SOUTHERN ENERGY CORP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee
- Non - Executive Director
Mr. McCreath has over 30 years of experience in the investment community including more than 20 years as a Portfolio Manager. Mr. McCreath is the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer and Ultimate Designated Person of Forge First Asset Management, an alternative asset management firm in Toronto. Mr. McCreath is also the Market Commentator on BNN Bloomberg TV and host of "Weekly with Andrew McCreath". Mr. McCreath holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance, a Master of Business Administration degree in Economics and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Mr. McCreath joined the Board in December 2018.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Chairman
Mr. Beynon is a professional geologist with over 30 years of oil and gas industry experience. Mr. Beynon was the Executive Vice President, Exploration and Corporate Development at Baytex Energy Corp. from August 2018 to December 2018 and President of Raging River Exploration Inc. until August 2018. Mr. Beynon also held executive positions with Compass Petroleum Partnership, Peloton Exploration Corp., Expoir Exploration Corp. and KeyWest Energy Inc. Mr. Beynon holds a Master of Science degree in Geology. Mr. Beynon joined the Board in December 2018.
Mr. Yau began his career at Grant Thornton LLP and has over 19 years of financial and management experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Yau was a co-founder, VP Finance and CFO of Gulf Pine. Mr. Yau has served as a Financial Controller for a number of public companies since 2007, including Bronco Energy Ltd., Waldron Energy Corporation and Molopo Energy Limited.
Ms. Buschert has over 20 years of land, legal, negotiating and management experience in the oil and gas industry. Ms. Buschert was a co-founder and VP Land of Gulf Pine. Prior thereto, she was the Manager, Land - East at Crescent Point Energy where she helped complete over 45 acquisitions in three years totalling over CAD$1.4 Bn. Ms. Buschert previously held senior land positions at TriStar Oil & Gas Ltd., ARC Resources Ltd., and Talisman Energy Inc.
Holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Anthropology and has been a member of CAPL since 2003.
Mr. McMurren has over 20 years of engineering, operational and management experience in the oil and gas industry and was a co-founder and VP Engineering of Gulf Pine. Mr. McMurren was formerly the Director of Light Oil at Athabasca. Prior thereto, he has held senior engineering positions at Galleon Energy Inc., ARC Resources Ltd., and Talisman Energy Inc.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Founder
- Member of the Board of Directors
- President
Mr. Atkinson has been the founder of several private and public oil and gas companies with over 25 years of technical, executive and board of director experience. Mr. Atkinson was the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Gulf Pine since 2014. Prior thereto, Mr. Atkinson was a founder and Senior Executive Officer of Athabasca. At Athabasca, Mr. Atkinson was instrumental in the successful completion of Athabasca's initial public offering and a significant joint venture with PetroChina Company Limited. Mr. Atkinson holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering and an Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D) designation. Mr. Atkinson joined the Board in December 2018.
Mr. Atkinson has been the founder of several private and public oil and gas companies, with over 27 years of technical, executive and board of director experience. Mr. Atkinson was a founder, President and CEO of Gulf Pine Energy Partners LP ("Gulf Pine") since 2014 (which was acquired by Southern in December 2018). Prior thereto, Mr. Atkinson was a founder and Senior Executive Officer of Athabasca Oil Corporation ("Athabasca").
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Special Advisor
Mr. Haber has centered his career on valuations, restructurings, turnarounds and M&A in the oil & gas industry. Since 2015, he has lead the Oil and Gas Restructuring practice at Getzler Henrich & Associates, one of the nation's oldest and most respected names in middle market corporate turnaround and restructuring. He founded and was the President of Haber Resources Corp. ("HRC"), an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. The Company drilled and operated more than 150 wells, primarily in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, including more than 25 new field discoveries. Most notably, HRC drilled the 1st discovery well in the deep Granite Wash area of the Deep Anadarko basin. Mr. Haber graduated from the State Univeristy of New York College of Buffalo with his Doctor of Law.
Mr. Forrester has over 15 years of engineering, operations and management experience in the oil and gas industry. He was the engineering manager at Gulf Pine and previously held both engineering and operations roles at Athabasca and ARC Resources Ltd.
