HEMISPHERE ENERGY CORPORATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Exploration
Mr. Arthur has over 32 years of both domestic and international oil and gas industry experience. He began consulting for Hemisphere in January 2012 and was appointed Vice President, Exploration in July 2012. Throughout his career, he has been a key technical member in many exploration and development projects having drilled several hundred wells across the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. Exposure to all facets of the oil and gas industry has led him to progressively senior exploration roles. Mr. Arthur graduated with his B.Sc. Geology (Honours) from the University of British Columbia in 1985. With sponsorship from the Geological Survey of Canada, he continued at the University of British Columbia, completing his Master of Science in Geology in 1987. Mr. Arthur is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.
Job Titles:
- Chief Development Officer
- Professional Engineer
Ms. Ramsden-Wood is a professional engineer with over 20 years of industry experience. She brings extensive knowledge of subsurface reservoir evaluation, capital planning and implementation, reserves, A&D evaluations, strategic planning, and financial performance analysis. She joined Hemisphere as a consulting engineer in June 2012, became Vice President, Engineering in September 2014, and was named Chief Development Officer in December 2023. Ms. Ramsden-Wood started her career in 2002 at Petro-Canada as a Reservoir Engineer and then moved on to exploitation/area engineering roles at NAL Resources before joining Hemisphere. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, sits on the boards of both the Canadian and Vancouver Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.
Mr. McIntyre has over 35 years of oil and gas experience and a proven track record of finding quality oil and gas reserves. Mr. McIntyre was most recently Executive Director of New Zealand Energy Corp. until June 2014 and previously, President from April 2011 to July 2012. Prior thereto, Mr. McIntyre was President and Chief Executive Officer of Sebring Energy Inc., a private Alberta-based exploration and production company that was sold in July 2007. He has also held various other management positions including President CEO and co-founder of Sommer Energy Ltd., President and CEO of TriQuest Energy Corp., President and Chief Executive Officer of BXL Energy Ltd. and Exploration Manager for Gascan Resources Ltd. Mr. McIntyre has a Professional Geologist designation with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta and an Honorary Member of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (Past President 2002). Mr. McIntyre holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology (Honours) from Carleton University and an Advanced Executive Certificate in General Management from Queen's University.
Mr. O'Sullivan founded Hemisphere in 1977. He was President of the Company from 1977 to 2001 and remains an active Director and Chairman of the Board. From 1977 to 1983 and under Mr. O'Sullivan's direction, the Company participated in 86 successful oil and gas wells in the U.S.A., including the deep Tomcat #1 well. At the time, this well, in the Anadarko Basin, Oklahoma, was the biggest gas well ever drilled in the continental U.S.A. Mr. O'Sullivan also founded Northern Continental Resources Inc. in 1986, to explore for uranium in the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan. He served as Chairman until the company was merged with Hathor Exploration Limited in 2009. Subsequently, the merged company was purchased by Rio Tinto for $640 million in 2011. Mr. O'Sullivan graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in geophysics in 1965.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Director
- Member of the Management Team
- President
Mr. Simmons has extensive experience in petroleum geology and a proven track record of discovering oil and gas in Western Canada and internationally. Initially, Mr. Simmons served as the Company's Vice President Exploration and became President and Chief Executive Officer in February 2008. Prior to joining Hemisphere, Mr. Simmons was a Geologist at a private oil and gas company, Sebring Energy, until its sale in 2007. Prior thereto, he spent five years with EnCana working on various projects in southeast Alberta and Ecuador. Mr. Simmons holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geological Sciences from Queen's University and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta.
Job Titles:
- Position / Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Evancic has over 25 years of experience in corporate finance and management which includes senior executive positions in a number of public corporations. He has served as Hemisphere's Chief Financial Officer since July 2007. Previously, Mr. Evancic was Chief Financial Officer of Guyana Frontier Mining Corp, Chief Financial Officer of Northern Continental Resources, and also a Director and Chief Financial Officer of Gemco Minerals Inc. Prior to working in the natural resource industry, Mr. Evancic's experience included Director of Administration and Finance of Leisure Canada Inc., Vice President of Operations for Urban Resource Technologies Inc. and Financial Controller of Neptune Food Services. He has been a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants Association since 1989.
Mr. Borowicz has over 35 years of experience in corporate governance and regulatory compliance. He is a retired partner of the international law firm Davis LLP (now DLA Piper) and is a Governor of the Vancouver Board of Trade. He served as Chairman of the BC Industry Training Authority and is an independent director of several public and private companies. Educated at Harvard, Dalhousie and Loyola, Mr. Borowicz is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors, is a Queen's Counsel, and an honorary Chartered Professional Accountant.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Professional Engineer
Mr. Vernon is a designated professional engineer with over 35 years of international oil and gas industry experience, including managing and administrating major projects in China, Eastern Canada and South America. He is currently the President of Delaso Corporate Inc. In October of 2007, he was a founder and Chairman of Prospero Hydrocarbons Inc., a private Canadian-based international oil and gas exploration company focused on Colombia. Previously he was President of PMI Resources Ltd. From April 2017 to May 2018, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Petrodorado Energy Ltd. From October 2013 to February 2015. Prior thereto, Mr. Vernon was the Chief Operating Officer of PetroMagdalena Energy Corp. (formerly Alange Energy Corp.), a Canadian-based international oil and gas exploration and production company until its sale in 2012. He is one of the founders of Petro Andina Resources Ltd., a Canadian company with operations in South America. He is a University of Alberta graduate with his degree in Engineering and is a Life Member of APEGA member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Member of the Management Team
- Professional Engineer
Mr. Duncan is a professional engineer with a range of experience in many different areas within the oil and gas industry, including drilling, production and facility operations. Mr. Duncan joined Hemisphere in January 2011. Mr. Duncan has been in the role of Chief Operating Officer since September 2014. Previously, Mr. Duncan was with Solaris MCI, an engineering consulting firm providing facilities engineering services to Encana in the Horn River Shale Basin. Prior thereto, Mr. Duncan spent four years with Talisman Energy Inc. on various exploration projects including Bakken Oil in Saskatchewan and Marcellus Shale Gas in Pennsylvania. Mr. Duncan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alberta and is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta. Mr. Duncan is also an officer of the Vancouver Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
With over 40 years' experience, Mr. Wyman began his career as a reservoir engineer with Esso Resources Canada Ltd. in Calgary prior to becoming a corporate finance associate with Wood Gundy in London, England. He returned to Canada and became an analyst in the corporate finance and treasury department of Gulf Canada Limited in Calgary and Toronto, and then an oil and gas equities research analyst with Peters & Co. Limited. Following his tenure at Peters & Co. Limited, Mr. Wyman became a founding shareholder and Director of Smart Pipeline Services Ltd. and Northern Cross (Yukon) Ltd. He returned to a capital market role as Vice President and Senior Oil and Gas Analyst with Canaccord Genuity under its rebranding process in 2004. In 2010, Mr. Wyman returned to the oil and gas industry as President and a Director of Chance Oil and Gas Limited (formerly Northern Cross (Yukon) Ltd.), an emerging junior oil and gas, exploration and development company with assets located in Yukon. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Chemical Engineering (Hons) from Queen's University in 1978 and a Masters of Business Administration from the International Management Institute at the University of Geneva in 1985.