Born in Amiskwacîwâskahikan, now commonly known as Edmonton, Alberta, Raylene is a proud member of the Otipemisiwak Métis Nation in Alberta.

She serves as the Chair-Elect of First Nations University of Canada and as Vice-Chair of a First Nation development corporation. She was an inaugural board member of the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board, where her work focused on advancing the inclusion of Indigenous rights and interests within corporate sustainability disclosure frameworks. She is also the founder of INDIGI-X, a global exchange for Indigenous professionals in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Raylene’s perspective is shaped by senior leadership and advisory experience across capital markets, professional services, and the energy sector. She previously served as an equity partner and directed a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, and led a $42 billion capital efficiency program for an integrated energy company in the Middle East. She has lived and worked internationally, including several years in Ecuador, where she founded Canative Energy and worked alongside Indigenous communities impacted by the energy sector.

Earlier in her career, Raylene trained as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in London, UK, working across audit, transactions, and restructuring. She was later seconded to British Petroleum’s Commercial Performance Improvement Unit, completing projects in the North Sea and West Africa. In 2014, she took a sabbatical to work as a roughneck on a triple-pad drilling rig in northern Alberta, an experience that grounded her understanding of the sector and continues to inform her approach to governance and accountability.

Raylene is a Fellow Chartered Accountant (ICAEW), holds an MBA from Aberdeen Business School, and is completing an interdisciplinary PhD in Indigenous Studies and Business at the University of Alberta.