Cenovus CEO Seeks Backing as Bold Bet and Market Jitters Test His Legacy

(Reuters) Cenovus Energy Inc will do more hedging after its acquisition of ConocoPhillips assets, the Canadian company’s Chief Executive Brian Ferguson said on Tuesday as he mounted a charm offensive on investors who balked at the deal.

Ferguson is known as a low-key and conservative chief executive in the western Canadian oil patch, and his C$17.7-billion ($13.3-billion) bid last month for the assets of ConocoPhillips, the latest international player to exit the country, had confounded investors and analysts.

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