smith, executive vice president for downstream, has been named interim CEO.