Mr. McFadyen has over 25 years of operational, drilling and completions, and management experience in the oil and gas industry and was a co-founder and VP Operations of Gulf Pine. Mr. McFadyen was formerly the Operations Manager at Athabasca, with direct oversight of more than 50 dedicated field staff. Prior thereto, he has held senior operational positions at Fairborne Energy Ltd., Galleon Energy Inc., and Renaissance Energy Ltd.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee
- Non - Executive Director
Mr Nally has over 45 years' experience in the city including 18 years at Cenkos Securities PLC, a firm he co-founded. At Cenkos, Mr Nally was an Executive Director and Head of Natural Resources and helped raise over £21 billion for small to medium sized companies since the firm's inception in 2004. Prior to founding Cenkos, Mr Nally was a partner at Williams de Broe and is a full member of the London Stock Exchange. Mr Nally graduated with a degree from the London School of Economics.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Audit Committee
- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee
- Non - Executive Director
- Vice President
Mr. Kohut is the Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Hammerhead Energy Inc. (formerly Hammerhead Resources). Prior thereto, Mr. Kohut was the Vice President of Finance at Paramount Resources Ltd. from November 2017 to April 2018 and Chief Financial Officer of Trilogy Energy Corp. from June 2006 to October 2017. Mr. Kohut has over 25 years of experience in senior executive roles at various companies and on various boards of directors. Mr. Kohut holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Mr. Kohut joined the Board in December 2018.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee
- Non - Executive Director
Mr. Smith has over 30 years of technical, financial and international capital markets experience. Most recently, Mr. Smith was the Chief Operating Officer at Crescent Point where he was responsible for all aspects of the company's capital budget, safe operations, reserves management and acquisition evaluations as well as corporate operations risk management analysis and social responsibility reporting. He has a proven track record of creating shareholder value through the innovative development of assets in a safe and capital-efficient manner. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Geological Engineering and a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance. Mr. Smith joined the Board in December 2018.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Compensation Committee
- Member of the Audit Committee
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
Mr. Smith is an independent businessman since April 2019 and is currently a Director of Karve Energy Inc. and Jasper Brewing Inc. He started his career in the oil and gas industry in finance with management, executive and director roles with companies including Canadian Pioneer Petroleum Ltd., Poco Petroleums Ltd., Renaissance Energy Ltd., Pan East Petroleum Corp. and most recently was the Chief Financial Officer and Director of Broadview Energy Inc. In addition to the oil and gas industry, Mr. Smith has 22 years in capital markets as Chief Financial Officer and Portfolio Manager with Norrep Capital Management Ltd. and Vice President and Director - Institutional Research at FirstEnergy Capital (now Stifel | FirstEnergy) and before that Orion Securities (now Macquarie Group). Mr. Smith holds a Business degree in Accounting, a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Chartered Accountant (CA) and Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designations. Mr. Smith joined the Board in December 2018.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Special Advisor
Mr. Baay has over 25 years of experience leading oil and gas exploration and production companies and is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Touchstone Energy Inc. Prior thereto, Mr. Baay was Managing Director of Abacus Energy, part of Abacus Private Equity from 2007 through 2010 and was a Senior Officer of True Energy Inc. from 2000 through 2007. From 2005 to 2012 he was the Chair of the Board of Directors of Vero Energy Inc. From 1998 to 2000 he was the Chair of the Board of Directors of Request Seismic Surveys Ltd. and served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Remington Energy Ltd. from 1991 to 1999. Mr. Baay is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery of Canada. He is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario, with a BA in administrative and commercial studies.
Mr. Read has over 17 years of financial, operational and management experience in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Read was the Controller of Gulf Pine. Prior thereto, he was the Assistant Controller at Long Run Exploration Ltd. and has worked both financial and operational accounting roles at Galleon Energy Inc.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
Ms. MacDonald was most recently the Senior Vice President, Corporate and Business Development of Crescent Point. Ms. MacDonald has been involved in over 530 transactions totalling over $14.5 billion. Ms. MacDonald has over 28 years of industry experience. Prior to Crescent Point, Ms. MacDonald worked with NCE Petrofund Corp., Merit Energy Ltd., Tarragon Oil & Gas Ltd. and Northstar Energy Corp. Ms. MacDonald currently sits on the boards of Spartan Delta Corp. and Rubellite Energy Inc. Ms. MacDonald holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in Petroleum Land Management and an Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D) designation. Ms. MacDonald joined the Board in December 2018.