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Management
We have an experienced management and Board of Directors.
Merv Chia / Chairman of Board of Directors
Mr. Chia has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of NEX
Industries Ltd. since 2001, a private investment company specializing in
the acquisition and turnaround of distressed businesses. The company has
a portfolio of 6 transactions within the last 5 years in the
construction, manufacturing and service industries, up to 300 employees.
Mr. Chia was also President and Chief Executive Officer of NX Capital
Corp until July 2007, a TSXV listed shell company, which was
restructured and emerged from CCAA in 2005. Mr. Chia is also the
President of Supreme Pacific since 1998, a private holding company and
has extensive experience in buying and building businesses. He has
served on several boards of private and public companies including a
$300 million financial institution. He is an active board member in
non-profit organizations.
Chris Hopkins / Director
Mr. Hopkins is President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of
Canwest Petroleum Corporation. since August 12, 2006 and is the
President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Oilsands Quest
Inc., since November 10, 2004. He was also a director and Executive Vice
President of Synenco Energy Inc., an oil sands exploration company. Mr.
Hopkins has also held executive positions in corporate planning and
business development with Suncors Inc.'s Oil Sands Group, Pembina
Corporation and Amoco Canada and has additional management experience in
environmental control and regulatory affairs in the resource industry.
Mr. Hopkins holds a B.Sc. (Chemistry and Biology) from Carleton
University and a MBA from Queen's University.
Tom Milne / Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Milne is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Precise Details
Inc. since 1998, a private family corporation engaged in merchant
banking activities in real estate finance, automotive services,
financial consulting, asset management and advisory services. He has
served as Chief Financial Officer for several companies in areas of
energy, pipelines, technology and merchant banking. He is currently a
director of Oilsands Quest Inc., an oilsands exploration company, where
he chairs the Audit Committee. He has served as a senior partner in a
western Canada based accounting and business advisory partnership. Mr.
Milne has extensive international experience in the United Kingdom,
China, Sudan, Chile, Kazakhstan and the United States. He serves on the
board of directors of several public and private companies and has held
numerous board positions in the not for profit and community service
sector.
Bahman (Barry) Sadrehashemi / Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Sadrehashemi is a Chartered Accountant with over 35 years of post
qualification experience in banking and finance as well as oil and gas,
telecommunication industries. He is currently an instructor with the
University of Calgary, Haskayne School of Business.
Richard Schmitt / Director
President and Director of Africa Oil Corp since October 16, 2006;
Director of Tyner Resources Ltd. since October 16, 2006 previously
President and General Manager of Occidental Petroleum, Yeman, from 2001
to 2005.
Bruce Williams / Director
Mr. Williams is the President of a private Calgary based consulting and
investment company for the past 20 years with investment in real estate,
oil and gas, and biotechnology. During that period he has also lived in
the United Kingdom for 5 years and remains active in consulting and
various investments in that country. Previous to this position Mr.
Williams was employed with a major oil and gas firm based in Calgary
with responsibilities in the international area and for investment
evaluation. Mr. Williams has also been employed with the Federal
government in Ottawa as an economist with the Department of Finance and
Treasury Board and has worked as a credit officer and research analyst
with a lending institution.
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