Precision Drilling Corporation Announces Joanne Alexander Named One of Canada's Most Powerful Women

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwired - Nov. 28, 2014) - Precision Drilling Corporation ("Precision") (TSX:PD)(NYSE:PDS) is proud to announce today that Joanne Alexander, Precision's Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, has been named one of Women's Executive Network's (WXN) 2014 Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winner.

The Top 100 Awards recognize Canada's strong and fearless female leaders who have become agents of change in reshaping Canadian organizations at the highest levels.

Joanne Alexander joins an elite group of Top 100 Award Winners that includes some of Canada's most iconic women trailblazers, such as Dr. Roberta Bondar, Astronaut; Arlene Dickinson, Chief Executive Officer of Venture Communications; Christine Magee, President of Sleep Country Canada; Kathleen Taylor, Chair of the Board of Royal Bank of Canada and Michaëlle Jean, former Governor General of Canada.

"I first became aware of Joanne and her professional abilities over two decades ago working on international energy transactions," stated Kevin Neveu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Precision Drilling. "After following her career including both private legal practice and corporate experience in Russia, Canada and the United States, I asked her to join Precision in 2008, when I began strengthening the leadership team for our company. Joanne was one of my first senior executive additions. Joanne's engaging leadership style, combined with her extensive professional oil and gas experience, was the perfect addition to Precision's senior team as we embarked on our growth strategy in both the United States and several international markets. Over the last seven years, Joanne has established, legal, risk and internal audit teams supporting operations in seven countries. Today, she continues to influence the strategic direction and growth of Precision Drilling as well as make meaningful contributions to the energy industry, legal profession and Calgary community. On behalf of the employees and Board of Directors of Precision Drilling, we congratulate Joanne on her recognition as one of Canada's Most Powerful Women."

Co-Presented by Scotiabank and KPMG, the Top 100 Awards celebrate and highlight professional achievements of women across the country in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors at a time when corporate Canada is undergoing pressure to promote more female leaders into board and executive office positions.